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If you want to start with a James Baldwin classic, Agatha Christie mystery or an Akira Toriyama manga, you’re in the right place. Dip your toe into general fiction, or go straight to your favorite genre fiction — horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, thriller, literary, you name it, we have it.
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2026 National Book Awards for Fiction Finalists
See All NomineesThe National Book Foundation annually honors the best in American literature with the prestigious National Book Awards, and the 2026 fiction finalists include a debut novel by Hannah Lillith Assadi, a multigenerational story of family by Edwidge Danticat and more.
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Inspired by a legendary Irish folk heroine, The Pirate Queen follows the headstrong Grace O’Malley, a young woman who defies her family’s expectations by becoming a sea captain with her own mighty fleet of ships. As she sails, she learns to defend her land, her people and herself. Browse the B&N Book Club.
Inspired by a legendary Irish folk heroine, The Pirate Queen follows the headstrong Grace O’Malley, a young woman who defies her family’s expectations by becoming a sea captain with her own mighty fleet of ships. As she sails, she learns to defend her land, her people and herself. Browse the B&N Book Club.
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2026 Booker Prize Winner
The End of Everything (Booker Prize Winner)
By M. John Harrison
When a beach scavenger in post-apocalyptic Britain finds a mysterious artifact, he is thrown into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. This is a beautifuly written, deeply surreal journey through human nature and perception.
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Good fiction books exercise your mind, and you can find all the best at Barnes and Noble, including all the must-read fiction books for 2026. Fiction is a big category that includes everything from the monsters and terrors of horror to the internal arcs of literary fiction. You’ll find the timeless classics of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, new sensations like fantasy books from Rebecca Yarros, literary fiction like The Disappearers, and our Book of the Year for 2025, Mona's Eyes. Whether you're looking for this year’s book favorites like Yesteryear or Cool Machine, to give as gifts or simply a fun read for yourself, you’ll find them here. If you’re in the mood for a little active problem-solving, check out the mystery or suspense section; if you’ve got a hankering for hurtling through space, science fiction has you covered; and if you’d rather keep your footing in the real world, you’ll find general fiction and literary fiction to your taste.
If you’re not sure what you’re looking for, you can browse the various fiction genres: general fiction, literary fiction, mystery, thrillers, horror, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and romance, or travel back to some of your childhood favorites in kids and young adult fiction. For the more visually inclined, we also have a great selection of comics, graphic novels and manga. Looking for something to read ASAP? Download fiction eBooks to your phone, tablet or NOOK device and start reading today! Some great fiction books to read now are:
- Hollywood Ending by John Green
- Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult
- Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley, Agatha Christie
- Whistler: A Novel by Ann Patchett
- Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
- Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang
- Exit Party: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
- Delusional by James Patterson, James O. Born
- Fruit Fly by Josh Silver
- Partita by Barbara Kingsolver