Amazon's First Reads for August 2026

Amazon has released the choices for August 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 one Kindle book this month and the bonus short read for $1.99 each (or for free if you're a Prime member).

• The Spider Silk Scarf by Ana Reyes (short story)

• The Black Orchid by Loreth Anne White (psychological thriller) 

• Philippa Flynn's Year of Panic and Piracy by Jacqueline Firkins (book club fiction)

• Dreams of Earth and Sky by Shirley Perez West (historical fiction) 

• In the Killer's Sight by Mike Omer (police procedural)

• The Last Harbinger by Jeff Wheeler

• The Summer Between Us by Jennifer Probst

• I've Got a New Complaint by Laurie Notaro

• The Getaway by Kieran Scott