The Best Young Adult Books of 2026 (So Far)
Your guide to this year's best YA books so far! Discover fantasy, romance, thrillers, and more stories you won’t want to miss.
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Your guide to this year's best YA books so far! Discover fantasy, romance, thrillers, and more stories you won’t want to miss.
The first half of 2026 has given us an amazing collection of middle grade and chapter books to enjoy. Here are our top picks.
Some of the original fairy tales are dark and violent. Thankfully, there are plenty of picture books that retell classic fairy tales without all the nightmare-inducing scary bits that might scar your children for life.
No matter how many shiny, new titles my four-year-old inherits, these are the books she loves (and I love) to read over and over again.
To make things a little more fun and keep babies interested in reading while their physical development is in hyper-drive, try turning to interactive books.
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