Books worth talking about.
Fiction,Prize Winners,Reviews,The Booker Prize
June 26, 2025
Join six astronauts as they orbit Earth in *Orbital* by Samantha Harvey, a beautifully written, Booker-winning novel that explores time, grief, and perspective. Dreamlike and meditative, it’s a quiet yet powerful reflection on life above—and far removed from—the world. Perfect for readers who love fiction that lingers.
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Fiction,Prize Winners,Reviews,The Booker Prize
June 26, 2025
In a Free State follows two uneasy travellers on a road trip through a country in turmoil. V. S. Naipaul’s Booker winner is unsettling, razor-sharp, and quietly devastating.
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Fiction,Reviews,Science Fiction,The Booker Prize
June 24, 2025
In Ascension is an ambitious blend of deep-sea science and speculative space fiction. While beautifully written in parts, I found its inconsistencies distracting. A bold but flawed Booker-longlisted novel.
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Fiction,Prize Winners,Reviews,The Booker Prize
June 20, 2025
A darkly comic tale of decay and denial, Troubles by J.G. Farrell follows a shell-shocked English major adrift in a crumbling Irish hotel after WWI. Lyrical, satirical and quietly devastating, it’s a Booker Prize winner that lingers long after the final page.
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Fiction,Prize Winners,Reviews,The Booker Prize
June 17, 2025
A darkly comic and quietly devastating portrait of mental illness, family pressure, and religious identity, The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens begins with a breakdown and spirals inward. This Booker-winning novel explores how brilliance can become a burden—and how love can distort.
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Fiction,Prize Winners,Reviews,The Booker Prize
June 12, 2025
P.H. Newby’s Something to Answer For won the very first Booker Prize in 1969, but it’s largely forgotten today. Set during the Suez Crisis, this surreal and absorbing novel explores identity, colonial decline, and quiet disintegration — and it’s well worth rediscovering.
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