Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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best books of 2026 so far and a first quarter reading check in

in which I review some of the books I've read so far this year, mostly my favourite reads of 2026 so far, and talk about how and why I've been reading this year, and make a suggestion about a future project...

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London Review of Books lrb.co.uk
Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781804271049
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529435115
The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529151022
The Revolutionists by Jason Burke uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781847926067
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780063418813
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787336049
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241301197
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780571230082
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781786893895
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781784879105

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