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Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson

Sadeqa Johnson's Keeper of Lost Children illuminates the forgotten Brown Baby Plan through three compelling perspectives. This comprehensive review examines the novel's strengths, themes, and place in contemporary historical fiction.

Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart

Discover Women of a Promiscuous Nature by Donna Everhart—a gripping historical novel exposing the American Plan's unjust detention of women in 1940s North Carolina. Read our in-depth review of this powerful, researched work about institutional oppression and women's resilience.

The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

Comprehensive review of The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams. Explore this multi-generational epic following seven generations of Black women navigating secrets, trauma, and resilience from slavery to 1999. Detailed analysis and book recommendations.

Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens by Elaine Mary Griffin

Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens by Elaine Mary Griffin is a richly atmospheric historical mystery set on racetracks and in courtrooms, where loyalty, truth, and ambition collide. Full review inside.

Elham Lemeur

Elham LEMEUR, Franco-Moroccan, born in 1966 in France. She works as an accountant in Paris. She is a fan of classic films and science-fiction novels.

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Black Bag by Luke Kennard

A broke actor is paid to attend university lectures zipped inside a leather bag, and finds the first role he has ever been perfectly suited to. Luke Kennard has written the funniest book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and the jokes are doing all the heavy lifting.

The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams

A ghostwriter with no personality is sent to befriend the student at the centre of a university scandal, in a city being swallowed by its own park. Missouri Williams has written the most formally daring book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and one of the coldest narrators in years.

Switzy by Emma Cline

A retired executive with Alzheimer's flies a borrowed private jet across Europe to an assisted-dying clinic, with two stops to make first. Emma Cline's fourth book is the most technically astonishing thing on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist and the last three pages are extraordinary.

All Them Dogs by Djamel White

A West Dublin enforcer comes home with a killing behind him and falls for the man he takes his orders from. Djamel White's debut is the loudest, funniest and most frightening book on the Booker Prize 2026 longlist, and the tenderness in it is what does the damage.

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