See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books by Oprah Winfrey and new novels.

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Without further ado, here are our picks for the best books for book clubs in 2026!

January is packed with romance, thrills, and action, with some brilliant books to kick off 2026. Here are our favorites.

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Local libraries reveal the fiction and nonfiction titles people borrowed most in 2025—offering a ready-made reading list for ...

We asked Times Union staffers, librarians, business owners, cominc book writers and readers like you to recommend their favorite books they read in 2025 - but they didn't need to be published in 2025.

If readers could stack every book borrowed across all Central and Western Massachusetts libraries last year, it would reach ...

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Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...

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