# booker (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover booker. Page: Feed: --- ## [Discussion Thread: Best books of summer and back-to-school reading goals](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/discussion-thread-best-books-of-summer) _2026-08-19 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ One thing I love about book nerds is we never seem to lose our nostalgia for back-to-school season. ## [Tell us where you love to read](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/tell-us-where-you-love-to-read) _2026-08-18 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ We’d love to know your favourite places to settle down with a book for an upcoming article on our website ## [Switzy - Emma Cline](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/switzy-emma-cline/) _2026-08-18 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ Switzy is the twelfth book from this year's \[...\] ## [John of John - Douglas Stuart](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/john-of-john-douglas-stuart/) _2026-08-17 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I almost didn't want to write this review \[...\] ## [The Shadow of the Object - Chloe Aridjis](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-shadow-of-the-object-chloe-aridjis/) _2026-08-17 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis is the \[...\] ## [The Palm House - Gwendoline Riley](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-palm-house-gwendoline-riley/) _2026-08-17 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ Something that's struck me about a few of the books on \[...\] ## [All Them Dogs - Djamel White](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/all-them-dogs-djamel-white/) _2026-08-16 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I'm not going to bury the lede here \[...\] ## [Black Bag - Luke Kennard](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/black-bag-luke-kennard/) _2026-08-16 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I will not be surprised if Black Bag wins the Booker Prize this \[...\] ## [A page-turning literary mystery that unfolds into an exploration of how we read our literature and our lives](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/a-page-turning-literary-mystery-that) _2026-08-16 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Plus authors favorite rereads and when is it okay to DNF a book? ## [Helen of Nowhere - Makenna Goodman](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/helen-of-nowhere-makenna-goodman/) _2026-08-16 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ Helen of Nowhere is the fifth book on this year's Booker Prize longlist that I've read, and it's easily the \[...\] ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AuL4I85u8sJU) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Renovation - Kenan Orhan](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-renovation-kenan-orhan/) _2026-08-15 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ The Booker really does love a migrant novel. It has \[...\] ## [Friday Mood Recs: Seven slim books for Women in Translation Month](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/friday-mood-recs-seven-slim-books) _2026-08-14 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Celebrate the season with fantastic quick reads ## [Introducing our Monthly Spotlight for August: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/introducing-our-monthly-spotlight-5fc) _2026-08-14 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ McEwan’s novel is a masterful study of miscommunication and the life-changing consequences of words left unsaid. Find out more about the book here, and enter our competition to win a new-look tote bag ## [The Vivisectors - Missouri Williams](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-vivisectors-missouri-williams/) _2026-08-14 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I finished The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams yesterday \[...\] ## [M John Harrison - The End Of Everything](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything/) _2026-08-13 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I've just finished M. John Harrison's The End of Everything, which \[...\] ## [The Things We Never Say - Elizabeth Strout](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-things-we-never-say-elizabeth-strout/) _2026-08-13 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I finished this in bed last night, having \[...\] ## [May We Feed The King - Rebecca Perry](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/may-we-feed-the-king-rebecca-perry/) _2026-08-13 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I haven't posted here in a while because I've \[...\] ## [Reading in Public No. 107: Three (more) tips for getting started with the classics](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/reading-in-public-no-107-three-more) _2026-08-12 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Advice for letting go of expectations and finding joy in old books ## [Ranked Reading Recap | July 2026](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/ranked-reading-recap-july-2026) _2026-08-10 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ A small but might reading book with three best-of-the-year contenders ## [A lyrical novel that explores brutal acts in a beautiful place](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/a-lyrical-novel-that-explores-brutal) _2026-08-09 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Plus the best thrillers of the 21st century and Katherine Rundell's classroom observations on AI, thinking, and happiness ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2Rb5Sl6cWygC) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Friday Mood Recs: Where to start with The Booker Prize](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/friday-mood-recs-where-to-start-with) _2026-08-07 