Two New Stand-Out Novels From Ireland and South Africa
This month, we’re reading two new novels that explore the long shadow of shame and secrecy across Ireland and South Africa.
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We’ve read all six Booker Prize novels, but this is the one you can’t miss
One of the biggest days in the literary calendar arrives next week on 9 November, when the winner of what is one of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize, will be announced.
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Brandon Sanderson Wrote 13 Novels Before Anyone Said Yes
Cover Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized for Meridian Magazine.
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8 of the Greatest Novels Set on a School Campus
From Stonerby John Williams (1965) to The Secret History byDonna Tartt (1992), the school campus has long been a home for great fiction. The lawns and libraries, classrooms and common rooms, and dining halls where everyone has a familiar seat.
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6 novels that made the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist
CoverEvery year, the Booker Prize offers a glimpse of what’s capturing the literary world’s attention. The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist takes readers from imagined futures to the complexities of family life, with novels that linger on questions of identity, memory and belonging (Reading, 1890 by artist Georges Croegaert. Photo: Heritage Art/Heritage Images
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‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDiarmid and Joe Sharp on writing novels as a couple books
The airy, modern home shared by Val McDiarmid and Joe Sharp on the outskirts of Edinburgh is surrounded by greenery and looks as if it was designed to provide enough space for two minds to think. Both women are high achievers in their respective fields, a Scottish power couple made up of a crime queen
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Literary Center » What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction
In August 2021, I could not study. I had just had a miscarriage—my second within six months—and every time I picked up a novel, I would become disoriented, the words jumbled up, almost incomprehensible. I complained about this to a friend of mine. “I don’t know what to do,” I said. “It’s like my brain
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NPR staff recommends romance novels this summer
Summer is great for some spicy reading and the NPR staff has recommendations for romance novels from our Books We Love list.
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Guess who’s narrating Lewis Penny’s upcoming Gamache novels?
Did you guess the actor? three pines Who played Adaptation Gamache? If so, winner, winner chicken dinner! Alfred Molina will narrate five upcoming novels. First, Miss Wolcott’s GhostWill be released this October from Macmillan and will be the 21st release of the series. slow horses Season 6 is so close! we can finally see new
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The Best Graphic Novels of 2026 (So Far)
In the middle of the year, we here at Book Riot want to review the many (many, many) great new titles we’ve read so far and determine which one is the best. It’s not easy to narrow that list down to a select few representatives, but as you’ll see below, we’ve managed to select five