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Catherine Taylor
Christian Kracht’s reimagining of the climate crisis
Wed 22 Jul 2026
The 20 books to read this summer
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Bedlam: A Novel by Jennifer Higgie
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from JD Vance on Catholicism to grim tales of life in Soviet Romania
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Alessandra Chiaromonte, Year 12-13
Between Two Frequencies
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Aaditri Manjunath, Year 7-9
Project Lethe
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Josan Okine, Year 7-9
Room 101, Arizona
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Amina Ematur Rahman, Year 12-13
TruthSocial
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Olivia Ovenden
In Contrapposto, Dave Eggers finds refuge in art and beauty
Thu 2 Jul 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Natural Disaster chronicles the mother’s lot in frank and funny style
Fri 26 Jun 2026
John Self
Karen Jennings’ emotionally rich tale of emancipation
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Alex Clark
Colm Toibin’s The News from Dublin: striking stories of exile and return
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Helen Macdonald
The visions of M John Harrison
Fri 19 Jun 2026
John Self
Meena Kandasamy’s Fieldwork As a Sex Object is a potent deepfake satire
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Sufiyaan Salam’s raucous night out
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Erica Wagner
Ann Patchett’s book of transgressions
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Orlando Whitfield
Adam Ross’s Playworld is a rightful heir to Catcher in the Rye
Wed 20 May 2026
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: chaos and the cure
Mon 18 May 2026
Anna Leszkiewicz
Liz Allan’s 1990s-set novel smells like teen spirit
Sun 10 May 2026
Anthony Cummins
Ben Lerner’s anxious generations
Fri 8 May 2026
Nicola Sturgeon
Douglas Stuart’s island of lost souls
Thu 7 May 2026
Stephanie Merritt
To understand modern Ireland, read Tana French
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Rowan Williams
Yann Martel’s Trojan folly
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Hephzibah Anderson
Femme Feral is a sly werewolf horror about the menopause
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a genre-defying delight
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Jude Rogers
The Passion of Jon Doyle
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Eimear McBride
Anna Kavan’s dream vocabulary
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Alex Clark
Stephanie Sy-Quia’s tale of religious and romantic devotion
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Alex Preston
John Lanchester’s warped generational satire
Thu 19 Mar 2026
David Barnett
Country star pays record $12m for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Anthony Cummins
Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Anthony Cummins
Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy
Fri 27 Feb 2026
Anthony Cummins
Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Olivia Ovenden
Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Xavier Greenwood
From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Lily Isaacs
Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas
Sat 14 Feb 2026
