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To the Moon and Back, the Reese's Book Club Pick Now in Paperback, Follows a Cherokee Woman's Race to Space: A Guide for Book Clubs
Eliana Ramage's debut follows Steph Harper, her sister, her mother and the woman she loves across three decades as Steph trains to become the first Cherokee woman in space.
Whale Harbor, GMA's November Book Club Pick, Follows Eleven Irish Brothers Scattered From Connemara to Montana: A Guide for Book Clubs
Mary Beth Keane's family saga is out in the US now and in the UK as Whale Harbour on 5th November. What it is about, why it suits a book club, and ten questions to bring to your meeting.
Waterstones and Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picked Eight of the Same Books for Book of the Year 2026
Booksellers on both sides of the Atlantic voted for Land, London Falling, The Book of Birds and five more. The full Waterstones shortlist of 20, and the dates both winners are named.
The Booker Prize 2026 Winner Is Named on 9th November: How to Watch and Which Book the Bookmakers Favour
The six-book Booker race ends at Old Billingsgate next Monday. When the announcement goes out, where to follow it, and what the betting says about The Disappearers, John of John and May We Feed the King.
How to Read the Four Novels Competing for the 2026 Prix Goncourt Before Tuesday's Verdict in Paris
A cold case from 1949, a trainee teacher in the Paris suburbs, a flat full of boxes and a photographer who vanishes beside a mountain lake are the four books one step from France's top literary prize.
How to Read the Five Translated Books Shortlisted for This Year's National Book Award
From a photography studio in London to a hospital in Doha, the five translated books competing for the National Book Award on 18th November and who each one suits.
How to Read the Six Novels Shortlisted for This Year's Booker Prize
From a tideline in Kent to a weaver's croft on Harris, the six novels competing for the £50,000 Booker Prize, what each one is about and who it suits.
Joseph Howse's Soviet-Era Novel The Circus and the Atom Wins World Literature and Audiobook Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award
The Nova Scotia author's second book, set in Kiev over the New Year of 1988 into 1989, also took a Distinguished Favorite for its cover, while his debut The Girl in the Water was honoured for its audiobook. The Next Year's Snow series has now sold to more than 80 public library systems in seven countries.
How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel
A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.
The Compliant Cowgirl: Christa Jan Ryan's Cautionary Memoir of Love and Codependency
In her memoir The Compliant Cowgirl, Christa Jan Ryan follows a man to 1970s Wyoming, loses herself in the relationship, and writes the way back out of codependency.