2026 has seen new novels released and promised by some of the biggest names in the book world. Test your knowledge in our 2026 fiction quiz.
1. The year started well with two former Booker Prize winners each releasing a new novel in the first six weeks of the year. Who were they?
2. Meg Mason, author of the much loved Sorrow and Bliss, will publish her new novel in August. Do you know what it is called?
3. Life Out of Order is the new book from Audrey Niffenegger. It is the sequel to which world-wide smash hit?
4. A tradwife gets her comeuppance in the buzziest debut of the year. What is it called?
5. Which winter sport warmed the hearts of thousands of readers this year when it became the subject of not one, but two swoon-worthy TV series, sending fans racing to the books that inspired them?
6. Who announced the imminent publication of two new books in their hugely successful fantasy series - one in Oct and the other in Jan?
7. Did you read Lessons in Chemistry? Well, author Bonnie Garmus will release a new novel in October. Do you know what it is called?
8. Michael Robotham's new novel, Tell Me Something True will be published in October. Michael has done something he has never done before. What is it?
9. Liane Moriarty will publish the sequel to her smash hit Big Little Lies in late August. What is it called?
10. A much loved epistolary novel by Virginia Evans won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction. Do you remember what it was called?
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