Critically Acclaimed Books

Ranking the Best Fiction Published in 2026 (26 Titles)

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4 Honors

Kin: A Novel

by Tayari Jones

3 Honors

Keeper of Lost Children

by Sadeqa Johnson

3 Honors

Burn Down Master’s House

by Clay Cane

2 Honors

If I Ruled the World

by Amy DuBois Barnett

1 Honor

Love by the Book

by Jessica George

1 Honor

Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel

by Vanessa Riley

1 Honor

House of Margins

by Tlotlo Tsamaase

1 Honor

The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

by Mara Brock Akil

1 Honor

A Pair of Aces

by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

1 Honor

Score

by Kennedy Ryan

1 Honor

Judge Stone

by Viola Davis and James Patterson

1 Honor

Big Girl Blitz

by Danielle Allen

1 Honor

There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood

by Rasheed Newson

1 Honor

King of Ashes (Paperback)

by S. A. Cosby

1 Honor

Where the Wildflowers Grow

by Terah Shelton Harris

1 Honor

On Sundays She Picked Flowers

by Yah Yah Scholfield

1 Honor

The Hospital at the End of the World

by Justin C. Key

1 Honor

Ghalen: A Romance in Black

by Walter Mosley

1 Honor

Leave Your Mess at Home

by Tolani Akinola

1 Honor

Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel

by Ben Crump

1 Honor

The Missed Connection

by Tia Williams

1 Honor

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

by Deesha Philyaw

1 Honor

The Seven Daughters of Dupree

by Nikesha Elise Williams

1 Honor

Bad Seeds

by Mary Monroe

1 Honor

Junie (paperback)

by Erin Crosby Eckstine

1 Honor

Rich and Rotten

by Jahquel J.

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