Amazon's First Reads for January 2026

Amazon has released the choices for January 2026's First Reads.

First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access to editors' picks from Amazon Publishing.

It enables you to choose two Kindle books this month for $1.99 each (or for free if you're a Prime member).

• Famous Once by Jane Green (short story) 

• Read Between the Lies by Jesse Q. Sutanto (suspense) 

• Land of Dreams by Gian Sardar (historical fiction)

• In His Wake by Chad Zunker (thriller)

• The Epicenter of Forever by Mara Williams (women's fiction)

• The People's Library by Veronica G. Henry (fantasy) 

• Hooked by Caitlin Rother (mystery)

• Soft Launch by Sarah Vacchiano (coming of age)

• Blade by Wendy Walker (psychological thriller)

• The Secrets Below, written by Camilla Sten and Viveca Sten and translated by A. A. Prime (middle grade fiction)