See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books by Oprah Winfrey and new novels.

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As the Booker prize-winning author prepares to publish his final novel at 80, we assess his finest work ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Summer is heating up with these hot new books Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print ...

It was the best-of times (you know, that period in December when we do the best-of lists). But it could feel like the worst of times: There’s so much left unread as the year finishes! Well, there’s ...

Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into speculative fiction with his latest book, Vigil ...

Everything That Is Beautiful (Manilla, April) is Louise Nealon’s follow-up to her award-winning debut, Snowflake. Told ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter series of books is a global favorite fantasy fiction. It has been adapted into the famous ...