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Every year, we ask a member of @theBookerPrizes jury to talk us through their shortlist.
Here, judge and journalist Rebecca Liu introduces us to the 2026 finalists:
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Funny books are a great read. From the witty to the absurd, satire to comic books, we have humor books guaranteed to lift your spirits. fivebooks.com/category/ficti…
"This tempestuous psychological thriller follows Rosie. Unlucky in love and suffering increasingly from ill health, she undergoes a transplant—after which she develops an obsession with the husband of the dead donor."—Five Books editors
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"My favourite book of all time is The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh. It’s the book that started my career. I knew nothing about Southeast Asia."
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Biographies for kids, from beautiful stories about real people for preschoolers to inspirational life stories for 8-12 year olds
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The best books written by winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, as picked by experts on Five Books in interviews on an array of subjects fivebooks.com/category/ficti…
“I love being able to walk around knowing that when I look up at the sky, I’m really looking up into an endless universe that we’ve only begun to explore.”
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“You can get a picture book by a high-profile person, teaching traditional financial topics for a young child to understand”
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"How do you write about contemporary American politics without reproducing the mania and fear that makes things feel so violently hopeless and deranged?"
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"We think of Brazil as the greatest ever World Cup side but back then they still hadn’t ever won it. Everyone was so confident they would win in 1950 that the newspapers anointed them champions the day before the final. They lost 2-1."
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Lecture at The Cavalry & Guards Club in London was a full house & received warmly. Great audience, excellent questions & every copy #Battle sold. I dedicated the book to my grandfather Sgt. Ben MacGregor of the @ghmuseum so fittingly I wore his regimental tie. @BloomsburyBooks
The best books to read on the revolutions of the past: the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and more
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"One thing I often recommend to people who are interested in dipping their toe in is to jump to the end of the first volume." Our guide to the best books by Marcel Proust (1871–1922) on Five Books.
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The best books written by winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, as picked by experts on Five Books in interviews on an array of subjects fivebooks.com/category/ficti…
#OTD in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis started as pictures confirmed the presence of Soviet missiles less than 100 miles from the US coast. "Essence of Decision" was recommended by Professor Robert E. Goodin as one of his top political science books.
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"Everybody but a few mad people recognises that climate change is a great threat to humanity’s future, but the governmental process to address it has totally failed."
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The best nonfiction books: our collection of expert-recommended books, as chosen by prestigious nonfiction prizes for their readability and importance. fivebooks.com/category/nonfi…
“Climate adaptation is synonymous with systems change”
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Immerse yourself in another world with our fantasy book recommendations. fivebooks.com/category/ficti…
"Most of the great interpreters did not end their writing about the revolution and say, “Oh yeah! I really figured it out.”"
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#OTD in 1906 Hannah Arendt was born. "'The Origins of Totalitarianism' is extremely relevant today", says philosopher Carissa Véliz. "She analyses very carefully how society goes from being a free society to being very much not that."
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