Vogue's Mid-Year Roundup of the Best Books of 2026
Vogue has released its mid-year compilation of the finest books from 2026, spotlighting significant titles published between January and June. Among these are Belle Burden's divorce memoir, 'Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage' (Dial Press), and Madeline Cash's debut novel, 'Lost Lambs' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Lena Dunham's memoir, 'Famesick' (April), is also included. Other noteworthy mentions are Michael Idov's 'The Cormorant Hunt' (Scribner), Ian McGuire's 'White River Crossing' (Crown), and Cecile Pin's 'Celestial Lights' (Holt). New authors making their mark are Sydney Rende with 'I Could Be Famous: Stories' (Bloomsbury) and Fran Fabriczki with 'Porcupines' (Summit). Established names like Elizabeth Strout and Maggie O'Farrell are featured with 'The Things We Never Say' (Random House) and 'Land' (June), respectively. The list comprises 25 titles.
Key facts
- List published by Vogue at mid-year 2026.
- Includes 25 books from January to June 2026.
- Belle Burden's 'Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage' is a divorce memoir expanding her 2023 Modern Love essay.
- Burden is granddaughter of Babe Paley.
- Madeline Cash's 'Lost Lambs' is a debut novel about family dysfunction.
- Lena Dunham's 'Famesick' is a memoir with honest depictions of love and illness.
- Michael Idov's 'The Cormorant Hunt' is a sequel to 'The Collaborators', featuring spy Ari Falk.
- Ian McGuire's 'White River Crossing' is set in late 18th-century Hudson Bay.
- Cecile Pin's 'Celestial Lights' follows an astronaut on a 10-year journey to Jupiter's moons.
- Elizabeth Strout's 'The Things We Never Say' centers on a history teacher named Artie Dam.
- Maggie O'Farrell's 'Land' is set in Ireland and spans centuries.
- Joyce Carol Oates's 'The Frenzy' is a collection of stories including a sequel to 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'.
- Dave Eggers's 'Contrapposto' is about a friendship between artists Cricket and Olympia.
- Teddy Wayne's 'The Au Pair' is a thriller about childcare and a Norwegian au pair in Brooklyn.
- Emeline Atwood's 'A Real Animal' features a protagonist who believes she is a leopard.
Entities
Artists
- Belle Burden
- Madeline Cash
- Lena Dunham
- Michael Idov
- Ian McGuire
- Cecile Pin
- Saba Sams
- Andrew Martin
- T. Kira Madden
- Patrick Radden Keefe
- Douglas Stuart
- Xochitl Gonzalez
- Fran Fabriczki
- Caro Claire Burke
- Elizabeth Strout
- Jenny Jackson
- Mary H.K. Choi
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Andrew Sean Greer
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Dave Eggers
- Teddy Wayne
- Emeline Atwood
- Sydney Rende
- Allegra Goodman
Institutions
- Vogue
- Dial Press
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Scribner
- Crown
- Holt
- Knopf
- Mariner
- Grove
- Flatiron
- Summit
- Random House
- Pamela Dorman Books
- Doubleday
- Hogarth
- Bloomsbury
- Catapult
- The New Yorker
- New York Times
Locations
- Tbilisi
- Prague
- Hudson Bay
- Canada
- London
- United Kingdom
- Scottish Isle of Harris
- Scotland
- Brooklyn
- New York City
- United States
- Los Angeles
- Fort Greene
- Dumbo
- Massachusetts
- Greenhead
- Ireland
- Tuscany
- Italy
- Cape May
- New Jersey
- Midwestern hometown
- Boston
- rural England