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Jude Rogers
The Passion of Jon Doyle

Thu 16 Apr 2026

The Passion of Jon Doyle
Eimear McBride
Anna Kavan’s dream vocabulary

Thu 2 Apr 2026

Anna Kavan’s dream vocabulary
Alex Clark
Stephanie Sy-Quia’s tale of religious and romantic devotion

Sat 28 Mar 2026

Stephanie Sy-Quia’s tale of religious and romantic devotion
Alex Preston
John Lanchester’s warped generational satire

Thu 19 Mar 2026

John Lanchester’s warped generational satire
David Barnett
Country star pays record $12m for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Country star pays record $12m for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll
Anthony Cummins
Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle
Anthony Cummins
Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy
Anthony Cummins
Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy
Olivia Ovenden
Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins
Xavier Greenwood
From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent

Sat 14 Feb 2026

From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent
Lily Isaacs
Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas
Clare Clark
Trouble in sunny Spyland

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Trouble in sunny Spyland
Erica Wagner
Catherine Newman’s American pastoral

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Catherine Newman’s American pastoral
Sarah Moss
Ali Smith’s Glyph goes back to the future

Thu 29 Jan 2026

Ali Smith’s Glyph goes back to the future
Anthony Cummins
George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil

Thu 22 Jan 2026

George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil
Ali Smith
Father Christmas: a short story

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Father Christmas: a short story

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