Den of Geek Most Anticipated Books of 2026 " Foundling Fathers is an American revelation. Meg Elison is a singular, incisive wit (at least until they clone her)." --Charlie Jane Anders, author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster "Audaciously funny and painfully accurate. Elison sends up our nation's flawed history and fervent mythologizing with creativity and wit." --Samantha Mills, multiple award-winning author of The Wings Upon Her Back "This is exactly the kind of preposterous shit I would expect if cloning became more widely available which is both sad and hilarious. This book absolutely hooked me in about two pages." -- Powder & Page "Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I'd expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.
" --Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me "Meg Elison delivers a satirical tale of arrogant billionaires so preoccupied with their attempt to re-create a mythical something (or in this case someones) they didn't stop to consider if they should." --Stina Leicht, author of Persephone Station "A brilliant and timely premise that she weaves into a compelling tale that both unravels the founding mythology of the United States but somehow also gives me hope " --Auston Habershaw, author of If Wishes Were Retail "In there with the political satire and the pitch-perfect 18th-century diction is a moving story of found family and four 'brothers' whose quirky brilliance does not get in the way of their being engagingly human." --Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint "Deftly hilarious. You will be tempted to read page after page, chapter after chapter. Do not resist!" --Eileen Gunn, author of Stable Strategies and Others "Meg Elison has produced a sly meditation on greatness, American politics, and the very notion of national hagiography. Also, this book is just a lot of fun to read." --David Liss, author of The Peculiarities "The perfect read for the United States' 250th anniversary. Hilarious, curious, and furious, it gives this country's toxic nostalgia the wedgie it deserves.
" --John Wiswell, author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In Praise for Number One Fan "Elison's brutal, incisive novel cuts to the heart of what makes public figures vulnerable and asks us to question our voyeurism." -- New York Times Book Review "A tense, gripping, page-turning masterpiece." -- San Francisco Chronicle "In short, it's terrific." --Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author of Sandman Slim.