Critically Acclaimed Books

Ranking the Best Fiction Published in 2026 (15 Titles)

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3 Honors

Kin: A Novel

by Tayari Jones

2 Honors

If I Ruled the World

by Amy DuBois Barnett

2 Honors

Keeper of Lost Children

by Sadeqa Johnson

1 Honor

On Sundays She Picked Flowers

by Yah Yah Scholfield

1 Honor

Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel

by Vanessa Riley

1 Honor

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

by Deesha Philyaw

1 Honor

Rich and Rotten

by Jahquel J.

1 Honor

The Hospital at the End of the World

by Justin C. Key

1 Honor

Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel

by Ben Crump

1 Honor

Where the Wildflowers Grow (Standard Edition)

by Terah Shelton Harris

1 Honor

The Seven Daughters of Dupree

by Nikesha Elise Williams

1 Honor

Bad Seeds

by Mary Monroe

1 Honor

Burn Down Master’s House

by Clay Cane

1 Honor

Junie (paperback)

by Erin Crosby Eckstine

1 Honor

King of Ashes (Paperback)

by S. A. Cosby

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