Updated October 2026

Reading lists, hand-picked.

Seasonal picks, recent prize winners and the books we'd hand to a friend. Every link goes to Bookshop.org, so your purchase supports independent bookstores.

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Spooky Season ReadsHoliday Gift GuideRecent Prize WinnersBook Club FavoritesSci-Fi & Fantasy StartersThrillers You Can't Put DownClassics Worth the Hype

Seasonal · 8 books

Spooky Season Reads

Haunted houses, gothic mansions and things that should have stayed buried. Our picks for reading with the lights on this October.

Seasonal · 8 books

Holiday Gift Guide

Crowd-pleasers that are easy to give and hard to put down, with something for the science fan, the romantic, the history buff and the person who has everything.

Awards · 9 books

Recent Prize Winners

The books that took home the Pulitzer, the Booker, the Women's Prize and the Hugo over the last few years.

Cover of Angel Down Angel DownDaniel Kraus
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2026

Angel Down

Daniel Kraus

A First World War novel written as one continuous sentence, mixing allegory, magical realism and science fiction.

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Cover of The Correspondent The CorrespondentVirginia Evans
Women's Prize for Fiction, 2026

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

A retired lawyer writes letters every week, until one arrives from someone in her past. A debut told entirely in correspondence.

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Cover of Flesh FleshDavid Szalay
Booker Prize, 2025

Flesh

David Szalay

One man's life, from an awkward teenager in Hungary to wealth in London, told in spare, unsparing scenes.

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Cover of James JamesPercival Everett
Pulitzer Prize 2025 · National Book Award 2024

James

Percival Everett

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, retold by Jim in his own voice. Sharp, funny and devastating.

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Cover of Trust TrustHernan Diaz
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2023

Trust

Hernan Diaz

A Wall Street fortune told four different ways, each version unsettling the one before.

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Evergreen · 8 books

Book Club Favorites

Books that give a group plenty to talk about, argue over and remember.

Evergreen · 8 books

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Starters

New to the genre, or know someone who is? Start here. Each one is a gateway to a whole shelf.

Evergreen · 8 books

Thrillers You Can't Put Down

Twists, unreliable narrators and the kind of chapter endings that cost you sleep.

Classics · 9 books

Classics Worth the Hype

The ones you were assigned and maybe skimmed. They're better than you remember.

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