Explore even more 2026 Best Books So Far lists and add a bunch of books to your summer reads stacks with novels chosen by the NYT and a selection of books from Oprah Daily . Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Best Books of 2026 So Far lists keep coming. We’ve already seen 2026 so far best ofs from The New York Times and The New Yorker , but we also have lists from Vogue , Esquire , and BBC . I maintain stink eye toward any publication that doesn’t have a single Black author on their Best Of (pointing it at Vogue right now). I’m intrigued by the mix on Esquire ‘s best of 2026 so far , so let’s start with that publication. Books of criticism rarely receive the attention Namwali Serpell’s is getting this year, but the subject of the text is, after all, Toni Morrison, and I hear Serpell is masterful in writing about her in On Morrison .…