Welcome back, library friends. I’ve got a huge round-up of book lists and new releases to make your TBR weep in despair. We have Fall 2026 debut novels, new BIPOC memoirs, the 50 best thrillers of the century, Summerween book lists for days, and more. (More?! Yes…more.)

Let’s jump in.

New & Upcoming Titles

• August picks from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BookPage, Crime Reads, Kirkus, L.A. Times, LitHub (Science Fiction and Fantasy, nonfiction), New York Times, NPR, Parade, Reactor (fantasy, science fiction, horror, romantasy), and Vulture.
• Book Riot’s best books of August, plus picks for mysteries and thrillers, romance, SFF, nonfiction, LGBTQ+ books, BIPOC books, and children’s books.
• 20 new books to read before the summer is over.
• The biggest Fall 2026 debut novels, according to Goodreads.
• 55 Canadian fiction books coming out this fall.
• 7 new and offbeat picture book biographies.
• The best new romantasy series.
• 6 new narrative nonfiction books that read like novels.
• The best new cozy fantasy books.
• New picture books with collage-style illustrations.
• New BIPOC memoirs to read this summer.
• 2026 queer speculative fiction for your TBR.