The Reader by Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer (edited). Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
With the holidays over and many weeks of winter still ahead, now is the perfect time to make reading resolutions. Whether the JBC team is revisiting old favorites or counting down the days until a new release, here are the books we can’t wait to read in 2026.
Dora
Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy by Daniel Okrent
Evie
Famesick: A Memoir by Lena Dunham
Arielle
The Anatomy of Exile by Zeeva Bukai
Simona
Offseason: A Novel by Avigayl Sharp
Suzanne
The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin
Naomi
Porcupines: A Novel by Fran Fabriczki
Miri
Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe by Matti Friedman
Becca
Whidbey: A Novel by T Kira Madden
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