Looking Ahead to 2026: Ten Titles to Watch
As we look toward 2026, one thing is clear: while AI will continue to influence the landscape, the real question is which stories and ideas will truly resonate with readers.
In nonfiction, our focus this month, we expect rising interest in thoughtful self-help that is centered on resilience, along with wellness books that offer deeper meaning.
We’re excited to share the titles we believe will be among our protagonists of 2026, and to hear your thoughts on them.
Our Most-Anticipated Titles — 2026
The Art and Science of Well-Being: Unlocking the 9 Dimensions for Freedom in Mind, Body, and Spirit
By Rob Douk
From fleeing Cambodia as a refugee infant to building a nine-figure behavioral health company to training at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rob Douk brings unique wisdom to The Art and Science of Well-Being, revealing how nine essential dimensions of wellness—intellectual, creative, financial, occupational, physical, environmental, spiritual, emotional, and social—work together to create lasting health and fulfillment.
If you're ready to stop just getting by—and start living fully—you're in the right place.
The Power of Authenticity
By Dr. Michelle Chappel
Claim Your Power, Change Your Life
The Power of Authenticity offers a revolutionary approach for leading a vital, authentic life. Dr. Michelle Millis Chappel, psychologist-turned-rock star and expert career coach, reveals practical tools used by thousands of her clients to show you how to thrive in your life and work.
If you’re feeling stressed, stuck, or lost, you’re not alone. Most of us suffer from “Suppressed Superpower Syndrome.” You came into the world with a unique purpose and special gifts to fulfill it. But to fit in with others, you buried your extraordinary talents, forgetting who you truly are. Losing access to your whole self means losing your power. Here, you’ll get a proven step-by-step guide to take your power back.
Life is too short to live someone else’s idea of who you should be.
The Epic of You
By Peter H. Bailey
Undeniably, the world and its people desperately need more hope. Our friends, foes, family, and fellows are all experiencing challenging times and fighting their own battles, and author Peter Bailey is no exception. From his current vantage point as a successful influence in the leadership and human improvement field, one might assume he looks back on his life (the addiction, the recovery, the travel, the heartbreak, the love, the grief) with difficulty and hesitance. Rather, it is exactly this kind of reflection that helped him take on the role in his story he was meant to play: the hero.
An inspiring model and guide to navigating your personal heroic journey.
Money and Meaning
By Christopher F. Poch
In Money and
Meaning, Christopher Poch shares his strategies and insight for achieving financial independence and creating peace of mind. This is a unique look at how emotions impact investor results as much as logic or analysis, and why embracing emotions benefits your overall approach to finances. You'll learn how to use financial assets to accomplish your goals and unlock the mindset you need to manage both money and overall wealth. With wealth come important considerations involving family, friends, and community.
Money and Meaning is a straightforward, step-by-step guide for navigating these complex issues and reducing stress in planning for the future.
Regenerative Performance
By Dr. James Hewitt
In this groundbreaking book, Hewitt challenges both the relentless grind of hustle culture and the passive withdrawal of “quiet quitting,” instead offering a revolutionary third way: Regenerative Performance. Through compelling research and real-world examples, he demonstrates how sustainable success comes not from perpetual optimization, but from the rhythmic oscillation between effort and renewal.
Regenerative Performance isn't just another self-help manual—it's a science-backed framework for achieving exceptional results while maintaining the energy and resilience needed for long-term success.
The Power of "MEH"
By Hafeez Diwan
There is an easy, effective, and practical way to feel better. Just say "meh" to what's bothering you. Our problems are big, but our minds make them even bigger than they are. The Power of "Meh" is to help us reframe our problems, view them more objectively, deal with them better, and feel much, much better in the process. After making short work of the negative, it allows us to attain positive states of mind, including gratitude, generosity, patience, humility, and kindness.
A simple "meh" can help us replace the negative with the positive, with farreaching results.
A High-Performing Mind
By Andrew D. Thompson
This award-winning inspirational book was written by Andrew D Thompson, who survived a near-death experience in 2016 that left him bedridden for months and took him over 8 years to overcome. He was able to get past this challenging period of his life by drawing on everything he had learned over three decades as a professional athlete, hospitality industry executive, and high-performance coach.
A High-Performing Mind is a proven system of simple steps to show you how to overcome adversity, make lasting improvements to your life, and excel at anything you do.
Making It Up
By Christopher Mannino
Explore how the principles of theatre and improv can help parents engage in imaginative play with their children with actor and theater teacher Christopher Mannino. Just ask a certain animated blue dog we all love: Play-centered parenting is what every young child wants and needs, yet it's hard to manage in today's busy, hectic world.
How can real-life parents with real responsibilities and stresses drop everything to be silly with their kids? You don't need to be a trained actor to engage in your child's imaginative world. It's easier than it sounds, and far more powerful than you can imagine.
One Last Question Before You Go
By Kyle Thiermann
How well do you know your parents? Really. Kyle Thiermann's dad once bought a hot-air balloon off a hitchhiker. His mom and stepdad are trying to spread a conspiracy theory. Now, with his first book, Kyle wanders the American West to probe how asking the right questions can change a relationship.
Blending witty narrative with practical advice and twenty-seven bold questions, the popular podcast host and pro big wave surfer shows that interviewing our parents can create way more than digital family heirlooms. It can reframe the way we see each other.
One Last Question Before You Go is part story, part strategy—and entirely unexpected.
Longevity Made Simple
By Shad Marvasti, MD, MPH
A Stanford-trained physician and leading expert in lifestyle and integrative medicine, Dr. Shad reveals the truth: we don't have a healthcare system—we have a sick care system, one that reacts to disease rather than prevents it. Meanwhile, chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and many cancers continue to cut lives short—despite being largely preventable.
Longevity Made Simple empowers you to take your health into your own hands using the DRESS Code—Diet, Relationships, Exercise, Stress, and Sleep—a practical, science-based blueprint to prevent, treat, and even reverse the chronic diseases that account for most premature, preventable deaths worldwide.
