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The books everyone will be reading this summer

SUMMER READING: From sun-soaked page-turners to perfect al fresco lunch companions, these are 21 of the hottest reads right now

The Independent UK

What should win this year’s International Booker?

Political oppression in Tehran, a witch’s tale from France, a film-maker in Nazi Germany … we weigh up the contenders for the International Booker prize 2026

The Guardian - UK

International Booker Prize 2026: heartbreak, brutality, shapeshifting – six experts review the nominees

This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist presents a diverse and intriguing array of books that all demonstrate the highly creative imagination and inventiveness of their authors – and translators, of course.

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‘Hope, insight and burning humanity’: 2026 International Booker prize shortlist announced

The six finalists include Marie NDiaye and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ alongside Daniel Kehlmann’s second nomination for the £50,000 prize

The Guardian - UK

Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist

Thirteen books make this year’s longlist for translated fiction, which awards a first prize of £50,000

The Guardian - UK

Black child, 10, sentenced to probation and book report on Kobe Bryant for urinating in parking lot

Family’s lawyer says he ‘doesn’t believe a white child would have been arrested under similar circumstances’

The Independent UK

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

The Living and the Rest by José Eduardo Agualusa; Near Distance by Hanna Stoltenberg; Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye; The Siren’s Lament: Essential Stories by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki

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Right-wing outcry as historian Pap Ndiaye heads up French education ministry

The nomination of Pap Ndiaye, a historian and expert on US minority rights, was the biggest surprise in France's new government line-up. Even before he gets down to business, the left-leaning academic has been slammed by the political right for his "woke" positions on race and police violence.

Radio France Internationale

France: Black historian Pap Ndiaye appointed as education minister

Expert on colonialism and history of race relations faces persistent social inequalities in the school system

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 novels about neighbours

From commune-dwellers to lodgers in miniature, the people we live alongside make intriguing subjects for fiction

The Guardian - UK

NYC comptroller: Don't blame bail reform for higher crime

Two years into New York’s bold quest to eliminate pretrial incarceration for most crimes, state officials are considering abandoning some reforms amid public pressure to curb rising violence

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