“The political message is solid” – Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal
“We’re glad we engaged” – Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
“That’s three for three” – Dear Historian by Joff Winterhart
“A slightly tamer Murata” – Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
“Handled with the usual aplomb” – The Crossroads by CJ Box
“Not a ho hum read” – Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
“As good a place to start as any” – Henry VII: Treason and Trust, by Sean Cunningham
“An engaging debut” – The Artful Anna Harris by Tracy Maton
“Vital in every sense” – Is a River Alive? By Robert MacFarlane
“A gem for anyone interested in this ancient Greek philosopher” – Plato: A Civic Life, by Carol Atack
‘It was love, the “stuff” of love’ – Godlike by Richard Hell
“It’s not entirely a success” – New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
“Contemporary empathy” – The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
“It’s a clever adaptation” – Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
“A powerfully evocative social novel” – The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr
“Decent but not without issues” – A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia
“Likely to become the standard” – These Strange New Minds by Christopher Summerfield
“A slow burning historical epic” – Flashlight by Susan Choi #bookerprize2025
“The storytelling still needs a bit of work” – Romo the Wolf Boy by Ilya
“Something of a blast” – Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
“Thrills and spills a-plenty” – White River Crossing by Ian McGuire
“A mighty novel” – Queen by Birgitta Trotzig
“The first hint of a problem” – The Puma by Daniel Wiles
“We lapped this up in a single sitting” – Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
“Seething intent, like a poked finger” – Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn
“A little bit slow for our liking” – The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst
“A slow-burn of a novel” – Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer
“Heartbreaking and invigorating” – One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
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