Where to Start With the Booker Prize 2026 Shortlist
Six books, seven weeks until the winner, and one of them runs to six hundred pages. Which of the shortlisted novels to open first, which to save for a group, and which one I think wins.
Where to Start With the Booker Prize 2026 Longlist
Thirteen novels, one shortlist in September, and not enough evenings. Here is what each book on the Booker 2026 longlist actually is, and which one I would open first.
What to Read Before Nolan’s Odyssey
You have a ticket and not much time. Here is what I would actually read before Nolan's Odyssey, sorted by how many free evenings you have between now and the cinema.
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Swan Song – Diana, My Sister by Charles Spencer
At the funeral rehearsal he climbs into the pulpit for a microphone test, notices strangers stepping out of the shadows to hear what he plans to say, and decides on the spot to lie to them.
Swan Song – Diana, My Sister by Charles Spencer
At the funeral rehearsal he climbs into the pulpit for a microphone test, notices strangers stepping out of the shadows to hear what he plans to say, and decides on the spot to lie to them.
The Wretched Divine by Adalyn Grace
A princess stands at a state ball with her face arranged into nothing, because a man on the other side of the room has just been hurt and she felt all of it, and the room must never find out that she did.
In the Woods They Wait by Carrie Lee South
A woman in a recliner will not let her daughter take the rubbish out until she has checked every bag, running a finger round the inside of an empty soup can in case something worth keeping is stuck to it.
Harbinger by Geneva Lee
A woman kneels in a dead garden on a cliff in winter, rips brambles out of frozen ground with no gloves on, and lets the thorns open her hands, because it is the only hour of the day her head is quiet.
Fallen Rook by L.J. Shen
An elderly woman in Staten Island sits crocheting with five cats asleep on various parts of her body, listens to her grandson list every reason the affair is impossible, agrees with all of them, and then tells him he will not last the week.
Empire by Sabaa Tahir
Fifty feet up a tree in a city that would kill her for being there, a girl who is terrified of heights is being told to jump by a cat. It is the funniest scene in the book and also the one that explains her.
Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm
Twice a day an elderly cleaner walks past a stone house in Haifa and stops breathing for about twenty seconds. She could take the longer route. She has never once taken the longer route.
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Swan Song – Diana, My Sister by Charles Spencer
At the funeral rehearsal he climbs into the pulpit for a microphone test, notices strangers stepping out of the shadows to hear what he plans to say, and decides on the spot to lie to them.
The Wretched Divine by Adalyn Grace
A princess stands at a state ball with her face arranged into nothing, because a man on the other side of the room has just been hurt and she felt all of it, and the room must never find out that she did.
In the Woods They Wait by Carrie Lee South
A woman in a recliner will not let her daughter take the rubbish out until she has checked every bag, running a finger round the inside of an empty soup can in case something worth keeping is stuck to it.
Harbinger by Geneva Lee
A woman kneels in a dead garden on a cliff in winter, rips brambles out of frozen ground with no gloves on, and lets the thorns open her hands, because it is the only hour of the day her head is quiet.
Fallen Rook by L.J. Shen
An elderly woman in Staten Island sits crocheting with five cats asleep on various parts of her body, listens to her grandson list every reason the affair is impossible, agrees with all of them, and then tells him he will not last the week.
