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Five picks for your shelf, each with a link to find your copy. Then take them on the road: Weekly Reads Route. Happy reading.

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Prize season

Dates to Remember

11 National Book Award finalists, to read before the ceremony

MON NOV 9Booker Prize 2026 winnerLondon · livestream 4:45 PM ET WED NOV 18National Book AwardsFree livestream · 8 PM ET
Cover of Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith AssadiParadiso 17Hannah Lillith AssadiFiction Cover of Dèy by Edwidge DanticatDèyEdwidge DanticatFiction Cover of Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You by Julián Delgado LoperaPretend You’re Dead and I Carry YouJulián Delgado LoperaFiction Cover of Beginning Middle End by Valeria LuiselliBeginning Middle EndValeria LuiselliFiction Cover of Mad Eden by Morgan ThomasMad EdenMorgan ThomasFiction Cover of Huna by Abdelrahman ElGendyHunaAbdelrahman ElGendyNonfiction Cover of Let the Poets Govern by Camonghne FelixLet the Poets GovernCamonghne FelixNonfiction Cover of Mother Tongue by Sara NovićMother TongueSara NovićNonfiction Cover of Spawning Season by Joseph OsmundsonSpawning SeasonJoseph OsmundsonNonfiction Cover of Pure Men by Mohamed Mbougar SarrPure MenMohamed Mbougar SarrTranslated Cover of Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life by Samar YazbekYour Presence Is a Danger to Your LifeSamar YazbekTranslated
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Spin Brigitte for a Wave of Wisdom

Brigitte Bardot, the spinner for the random book pick

The 2026 Booker Shortlist

Six novels, one prize, and the winner is named November 9. Two past winners, a three-time nominee, and three first-timers.

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison The Disappearers by Marlon James Black Bag by Luke Kennard May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout John of John by Douglas Stuart
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Author of the Month

Jonathan Lethem

Brooklyn detectives, talking kangaroos, and a new essay on lost books finding new readers. Where to start, and what to read next.

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem Office Politics by Wilfrid Sheed
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