The Amazon Editors have revealed their Best Books of the Year So Far for 2026 with a Top 20 list that, though it features a wide variety of genres, is disappointingly low on diversity.
Tayari Jones’s Kin claims the #1 spot (#nailed it). The literary-commercial crossover hit of 2026 so far follows the diverging paths of two motherless girls coming of age in the Jim Crow south. Look for it among award nominees later in the year.
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