Amazon Editors select Anna Stockwell’s THE BUTTER BOOK, Shannon Stocker’s THE ROACH KING OF RALEIGH, Matthew Cordell’s 102, and Jashar Awan’s LOOPS for their 2026 Best Books of the Year So Far list

• The Butter Book by Anna Stockwell (Chronicle Books).

• The Roach King of Raleigh by Shannon Stocker (Blink).

• 102 by Matthew Cordell (Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette).

• Loops by Jashar Awan (Simon & Schuster BFYR).