The Fall 2026 Reading List

Get your Fall 2026 reading list ready because I have the best books to read this fall with all the top choices of great books to read. Hallelujah, fall is just around the corner! With back-to-school season and cooler weather come some of the best fall reads I’ve seen in a while. All summer long, I’ve been perusing the upcoming release lists. I’ve wrestled over which books to include and which to leave out. Here for your reading pleasure is my list of the best books of Fall 2026. I’ve got book club favorites, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, and some nonfiction books. Some I’ve read and some I can’t wait to read, but all of them are perfect for my Fall 2026 Reading Guide. Best Books of Fall 2026 American Hagwon Min Jin Lee After a shocking betrayal and the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the John and Helen Koh and their three children leave their middle class life in Korea for Sydney, Australia and eventually Southern California. Strangers in a strange land where their education means little, John and Helen do anything they can to open opportunities for their children. Over the ensuing years, they manage their lives always believing that education will lead the next generation...