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ 8 Booker-approved books for every type of reader ## [Win the Booker Prize longlist](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/which-book-from-the-booker-prize-2f9) _2026-08-07 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ This week: take our quiz to find out which longlisted book is your perfect match, read an extract from each novel – plus, win all 13 books and a Booker Prizes tote bag ## [Reading in Public No. 106: Three little tweaks bringing joy to my reading](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/reading-in-public-no-106-three-little) _2026-08-05 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Plus a call for your reading conundrums! ## [This Month in Books | July 2026](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/this-month-in-books-july-2026) _2026-08-03 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ The first lists of literary prizes season, books that delve into the vagaries of history, and our takes on the "end of reading" ## [A haunting philosophical exploration of life and death](https://fictionmatters.substack.com/p/a-haunting-philosophical-exploration) _2026-08-02 · Sara Hildreth · FictionMatters_ Plus the Booker longlist and the best book covers of July ## [The Booker Prize 2026 Longlist](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/07/30/the-booker-prize-2026-longlist/) _2026-07-30 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ The longlist for this year’s Booker Prize was announced on Tuesday. The 13 books are: The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis Switzy by Emma Cline Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman The End of Everything by M. John Continue reading ## [Announcing the Booker Prize 2026 longlist](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/announcing-the-booker-prize-2026) _2026-07-28 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ The longlist for this year’s Booker Prize, the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction, has been revealed – a list that ‘rewards risk’ and offers ‘something for everyone’ ## [The Booker Prize 2026: Predictions, Preferences and Possibilities](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/07/26/the-booker-prize-2026-predictions-preferences-and-possibilities/) _2026-07-26 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ My Booker Prize predictions list is an annual tradition, although based on my track record for predictions in recent years, I have probably scuppered the chances of my choices below. Any novel originally written in English and published in the Continue reading ## [Get to know the Booker Prize 2026 judges](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/get-to-know-the-booker-prize-2026) _2026-07-24 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ This week: we speak to this year’s judging panel, just before the longlist is revealed; and discover our favourite Booker Prize-winning books from years gone by ## [Books I Read in June 2026](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/07/21/books-i-read-in-june-2026/) _2026-07-21 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry is an account of the final days of the author’s father-in-law, David, who died just nine days after receiving a cancer diagnosis in 2022. Perry and her husband Rob nursed David at Continue reading ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RE1jblLJnP30) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Your weekly edit](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/your-weekly-edit-8a0) _2026-07-17 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ This week: epic tales for fans of The Odyssey; we celebrate South Asian Heritage Month; plus an interview with And Other Stories, the small press behind Taiwan Travelogue ## [Ursula K Le Guin Prize Shortlist 2026](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/ursula-k-le-guin-prize-shortlist-2026/) _2026-07-13 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ The shortlist for this year's Ursula K Le Guin Prize has been announced, and \[...\] ## [Summer reading special: what to read in the weeks ahead](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/summer-reading-special-what-to-read) _2026-07-10 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ This week: a selection of Booker-nominated books to enjoy this summer – whether you’re travelling far, staying close to home, or simply looking for a story to lift your spirits ## [Read our Monthly Spotlight for July: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/read-our-monthly-spotlight-for-july) _2026-07-07 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ Olga Tokarczuk’s subversive, entertaining rural neo-noir is anything but a conventional crime novel. Find out more about the book here, and enter our competition to win our new-look tote bag ## [Introducing the judges for the Bukhman International Booker Prize 2027](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/introducing-the-judges-for-the-bukhman) _2026-07-02 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ The panel will be chaired by Katie Kitamura, who is joined by Patrick McGuinness, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Olga Ravn and Tessa Thompson ## [Cosmos by Lucia Odoom (tr. Hunter Simpson): reviewed for EuroLitNetwork](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/07/01/cosmos-by-lucia-odoom-tr-hunter-simpson-reviewed-for-eurolitnetwork/) _2026-07-01 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ Over at the European Literature Network, I have reviewed a debut novel about a Ghanaian man in Denmark with dreams of building a home for his family in Ghana – if he could only find a way up in the world. Lucia Odoom s Cosmos (translated from Danish by Hunter Simpson, published by Daunt Books) revolves \[ \] ## [Your weekly