The Southern Bookseller Review 1/26/26

The week of January 26, 2026

One more week to vote!

This is the last week readers can vote for their favorite Southern books of the year. Right now votes in each of the ballot categories — fiction, nonfiction, and young readers — are all so close that anything could happen, and any vote could be the deciding vote. , You have a chance to make some of your favorite authors very happy:
Vote for your favorite Southern books of the year.

 

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Featuring reviews of:

• Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin, reviewed by Frances, Blinking Owl Books in Fort Myers, Florida
• A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James, reviewed by Brooke, Spellbound Bookstore in Sanford, Florida
• Mega Milk by Megan Milks, reviewed by Charlie, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
  
  
• Fustuk by Robert Mgrdich Apelian, reviewed by Mallory, Bards Alley in Vienna, Virginia
  
  
• Secrets of the Broken House by Taryn Souders, reviewed by Susanne, Sassafras on Main in Waynesville, North Carolina
• Normal People by Sally Rooney, reviewed by  Sarah, E. Shaver, Booksellers in Savannah, Georgia
  
  
• Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash, reviewed by Kat, novel. in Memphis, Tennessee
• Bookseller Buzz: Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet, reviewed by Alissa, South Main Book Company in Salisbury, North Carolina; Lady, The Snail on the Wall in Huntsville, Alabama; Rae Ann, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee 

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