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See PEOPLE's selections for the best books of May 2026, so far — including new celebrity memoirs, long-awaited novels and more.

Here are the books Isaac Fitzgerald recommended during a segment on TODAY on May 8, 2026.

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In celebration of our 50th year, we're looking back at some of our favorite reads over the decades Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A new season brings a whole host of incredible new books. Offerings ...

Satire, scandal and sun-drenched secrets: Our critics select the best new fiction and nonfiction to fill your summer stack.

Here are five of Colleen Hoover's best books, including "Verity" and "Reminders of Him," and five that might not live up to ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...