The Most Read Books on Goodreads in September 2026

Put away the beach reads: we’re now firmly in fall, the best reading season of the year. In September, the majority of the most-read titles were carryovers from previous months, including The Correspondent by Virginia Evans and Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. The Netflix adaptation of The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood came out near the end of the month, but that was enough to catapult it into the top five most-read books in September. I expect it will climb up the ranks in the October roundup. 3 New Books Out in September You Should Know About Unfortunately, the most read books on Goodreads tend not to be diverse by any definition of the word. So, here are a few of the buzziest books by authors of color that came out in September. The Disappearers by Marlon James Marlon James is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings. His newest novel follows eight gay men in 1980s in Kingston, Jamaica. They met while rehearsing for a play together. One night, they are the victims of a gay bashing, and one is killed. In the aftermath, some seek revenge and some try to disappear. The early reviews of this one are effusive, especially from The New York Times, whi...