2026 in Books
292 books that shaped the year.
292
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30,229
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Culture
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The year started with Curation, Issey Miyake, Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech. Across 292 books, the collection leaned heavily into culture – a reflection of where curiosity led. The standout reads were Curation, Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech, Filterworld. A strong year for five-star discoveries.
Q1: January - March
Curation
Issey Miyake
Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech
Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture
Stan Smith: Some People Think I'm A Shoe
Supreme
Sneakers x Culture: Collab
Wanting
Filterworld
Tiny Experiments
Co-Intelligence
Superagency
The Sweaty Startup
I Am a Strange Loop
Unreasonable Hospitality
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Empire of AI
Distinction
Andy Warhol: A Graphic Biography
Kusama: The Graphic Novel
Sneaker of the Year
Accidentally Wes Anderson
Paul Smith
Hockney: A Graphic Life
Bad Therapy
Four Thousand Weeks
Million Dollar Weekend
A Book on Books: New Aesthetics in Book Design
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Scaling People
Careless People
Web3 Marketing
The Advertising Concept Book
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Build
The Book of Money
The Art of Noticing
Essentialism
Understanding a Photograph
Digital Minimalism
I Believe in Miracles
Think Faster, Talk Smarter
Proof of Stake
Reality+
Read Write Own
Fortitude
The Cold Start Problem
Status and Culture
The Metaverse
The Cryptopians
How Brands Become Icons
The Joy of Work
The ONE Thing
The Everything Token
Games People Play
Do Purpose
Do Open
Do Story
Do Interesting
Do Present
For the Culture
Crypto Confidential
Vincent: A Graphic Biography
Cultural Strategy
Priceless
Mastering AI
The Grid
Hitmakers
The Lean Startup
The Founder's Dilemmas
The Four
Made in Japan
Brotopia
Advertising for People Who Don't Like Advertising
I'm Feeling Lucky
Bad Blood
Super Pumped
The Cult of We
The Messy Middle
David Shrigley: Fully Coherent Plan
Cryptopunks
Art & Sole
Made by MSCHF
KAWS
Louis Vuitton: Virgil Abloh
Virgil Abloh: ICONS
The Tipping Point
Is Your Work Worth It?
The Roasting Tin
Startup London
The Mr Porter Guide to a Better Day
Sneaker of the Year
Where the Crawdads Sing
Highsnobiety: Defining the Aspirational in the Age of Hype
The Idea Factory
What's Your Dream?
Consumption Matters
The Inner Game of Tennis
The Anxious Generation
How to AI
Wisdom Takes Work
The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition
Midjourney Magazine
IN: The Complete Highsnobiety Guide to Street Fashion and Culture
Midori Kitamura
LORE
Unboxed: Japan
HYPEBEAST
SOCCERBIBLE
Use Case 01
Blitzscaling
Hidden Potential
Ultra-Processed People
Billy No-Mates
The Rebuilders
Make Some Noise
The Choice Factory
The Rules of Life
Velocity
Nudge
Ask a Manager
Drive
Made to Stick
Same as Ever
Tribe of Mentors
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before
Chemistry
To Sell is Human
How We Decide
Master of Change
Mid-Century Modern
Ikigai
Really Good Actually
That Will Never Work
Cribsheet
The Art of Possibility
The Marshmallow Test
Jutaku: Japanese Houses
Man Ray Self-Portrait
Reluctant Adult
Lateral Thinking
History of the World in 100 Modern Objects
The Alchemist
Small Pleasures
The Copy Book
Persuasion
Keep Going
Stumbling on Happiness
Life's a Pitch
The Mesh
Infographica
The Decision Book
The Start-Up of You
Hooked
The Beermat Entrepreneur
Never Split the Difference
Japonisme
The Power of Now
Key Person of Influence
No Finish Line
Stuffocation
How to Make Work Not Suck
Your Mind is Your Home
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
The Mr Porter Paperback
Lessons
Say It In Japanese
Now That's What I Call Art
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Behind the Cloud
Steve Jobs
Principles
Deep Work
Measure What Matters
Team of Teams
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Lost and Founder
Adapt
The Product Book
Subscribed
Seeing What's Next
High Growth Handbook
The Art of Startup Fundraising
Resurrecting Retail
The Business of Belonging
From Vision to Exit
Billion Dollar Loser
How They Blew It
The Great Mental Models
Influence
No Logo
The Smart Marketing Book
The Creative Curve
Why Does the Pedlar Sing?
The Anatomy of Humbug
Playing to Win
Mindset
Range
The Psychology of Money
12 Rules for Life
Think and Grow Rich
What Color Is Your Parachute?
The Secret
Notes on a Nervous Planet
Happiness Is a Choice You Make
The Biggest Bluff
StandOut 2.0
Instant Motivation
Transitions
The Inside-Out Revolution
The Confidence Game
Bullshit Jobs
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
How to Work Without Losing Your Mind
Lab Rats
Hustle & Float
WFH
What Should I Do with My Life?
No Hard Feelings
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life
You Have More Influence Than You Think
The Art of Being Brilliant
In Your Creative Element
Recover from Burnout
Happy Sexy Millionaire
Not Buying It
Finding Your Element
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Get Your Sh*t Together
Asking For Trouble
Skip the Line
Do What You Love
Understanding Comics
Seconds
Now Try Something Weirder
Yes is More
344 Questions
Sneakers Unboxed
Where's Warhol?
Batman: Year One
Clough: The Autobiography
Gazza in Italy
Football Hackers
Molly's Game
Yearbook
How the Mighty Fall
Portrait of an Icon
The Wagamama Cookbook
Ginger Pig Meat Book
Fast Food Nation
Beijing & Shanghai
111 Places in London That You Shouldn't Miss
Nobu
Winning Poker for the Serious Player
Hold 'Em Excellence
Power-Up
Where Good Ideas Come From
This Is Dyslexia
Kicks
How to Survive the End of the World
The Timewaster Letters
Yes Man
The Lonely Century
The History Boys
Vanity Fair
Imogen
home body
Expecting Better
This Book Is For You
Worry Lines
The Couple's Workbook
The Workshop Survival Guide
Open
How to Make a Speech
The 8 Dimensions of Leadership
Think Big
The World According to David Hockney
What the Hell Are You Doing?
Internet_Art
Blank Space
Tom Sachs Guide
Tyler Hobbs: Order/Disorder
Louis Vuitton: Yayoi Kusama
The Brand Architecture Book
Colossus
Outlander Magazine
72 Magazine
