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.
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It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
A man whose bus has been cancelled goes for a pint, is waved over to a colleague's table, and laughs at a joke he finds repulsive because saying so would be rude.
It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
A man whose bus has been cancelled goes for a pint, is waved over to a colleague's table, and laughs at a joke he finds repulsive because saying so would be rude.
Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia
Two people have an accident on live television. By breakfast, several hundred thousand strangers have decided what it meant, and one of them has already worked out where she lives.
Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean
A stranger in a grocery store hands a frightened young woman a frozen lasagna and asks, without insult, whether she can read. It is the kindest thing anyone does in this novel.
A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner
A princess reads her dead sister's letter aloud to her father and asks him for justice. His answer is to beat her, and then to forbid her books for the rest of her life.
We Already Dug the Grave by Emma C. Wells
A deaconess arrives for her weekly tea-leaf reading with a palm-shaped bruise on her cheek. The old woman of the house mentions, very gently, that she is good at getting rid of pests.
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.
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It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
A man whose bus has been cancelled goes for a pint, is waved over to a colleague's table, and laughs at a joke he finds repulsive because saying so would be rude.
Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia
Two people have an accident on live television. By breakfast, several hundred thousand strangers have decided what it meant, and one of them has already worked out where she lives.
Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean
A stranger in a grocery store hands a frightened young woman a frozen lasagna and asks, without insult, whether she can read. It is the kindest thing anyone does in this novel.
A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner
A princess reads her dead sister's letter aloud to her father and asks him for justice. His answer is to beat her, and then to forbid her books for the rest of her life.
We Already Dug the Grave by Emma C. Wells
A deaconess arrives for her weekly tea-leaf reading with a palm-shaped bruise on her cheek. The old woman of the house mentions, very gently, that she is good at getting rid of pests.
