• Rakuten Kobo published its 2026 reading report today, highlighting a shift toward niche communities and fragmentation of broad bestseller lists.
• Screen adaptations drove US book discovery, making Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary the market’s bestselling title.
• Sports romance dominated bestseller rankings across five national markets, including the US and Canada.
• Readers alternated between dark romance and comforting mysteries, while classics returned to bestseller lists.
• Kobo expects stronger demand for folk horror and dystopian fiction in 2027, alongside increasingly hybrid romance-fantasy titles.

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