Literature
National Book Foundation sets 15th to 17th September rollout for 2026 National Book Awards longlists
7 Sept 2026
Cruz Beckham
Published by Prototype, his second novel draws on his own father’s life and combines prose with photographs.
'A Court of Forgotten Melody' will follow on 12th January 2027, continuing the same story.
Screenwriter Thara Popoola has won Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 for her novel-in-progress 'Right Person, Wrong Timeline'.
The National Book Foundation has fixed the 2026 National Book Awards longlist announcements for 15th to 17th September, giving this year’s prize season a precise three-day rollout window.
'A Court of Forgotten Melody' will follow on 12th January 2027, continuing the same story.
Isabel J. Kim's doppelgänger thriller is at its best when Rose returns to Seoul and finds another version of herself already living there.
Isabel J. Kim's doppelgänger thriller is at its best when Rose returns to Seoul and finds another version of herself already living there.
Screenwriter Thara Popoola has won Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 for her novel-in-progress 'Right Person, Wrong Timeline'.
'A Court of Forgotten Melody' will follow on 12th January 2027, continuing the same story.
Isabel J. Kim's doppelgänger thriller is at its best when Rose returns to Seoul and finds another version of herself already living there.
Opening on 30th October 2026, 'Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery' spreads more than 100 items across five immersive spaces, including a First World War dispensary, an Orient Express-style carriage and an archaeological dig.
The National Book Foundation has fixed the 2026 National Book Awards longlist announcements for 15th to 17th September, giving this year’s prize season a precise three-day rollout window.
A group of gay men come together to rehearse a play in Kingston. What happens afterwards takes diaries, letters and interviews to tell, and none gives a complete account.
The classicist has said in interviews published on 28th August 2026 that her next ‘Odyssey’ will be a complete retranslation rather than a revision of her 2017 version.
Marie Darrieussecq follows Rose and Solange from a Basque village into very different adult lives, with Penny Hueston's brisk translation keeping up with their judgements.
The novelist's recollections of queer self-invention are funny and generous. His reflections on the mystery of writing have less to give away.
Laura McPhee-Browne is horribly funny about Heloise's obsession with a younger woman. Hearing from her lover later isn't nearly as absorbing.
A grave-robbing influencer and a resurrected rock icon make a spectacularly bad double act in a bloody, funny novel about the demands of devotion.
REVIEWSREVIEWSREVIEWSREVIEWSREVIEWSREVIEWSPublished by Prototype, his second novel draws on his own father’s life and combines prose with photographs.
'A Court of Forgotten Melody' will follow on 12th January 2027, continuing the same story.
Opening on 30th October 2026, 'Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery' spreads more than 100 items across five immersive spaces, including a First World War dispensary, an Orient Express-style carriage and an archaeological dig.
Screenwriter Thara Popoola has won Modern Stories: It Must Be Love 2026 for her novel-in-progress 'Right Person, Wrong Timeline'.
The National Book Foundation has fixed the 2026 National Book Awards longlist announcements for 15th to 17th September, giving this year’s prize season a precise three-day rollout window.
A group of gay men come together to rehearse a play in Kingston. What happens afterwards takes diaries, letters and interviews to tell, and none gives a complete account.
The classicist has said in interviews published on 28th August 2026 that her next ‘Odyssey’ will be a complete retranslation rather than a revision of her 2017 version.
Marie Darrieussecq follows Rose and Solange from a Basque village into very different adult lives, with Penny Hueston's brisk translation keeping up with their judgements.
The novelist's recollections of queer self-invention are funny and generous. His reflections on the mystery of writing have less to give away.
Laura McPhee-Browne is horribly funny about Heloise's obsession with a younger woman. Hearing from her lover later isn't nearly as absorbing.
Isabel J. Kim's doppelgänger thriller is at its best when Rose returns to Seoul and finds another version of herself already living there.
A grave-robbing influencer and a resurrected rock icon make a spectacularly bad double act in a bloody, funny novel about the demands of devotion.
Tillie Walden’s graphic biography finds its drama in sewing, faith and the daily effort of sharing a life. A dispute over archival credit makes its intimacy more complicated.
Paul Tremblay's furious AI novel turns a gamer's ordinary controls into the means of making a human body corporate property.
Alice Oseman lets Nick and Charlie face university and separate plans without inventing a crisis to give them one last goodbye.
A thief who is forbidden to fall in love has to work with the man they left behind. The romantic complications are the best part of this Dungeons & Dragons novel.
The 'Orange Is the New Black' actor has plenty to celebrate in her first memoir. She is more interested in why success still hasn't made her feel safe.
Simon Reynolds turns a decade of guitar undergrounds into a vivid study of how critics create genres, then live long enough to question the borders they drew.
