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Sep 3
NOTABLE NOVELS OF FALL 2026 As summer winds up, it's time to plan our next season of reading. Here's our round-up of notable new novels of fall 2026—including new writing from @MarlonJames5 and Emily St. John Mandel.
Five Books: Notable Novels of Fall 2026, recommended by Cal Flyn
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“One of the immediate effects of Vasari’s Lives of the Artists is that artists start realising that their own lives become something that they can curate”
Five Books: The best books on The Lives of Artists, recommended by Maria Loh
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If you’ve ever been curious about ancient Carthage and why the Romans fought the Punic Wars against them, why Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants and what happened to him afterward, this is the book for you. fivebooks.com/book/carthage-… @gevemac @EburyPublishing @wwnorton
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NEW James Baldwin was a hugely influential figure in American letters – producing "extraordinarily creative" fiction and playwriting as well as a body of searing social commentary. Here, literary scholar Ahmed Honeini offers an overview
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Five Books: The Best James Baldwin Books, recommended by Ahmed Honeini
Royal Holloway literary scholar Ahmed Honeini offers an overview of the writing of James Baldwin, 20th-century American literary giant.
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"If you lived in the south or the Midlands and... had a job in one of the new industries such as the car industry..or synthetic textiles or pharmaceuticals or domestic goods manufacturing, then you were much more prosperous." fivebooks.com/best-books/jul…