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Book of the Month

One book I'd press into your hands right now — a new pick each month, starting May 2026.

September 2026
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan

Only 114 pages but it packs in so much — sadness, horror and hope. Set in 1985 Ireland around the Magdalene laundries, it's one of the best novels I've read.

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August 2026
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante

The first of Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet — two friends growing up in a fractured Naples neighbourhood, with characters and scenes that stay in your head long after.

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July 2026
Flesh
David Szalay

The Booker Prize winner — David Szalay follows István through a life where much of the action happens off the page, leaving you to fill in the gaps.

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June 2026
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy

A Booker Prize-winning masterpiece — Arundhati Roy's novel about forbidden love and the small things that shape an entire life.

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May 2026
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray

A huge epic of a book - a family saga set in modern Ireland, full of love, loss, humour and the climate crisis.

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