Book Lists
Here is a selection of titles sourced throughout the year based on holidays, as well as national and international awareness and recognition months. This list is updated by month annually.
January
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New Year: Simon & Schuster: New Year, Do You ABRAMS: Quiet Hobbies for 2026 and New Year, New Galaxy Tuttle: New Year, New You Grand Central Publishing/HBG: A Book Rec for Ecery Resolution Magination Press/Lerner: New Year, New You |
The New Press: New Year, New Resolve All Ways Black/PRH: Self-Help Books by Black Authors Edelweiss: New Year, New Adventures and New Year, New Hobbies Civil Rights: Pengruin Random House: Kids’ Books About Black Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement |
February
March
April
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Poetry: Catalpult Book Group: Poetry from Catapult, Counterpoint, & Soft Skull Red Hen Press: Poetry Simon & Schuster: Poetry Month 2026 Publisers Weekly: Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry Andrews McMeel: Poetry Indie-to-Indie/IPC: National Poetry Month Charlesbridge: National Poetry Month Wayne State University Press: Poetry Simon & Schuster: Poetry Month 2026 Haymarket Books: Poetry for the People Tuttle: Japanese Poetry Easter & Passover: Macmillan: Hoppy Easter & Passsover pi Kids/Phoenix International: Hop Into Springtime Holocaust Rememberance Day: The New Press: Commemorate Yom HaShoah Financial Literacy: Macmillan: Financial Literacy |
Earth Day: Candlewick Press/Holiday House/Peachtree Publishing: Books for a Better Earth Johns Hopkins University Press: Life Science Books The New Press: Celebrate Earth Day Turner Publishing: Let Spring Take Root; Nature Books Quarto Kids: Earth Day Aprill 22, 2026 Lee & Low Books: Earth Day Quarto Group: Earth Month Charlesbridge: Earth Day Collection Wayne University Press: Nature Reads Barefoot Books: Celebrate Earth Day Tuttle Publishing: Gardening Titles Grand Central Publishing/HBG: Happy Earth Month Autism Acceptance: Grand Central Publishing/HBG: Autism Acceptance Month Arab American Heritage: Southern Bookseller Review: Arab-American Social Justice Books: Arabs and Arab Americans Community of Lit Mags and Presses: Reading List for Arab American Heritage Month ArabishWay: Arabish Language and Cutlure |
May
June
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August
September
October
November
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Indigenous Heritage Month: Children's Book Council: Indigenous Peoples Books & Resources Libro.fm: Audiobooks by Indigenous Authors Charlesbridge Publishing: Books by Indigenous Creators Penguin Random House: Mysteries and Thrillers by Indigenous Authors Indie to Indie/IPC: Indigenous Peoples Month Ingram: IPS Indigenous Poetry Macmillan: Native American Heritage Month 2025 Transgender Awareness Week: Libro.fm: Audiobooks by Trans Authors |
Nonfiction November: Simon & Schuster: New Nonfiction Calkins Creek/Astra Young Readers: Celebrating Nonfiction November Penguin Random House: New Nonfiction to Read this Year Edelweiss: Small Presses, Big Titles: Nonfiction Macmillan: Nonfiction 2025 and Gifty Nonfiction Thanksgiving: ABRAMS: Thanksgiving Favorites Winter: Charlesbridge Publishing: Winter & Holiday Picks |