Key Highlights
- Amazon released its Best Books of 2026 list, naming Min Jin Lee’s American Hagwon as No. 1.
- Amazon said the list spans multiple categories and adds new Horror and Buzzworthy sections.
- Amazon highlighted its top five picks, including titles by Emily St. John Mandel and Robert Kolker.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has published its Best Books of 2026 list, naming Min Jin Lee’s American Hagwon as its top overall pick, according to a company release.
Amazon said its editors selected the No. 1 title from “thousands of books” they read during the year, describing American Hagwon as a multigenerational novel about ambition, sacrifice, the immigrant experience and family bonds.
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The company said the rest of its top five includes Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel, The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia by Robert Kolker, Kin by Tayari Jones, and Fruit Fly by Josh Silver.
Amazon said the broader Best Books of 2026 list includes editors’ picks across categories such as Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance and Romantasy, History, Biographies and Memoirs, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Nonfiction, Cookbooks, and Children’s Books by age group.
The company said it added a Horror category this year, along with a Buzzworthy section that it described as highlighting the most talked-about titles among readers.
In the release, Sarah Gelman, Editorial Director, Amazon Books, said: “But the one that we can’t stop talking about is Min Jin Lee’s extraordinary and magnetic American Hagwon.”
Amazon also said it plans to feature deals on select print titles from the list during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including discounts of 60%, 55% and 50% on certain books.
The original press release is available on stockhouse.com
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