Kin to Yesteryear: 10 of the best books of 2026 so far ^46.3%

BBC - By Rebecca Laurence, Lindsay Baker - 5/23/2026, 9:39 AM

Appeal to Authority 32.6% - Halo Effect 25.8% - Negativity Bias 22.8%

From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far. "Daring, deranged, cleverly written," is how Vogue describes the buzzy debut by Caro Claire Burke. In this satirical thriller, tradwife influencer Natalie inexplicably wakes up in the year 1855 in a... more