Best Adult Fiction of 2026 (So Far)Like this list

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• The Children

  a Novel

  Albert, Melissa,

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• A Lady for All Seasons

  Alexander, T. J.,

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• I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200

  Brockway, Robert, 1980-

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• Yesteryear

  a Novel

  Burke, Caro Claire,

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• A Bad, Bad Place

  Crawford, Frances, 1962-

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• Cleopatra

  a Novel

  El-Arifi, Saara,

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• The Keeper

  French, Tana,

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• A Violent Masterpiece

  a Novel

  Harper, Jordan,

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• Mad Mabel

  Hepworth, Sally,

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• Kin

  Jones, Tayari,

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• Whidbey

  a Novel

  Madden, T Kira,

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• Dolly All the Time

  Monaghan, Annabel,

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• The Murder at World's End

  Montgomery, Ross (Fiction writer),

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• Palaces of the Crow

  a Novel

  Nayler, Ray,

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• Land

  a Novel

  O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-

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• This Book Made Me Think of You

  Page, Libby,

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• Whistler

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann,

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• Star Shipped

  a Novel

  Sebastian, Cat,

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• Hearts on the Fly

  Shiloh, Toni,

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• A Far-flung Life

  a Novel

  Stedman, M. L.,

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