Books I Read in April 2026
Harry Shukman's *Year of the Rat* won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and offers a year‑long undercover look at nine British far‑right groups, exposing their fragmented power structures. Katie Kitamura’s *Audition*, a Booker‑shortlisted and Women’s Prize‑longlisted novel, follows an unnamed actress confronting a stranger who claims to be her son, delivering a terse, ambiguous meditation on performance and identity. Joe Tucker’s *The Secret Painter* chronicles the posthumous discovery of his uncle Eric’s hidden paintings, highlighting a working‑class talent ignored by the elite art world. Together, the three books illuminate under‑reported cultural narratives across politics, fiction, and art.
Books I Read in March 2026
March 2026 saw three distinct releases that illuminate tech, influencer culture, and family trauma. Former Meta policy director Sarah Wynn‑Williams delivers a candid memoir, *Careless People*, detailing internal dysfunction and Meta’s own attempts to suppress the book, which only heightened...
Books I Read in February 2026
The article reviews three recent releases: Mark Haddon's illustrated memoir "Leaving Home," Philip Pullman's concluding novel "The Rose Field" from the Book of Dust trilogy, and Margaret Atwood's expansive memoir "Book of Lives." Haddon's work offers a scrapbook‑style look at...