This is a list of cartography and geospatial-related books that, to my knowledge, are being published in 2026. I will update this page throughout the year as I receive new information. Which is to say that this information is subject to change and often in flux (publishers reschedule books all the time).
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Books can have different release dates in different markets and in different formats. As examples, a book may come out in the U.K. months before it does in the U.S., and the ebook edition may come out months before the paper edition. I try to make a note of such things.
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Pages from previous years can be found here: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. They are not generally corrected or updated past the year they’re for.
January
- The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Masterpiece by David Fletcher. Bodleian Library, 6 Jan 2026 (UK 6 Nov 2025), £35/$55. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin ed. by So Mayer and Sarah Shin. Spiral House, 10 Jan 2026 (UK 21 Oct 2025), £23/$26. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Julia Mapping: A Practical Guide by Richard Careaga. Self-published, 12/17 Jan 2026, $50. Amazon (Canada, UK).
February
- The 226 City Maps of Jacob van Deventer in Figures: Street Lengths, Accuracy in Relation to Modern Maps, Cross-Comparisons by Peter van Druenen. Brill, 26 Feb 2026, $233. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Creating New England, Defending the Northeast: Contested Algonquian and English Spatial Worlds, 1500-1700 by Nathan Braccio. University of Massachusetts Press, 27 Feb 2026, $99 (hc), $33 (pb). Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
March
- Map Use: Map Reading and Design, Vol. 1, 9th ed., by Aileen R. Buckley, Jon A. Kimerling and Patrick J. Kennelly. Esri, 3 Mar 2026, $96. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Top 20 Essential Skills for Imagery and Remote Sensing by Thomas Humber and Jeff Liedtke. Esri, 3 Mar 2026, $80. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- London in the 18th Century: Street by Street—John Rocque by W. Crawford Snowden. Atlantic Publishing, 5 Mar 2026, £25. Amazon (Canada, UK).
- Mapping the Mountains by Andrew Davies. Uitgeverij Moving Mountains, 27 Mar 2026, £40. Amazon (Canada, UK).
- The Cartographic Fool: Prints, Religion, and Visual Culture in Renaissance Europe by Michael J. Sauter. De Gruyter, 30 Mar 2026, $118. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
April
- Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 2nd ed., by David Eltis, David Richardson and Philip Misevich. Yale University Press, 7 Apr 2026, $65. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
May
- Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World by Peter Keating. Black Dog & Leventhal, 12 May 2026, $35. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Boston in 50 Maps by Andy Woodruff. Belt, 19 May 2026, $30. Amazon (Canada, UK).
- Mapping the Netherlands East Indies: A Cartographic Appraisal by Ferjan Ormeling. Brill, 20 May 2026, $298. Amazon (Canada), Bookshop.
- Mining Maps and Enlightenment in the Andes by Heidi V. Scott. Brill, 28 May 2026, $87. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
June
- Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.6 by Michael Law and Amy Collins. Esri Press, 2 Jun 2026, $120. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Little Blue Dot: How the Global Positioning System Shaped the Modern World by Katherine Dunn. Bloomsbury, 16 Jun 2026, $30/C$40; Mudlark, 18 Jun 2026, £20 (UK). Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
July
- The Spatial Edge: The Strategic Advantage of GIS Skills Across Higher Education by Thomas Fisher and Len Kne. Esri Press, 7 Jul 2026, $25 (hc $40). Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
August
- Mapping Britain’s Railways: The Design History of a Nation on Track by Mark Ovenden. British Library, 18 Aug 2026, £25. Amazon UK (Canada).
September
- Color Me Mappy: A Cartographic Coloring Book by Molly Green-Hogeweg. Esri Press, 1 Sep 2026, $16. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Top 20 Essential Skills for ArcGIS Business Analyst by Gemma Goodale-Sussen and Helen Thompson. Esri Press, 8 Sep 2026, $60. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
October
- Exploring GeoAI: Tools and Workflows by Ismael Chivite, Nicholas Griner and Craig Carpenter. Esri Press, 4 Oct 2026, $40. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
November
- You Are Here: A Geoguessr Guide Book. HarperCollins, 3 Nov 2026, $24. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- A History of Roads in 100 Maps by Jeremy Black. University of Chicago Press, 5 Nov 2026, $40. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Leading with Data: A Police Commander’s Guide to GIS and Crime Analysis by Jonas H. Baughman. Esri Press, 17 Nov 2026,1 $50. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- The Twin Cities in 50 Maps by Jake Steinberg. Belt, 17 Nov 2026, $30. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
Forthcoming in 2027
- The Modern Planner: How GIS Connects Data, Decisions, and Communities by Keith Cooke, Christine Ma and Silvia Casas. Esri Press, 5 Jan 2027, $50. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Parcels: How Property Shapes Geography by Jerry Paffendorf and Nancy von Meye. Esri Press, 2 Feb 2027, $55. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Writing the Land: French Imperial and Colonial Mapping of West Africa, 1854–1892 by Thomas J. Bassett. University of Chicago Press, 1 Apr 2027, $45. Amazon (Canada, UK), Bookshop.
- Chicago in 50 Maps by Daniel Block and Andrea Craft. Belt, 6 Apr 2027, $30. Bookshop.
- Madison in 50 Maps by Stephen Kennedy. Belt, 8 Jun 2027, $30.
- Britain in 55 Maps by Alasdair Rae. Bodley Head, 23 Sep 2027, £25. Amazon UK.