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Works on books desk, @guardian. Booker judge 2024. Views my own
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70 brilliant books for the summer

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By Justine Jordan Verified, David Shariatmadari Verified, Imogen Russell Williams
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Illustrations: Tom Haugomat/The GuardianIllustration: Tom Haugomat/The Guardian (Illustration: Tom Haugomat/The Guardian) default *** Fiction *** Fiction Transcription Ben Lerner A middle-aged writer returns to his college town to record the final interview with his 90-year-old intellectual mentor.
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Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction

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By Justine Jordan Verified
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Justine Jordan The beginning of the books calendar is usually dominated by debuts, but January 2026 sees releases from some of the year's biggest authors. Known for his surreally bittersweet short stories, George Saunders has written only one novel so far – but that one won the Booker prize. The follow-up to 2017's Lincoln in the Bardo, Vigil (Bloomsbury) focuses on an unquiet spirit called Jill who helps others pass over from life to whatever comes next.
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Illustration: Debora Szpilman There aren’t many giants of 20th-century literature still writing, but 2025 saw the first novel in 12 years from American great Thomas Pynchon, now in his late 80s: Shadow Ticket (Jonathan Cape) is a typically larky prohibition-era whodunnit, set against rising nazism and making sprawling connections with the spectre of fascism today.
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