edit](https://thebookerprizes.substack.com/p/your-weekly-edit-f8b) _2026-06-26 · The Booker Prizes · The Booker Prizes_ This week: The perfect books for hot weather, novels set in extraordinary places, and Booker stories that explore the highs and lows of sibling relationships ## [Books I Read in May 2026](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/06/21/books-i-read-in-may-2026/) _2026-06-21 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ The Correspondent by Virginia Evans became a word-of-mouth bestseller last year and recently won the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is an epistolary novel told entirely through letters, most of which are written over several years by septuagenarian Sybil van Continue reading ## [The Malt Whisky Murders - Natalie Jayne Clarke](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/the-malt-whisky-murders-natalie-jayne-clarke/) _2026-06-11 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ This book coincided nicely with my renewed interes\[...\] ## [Deception Point - Dan Brown](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/deception-point-dan-brown/) _2026-06-10 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I read Dan Brown's latest Robert Langdon book The Secret Of Secrets last year \[...\] ## [Whisky Review #3: Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2022 Edition](https://chrisb.bearblog.dev/whisky-review-3-kilchoman-loch-gorm-2022-edition/) _2026-06-04 · chrisb · Chris Bissette_ I just got home from a busy weekend \[...\] ## [Books I Read in April 2026](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/05/25/books-i-read-in-april-2026/) _2026-05-25 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ Year of the Rat: Undercover in the British Far Right by Harry Shukman won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 2025. A former journalist and researcher for the campaigning group HOPE not hate, Shukman went undercover Continue reading ## [#InternationalBooker2026: the shadow panel’s winner](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/05/17/internationalbooker2026-the-shadow-panels-winner/) _2026-05-17 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ The end of International Booker season approaches, and we on the shadow panel have selected a winner from our shortlist. We had four out of six books in common with the official shortlist, but we ve gone with something else. The 2026 shadow winner is The Wax Child by Olga Ravn. tr. Martin Aitken (Viking) This \[ \] ## [Crazy Genie by Inès Cagnati (tr. Liesl Schillinger): reviewed for EuroLitNetwork](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/05/05/crazy-genie-by-ines-cagnati-tr-liesl-schillinger-reviewed-for-eurolitnetwork/) _2026-05-05 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ I am back at the European Literature Network with a review of a novel first published in French in 1976, and now published in English translation by NYRB Classics. Crazy Genie is the tale of a mother and daughter, structured around the patterns that define their lives in the countryside – with trauma that bursts \[ \] ## [#InternationalBooker2026: the shadow panel’s shortlist](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/04/27/internationalbooker2026-the-shadow-panels-shortlist/) _2026-04-27 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ I m a little late reporting this, but we on the shadow panel now have our shortlist: Two-thirds of our shortlist is the same as the official shortlist, but both lists still feel quite different to me overall. I wonder if we ll choose the same winner as each other this year. ## [Books I Read in March 2026](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/04/24/books-i-read-in-march-2026/) _2026-04-24 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams is an account of the author’s employment at Facebook as a director of global public policy, working closely with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for six years. Hailing from New Zealand with a professional background Continue reading ## [#1961Club: The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/04/16/1961club-the-ha-ha-by-jennifer-dawson/) _2026-04-16 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ This week is a new club week hosted by Simon and Kaggsy, with a focus on books published in 1961. I ve picked out this novel, which was reissued last year in Faber Editions. British author Jennifer Dawson (1929-2000) draws on her experiences as both a patient and a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. The \[ \] ## [#InternationalBooker2026: the official shortlist](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/03/31/internationalbooker2026-the-official-shortlist/) _2026-03-31 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ As you may have noticed, any plans I had to blog the International Booker this year have not come to fruition. I have been reading along, but in the end I couldn t do both. We will have our Shadow Panel shortlist in a couple of weeks, but the official shortlist was announced today: I suspect \[ \] ## [Books I Read in February 2026](https://alittleblogofbooks.com/2026/03/22/books-i-read-in-february-2026/) _2026-03-22 · A Little Blog of Books · A Little Blog of Books_ Leaving Home by Mark Haddon is the author’s memoir about his parents and growing up in Northampton in the 1970s. It is a lavishly illustrated book Haddon is a talented artist as well as an author which has Continue reading ## [#InternationalBooker2026: the longlist](https://www.davidsbookworld.com/2026/02/25/internationalbooker2026-the-longlist/) _2026-02-25 · David Hebblethwaite · David's Book World_ International Booker Prize season begins! The 2026 shortlist has been announced: I don t have much to say as I hadn t heard of most of the books. But there are quite a few familiar authors there, and I m looking forward to exploring the list. As always, I will be reading along with the Shadow Panel, and \[ \]