Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.

You can see previous years' features here: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014.
 

JANUARY 2026

Indie Next
#1 Pick: THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM by Laura Dave
SKYLARK by Paula McLain
IS THIS A CRY FOR HELP? by Emily Austin
MEET THE NEWMANS by Jennifer Niven
LOST LAMBS by Madeline Cash
IN YOUR DREAMS by Sarah Adams
HOMESCHOOLED: A Memoir by Stefan Merrill Block
AN ARCANE INHERITANCE by Kamilah Cole
A VOW IN VENGEANCE by Jaclyn Rodriguez
GRACELESS HEART by Isabel Ibañez
THE BOOKBINDER'S SECRET by A. D. Bell
THE STORM by Rachel Hawkins
PLAYING FOR KEEPS by Alexandria Bellefleur
THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS by Jennie Godfrey
I COULD BE FAMOUS: Stories, by Sydney Rende
LIKE IN LOVE WITH YOU by Emma R. Alban
DANDELION IS DEAD: A Novel About Life by Rosie Storey
SHEER by Vanessa Lawrence
SCAVENGERS by Kathleen Boland
MEGA MILK: Essays on Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows, by Megan Milks
THE ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN by Paula Lafferty
PLASTIC: A Poem, by Matthew Rice
DIVINE RUIN: A Sister Holiday Mystery by Margot Douaihy
THE HITCH by Sara Levine
JEAN by Madeleine Dunnigan

LibraryReads
Top Pick: IS THIS A CRY FOR HELP? by Emily Austin
THE BOOKBINDER'S SECRET by A. D. Bell
ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES by May Cobb
ANATOMY OF AN ALIBI by Ashley Elston
WOMEN OF A PROMISCUOUS NATURE by Donna Everhart
NO ONE WOULD DO WHAT THE LAMBERTS HAVE DONE by Sophie Hannah
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU by Andrea Mara
HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER by Nina McConigley
VIGIL by George Saunders
THE ELSEWHERE EXPRESS by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Barnes & Noble Book Club
THE REST OF OUR LIVES by Ben Markovits (Click here for more)

"Good Morning America" Book Club
SKYLARK by Paula McLain (Click here for more)

Oprah's Book Club
Please note that there is no Oprah's Book Club pick for January. Oprah is focusing this month on promoting her new book, ENOUGH: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like to Be Free, which she wrote with Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff.

PBS Books Readers Club
ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES and WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy (Click here for more)

"Read with Jenna" Book Club
HOMESCHOOLED: A Memoir by Stefan Merrill Block (Click here for more)

Reese's Book Club
THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM by Laura Dave (Click here for more)

Target Book Club
TIME LOOPS & MEET CUTES by Jackie Lau (Click here for more)