This week, we chatted with literary agent Alyssa Morris and East City Bookshop Buyer Emilie Sommer about 2026 publishing trends! We pick their brains about customer shopping behavior, what editors are looking for, how they know something is going to hit, and their big bets for the year.
Alyssa's 2026 Picks
In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
Emilie's 2026 Picks
Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
American Fantasy by Emma Straub
April's Book Club Pick - Good People by Patmeena Sabit
What we read this week
Olivia - The Fountain by Casey Scieska, In Her Defense by Phillipa Malicka, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor, The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Becca - Once And Again by Rebecca Serle; American Fantasy by Emma Straub
Obsession
Becca - Garlic Slicer
Olivia - New notes app system
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