Young Adulting

This week, we chatted with literary agent Alyssa Morris and East City Bookshop Buyer Emilie Sommer about 2026 publishing trends! We pick their brains about customer shopping behavior, what editors are looking for, how they know something is going to hit, and their big bets for the year.    Alyssa's 2026 Picks In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson One & Only Maurene Goo Games by Anna Maria Volkova   Emilie's 2026 Picks Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola Five by Ilona Bannister London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Under Story by Chloe Benjamin The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson American Fantasy by Emma Straub   April's Book Club Pick - Good People by Patmeena Sabit   What we read this week Olivia - The Fountain by Casey Scieska, In Her Defense by Phillipa Malicka, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor, The Sirens by Emilia Hart  Becca - Once And Again by Rebecca Serle; American Fantasy by Emma Straub   Obsession Becca - Garlic Slicer Olivia - New notes app system