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2026 Kansas Notable Books

May 20, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Kansas Notable Books recognizes 15 outstanding titles written by Kansans or about a Kansas-related topic. Kansas Notable Books highlight our contemporary writing community and encourages readers to enjoy some of the best writing of authors among us.

Check out the winners for 2026!

The Aviator and the Showman by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Black Moses by Caleb Gayle

Brain Train: An Off-the-Rails Journey from A to Zzz by Charlie Mylie, author and illustrator

The Guide to Kansas Birds and Birding Hotspots by Pete Janzen and Bob Gress

I Make Jokes When I’m Devastated by Luisa Muradyan

Kansas Matters: Twenty-First Century Writers on the Sunflower State edited by Thomas Fox Averill and Leslie VonHolten

Lady or the Tiger by Heather M. Herrman

The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis

Lightning Bug Jamboree by Stephanie Brinkley, illustrated by Victoria Mikki

The Magic of Light by Jordan Abitz

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove

Riverine Dreams: Away to the Glorious and Forgotten Grassland Rivers of America by George Frazier

A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen

Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder by Rachel McCarthy James

New YA – May 2026

May 16, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Holloway	YA ARNOLD, ELANA
The night king’s court	YA BONNIN, ELISA
Rolls and Rivalry	YA BOYCE, KRISTY
Stars, stripes and summer nights	YA DADOR, CELESTE
Change of plans	YA DESSEN, SARAH
Sparks Fly	YA HENRY, HAZEL
If you were here	YA JOHNSON, ABIGAIL
That which feeds us	YA KENDALL, KEALA
Like we were in Paris	YA LEE, JENNIFER
Never Hide from the Devil	YA MCQUEEN, N.T.
Hear ye mortals	YA MENDEZ, YAMILE
They want us dead	YA MONTBLANC, CL
Royal Summer	YA MORGAN, KASS
Drop dead famous	YA PEARSON, JENNIFER
Seconds to spare	YA REISS, RACHEL
The cove	YA ROSE, CLAIRE
Smash or Pass	YA SCHAE, BIRDIE
Spur of the moment	YA SMITH, JULIANA
The hanging bones	YA TESCH, ELLE
The summer of second chances	YA WALTHER, K.L.
Shards of silence	YA YOUNG, BRIAN
To the last gram	YGN DAVIES, SHREYA
To all the boys I’ve loved before	YGN HAN, JENNY
Ghoul	YGN IRIS, KASEY
As I dream of you	YGN LEE, JENNIFER
Colossal	YGN RUTILE

New Fiction- May 2026

May 16, 2026. Library Adminno Comments

Homebound /	F ELAN, PORTIA
The anniversary /	F FINLAY, ALEX
Our perfect storm /	F FORTUNE, CARLEY
The Yankee Sphinx /	F FROST, MARK
Death of the soccer god /	F LÊGER, DIMITRY
The dinner party :	F MCFADDEN, FREIDA
The original :	F PARMAR, PRIYA
26 beauties /	F PATTERSON, JAMES
The last Mandarin /	F PENNY, LOUISE
Five weeks in the country /	F PROSE, FRANCINE
Seek the traitor’s son /	F ROTH, VERONICA
The pillagers’ guide to arctic pianos /	F SHAW, KENDRA
The Calamity Club /	F STOCKETT, KATHRYN
The things we never say /	F STROUT, ELIZABETH
John of John /	F STUART, DOUGLAS
How to find a guy in five weddings /	F TIMOTI, CYNTHIA