If this list is any evidence, the array of nonfiction hitting shelves in 2026 is as full of promise as a new year. Whether you’re looking for celebrity biographies, lyrical memoirs or sharp and sober histories, there will be plenty to chew on, including books on Toni Morrison and the Rolling Stones; provocative takes on cinema and sports betting; and new titles by Jesmyn Ward, Michael Pollan and Claudia Rankine.
This is a running list, and publication dates may change. Check back for updates as the year goes on.
January
current events
by Jacob Soboroff
An MS NOW correspondent who grew up in the Palisades presents his journalistic perspective on environmental catastrophe and Los Angeles’s 2025 fire season alongside a more personal one
February
by Gisèle Pelicot
In a sexual assault case that shocked the world, one woman made the stunning decision to shed her anonymity when accusing her ex-husband of drugging and raping her, and of arranging for dozens of men to rape her.