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This year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the United States—in other words, 250 years of American history. In case you hadn’t noticed, at BookBrowse, we love historical fiction, and historical nonfiction, too. So here we present a challenge of sorts: read 26 books this year, each providing a glimpse into life in a different decade of the past two and a half centuries—using our list below as is, or swapping out for your own picks. These titles are all ones we’ve recommended and featured, and you can supplement your reading and book club discussions with our reviews, “beyond the book” articles, reading guides, and other content.
We acknowledge that it is a difficult time for many to engage with American history, and many readers, writers, and book groups approach the concept of America critically as a matter of course. The United States occupies unceded Indigenous territories and carries a legacy of displacement, enslavement, and exclusion that continues to affect a large portion of the population today. This list is meant to reflect those past and current realities, and also the rich, creative array of contemporary writing that engages with it, sometimes directly and sometimes inventively, sometimes with gravity and sometimes irreverently. The selections below range not only across time, but across regional and sub-regional landscapes that represent places within a place, capturing influential figures, key events, and ordinary lives. We hope you enjoy exploring this list and the history it contains.
Are you excited about 2026 books yet? We are. Get your calendar ready, because below is a tantalizing preview of what’s to come. This list covers intriguing debuts and new work from excellent established authors, and it offers a glimpse of books we may cover in our digital magazine, First Impressions program, or book club in the year ahead. Be sure to also check out our Best Books for Book Clubs in 2026. Happy browsing!
As brisk weather moves in and the buzz of back-to-school preparations fills the air, you may find yourself drawn to the library or the comfiest chair in the house. The autumn reading season is a time of abundant current and forthcoming releases, perfect for cozying up with the books in your TBR and adding some new ones. Below, we offer an appealing mix of recent titles and gems soon to hit the shelves for making the most of your fall days. All of these are books we either have covered or plan to feature in our digital magazine. Happy reading!
What makes a classic a classic? Many of what we consider classics today seemed out of place when they were first published. Some books are assigned the title “classic” long after the fact, and some are deemed “instant classics." Our interactions with so-called classics—the ways we discuss, teach, and package works of significance—define them and keep them alive. Publishers play a crucial part in this process, and some go the extra mile when it comes to shedding new light on old books, introducing underappreciated writing to a modern audience, or simply creating beautiful updated editions. Below are some imprints and series focusing on established, overlooked, and freshly dubbed classics bound (no pun intended) to get you excited about rediscovering old favorites or discovering new ones for the first time.
What books are there to look forward to for the rest of the summer? Fall? Winter? As the second half of the year approaches, we have you covered with our most anticipated reads for the last six months of 2025, including plenty of fresh contemporary fiction, an exciting haul of speculative and historical works, and some bookish nonfiction, such as a new biography of James Baldwin and memoirs from Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy. We’ll be featuring some of these upcoming titles in our digital magazine, as well as our First Impressions program and book club.
Summer isn’t only about beach reads, and really, you can read anything you want on the beach. Titles being released this July include books weighty in content, size, or both, and below are just a few. This short list of fiction and nonfiction features narratives that leave their unique mark on the past, spanning the lives of the Romantic poets, World War I, the Salvadoran civil war, and 1980s London. Follow our coverage of some of these and many other recommended reads in our digital magazine.
