
Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2026 books that should be on your radar:
Staff Picks
RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC by Ben Fountain
SPAWNING SEASON: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood by Joseph Osmudson
THE YAHOO BOYS: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers by Carlos Barragán
Fiction
COYOTELAND by Vanessa Hua
Mystery/Thriller
INDIE DARLING by Lauren Nossett
KILLER VIBES: The First Peter Key Mystery by Jack Friday
Romance
BURNOUT SUMMER by Jenna Ramirez
SF/Fantasy/Horror
DEAD WEIGHT by Hildur Knútsdóttir, Mary Robinette Kowal (Translated by)
SUBLIMATION by Isabel J. Kim
Nonfiction
INSPIRATION PORN: Essays by Ryan O’Connell
