Monthly Book Lists - Who Even Reads

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Monthly Book Lists

Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in September 2026

It's September and book award season rolls on. We recommend seven new books coming out this month, plus one celebrity memoir from 1994.

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Monthly Book Lists

Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in August 2026

We have great taste and you should subscribe to Who Even Reads to discover the Next Big Thing before the Booker people get their grubby hands all over everything. Here are the Books We Like the Looks Of coming out this August.

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in July 2026

This month, in the midst of deodorant-testing heat and confused displays of patriotism, we bring you an all-fiction batch of July books, including Colson Whitehead's appealingly named Cool Machine.

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in June 2026

This month's upcoming books include several debuts, including an enticing fable that draws from Minnesota's racial history, a nonlinear story of queer rural Florida, and a television-ready immigration narrative (at least one).

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in May 2026

Our monthly book list for May includes nonfiction from Jesmyn Ward, a speculative novel by Tom Lin following Chinese immigrants in South Dakota who encounter a secret government program, and more.

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in April 2026

See what April books we're excited about. This month's selection includes an International Booker Prize nominee, a novel that features Monica Lewinsky as a patron saint, and more.

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in March 2026

Check out five books we're looking forward to that are coming out in March, including new releases from Rebecca Solnit and Louise Erdrich.

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Books We Like the Looks Of: New Releases in February 2026

Our takes on six books forthcoming in February 2026, including novels, short story collections, and nonfiction.