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.
Greek Myth Retellings to Read After Circe
Finishing Circe leaves a very specific hole. Here are the Greek myth retellings that actually fill it, and the ones that only pretend to.
Book CLB
Each story in our ever growing library can be accessed through our membership program. Subscribe and receive instantaneous and unlimited access!
Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore
It is one in the morning and her sister is sitting at the window, eyes open, not there. This is the third time this month. Nobody at any hospital can tell them why.
Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore
It is one in the morning and her sister is sitting at the window, eyes open, not there. This is the third time this month. Nobody at any hospital can tell them why.
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
Freshman week, 1950. The women are told to undress, stand against a wall with metal pins taped to their spines, and hold still for the camera. It is called a posture study.
Tempest by Victoria Aveyard
A boy sits on a stool in the square with a stick, paid by the governor to keep the crows off a corpse. That is the first thing this novel shows you, and it is not the cruellest.
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
She gives birth alone in the captain's cabin while Algerian corsairs come over the rail. Then she leaves the baby on the bed, picks up a loaded gun, and opens the door.
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin
The neighbour's mother has just been born. She is eighty-eight, she has cataracts and cancer, and there is soil under her fingernails. Her daughter could not be happier.
The Black Orchid by Loreth Anne White
A ship's concierge asks a stranger whether her engagement ring is real. He tells her the truth. Everything the novel wants to argue about is already in that exchange.
Midnight Curfew by Penelope Douglas
The love story is between two men who spend most of the book trying to ruin each other. The reason the book works is a third person, who is twenty years old and dresses like a child on purpose.
Don't Miss
Celebrities
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
Bookclb -
Freshman week, 1950. The women are told to undress, stand against a wall with metal pins taped to their spines, and hold still for the camera. It is called a posture study.
Drama
Scandals
Latest Posts
Technology
Health
Big Bad Wolf by Laurie Gilmore
It is one in the morning and her sister is sitting at the window, eyes open, not there. This is the third time this month. Nobody at any hospital can tell them why.
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
Freshman week, 1950. The women are told to undress, stand against a wall with metal pins taped to their spines, and hold still for the camera. It is called a posture study.
Tempest by Victoria Aveyard
A boy sits on a stool in the square with a stick, paid by the governor to keep the crows off a corpse. That is the first thing this novel shows you, and it is not the cruellest.
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
She gives birth alone in the captain's cabin while Algerian corsairs come over the rail. Then she leaves the baby on the bed, picks up a loaded gun, and opens the door.
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin
The neighbour's mother has just been born. She is eighty-eight, she has cataracts and cancer, and there is soil under her fingernails. Her daughter could not be happier.
