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• ↓ Dystopian Sci Fi Books, recommended by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• ↓ BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES IN 2026 The Odyssey by Homer “Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy, and where he went, and who he met, the pain he suffered in the storms at sea, and how he worked to save his life and bring his men back home.”—opening lines, Emily Wilson translation
• ↓ HISTORICAL FICTION The Pretender by Jo Harkin ⭐ Shortlisted for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction “The story is gloriously told, wild with the intrigues, plots and counter-plots of the War of the Roses as experienced by a boy who might be everything and nothing. There is so much to admire: the wit, the use of language, the imagination, the tone and the most difficult skill of all, the sifting of history into a page-turner.”—Katharine Grant, historical novelist and prize judge
• ↓ NONFICTION BOOKS Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright 🏆 A Five Books Book of the Year “Wright has a degree of evangelism about him, but he’s not saying this is the only way to achieve a better life. He says it’s a way of eliminating suffering from many people’s lives, and it worked for him.”—Nigel Warburton, Five Books philosophy editor
• ↓ FICTION The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 🏆 Winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction “If you want to feel warm and lovely, The Correspondent is absolutely the book to read. I adored it. It is told entirely through letters between Sybil, the protagonist, and whoever she may be writing to…It’s the kind of book that will keep you up until 3 o’clock in the morning.”—Salma El-Wardany, prize judge
• ↓ HISTORY BOOKS A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous “A Woman in Berlin is one of the great diaries of the whole war…we do know the name of the woman who wrote it now. She was called Marta Hillers and she was an extremely intelligent journalist…it was her enquiring mind and observation which really showed the reality of the Soviet attack on Berlin in April 1945 through to the beginning of May”—Antony Beevor, military historian
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"Sci fi dystopias are often, paradoxically, hopeful: they show oppressive systems, but they also show resistance. Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky picks out five titles that deserve more readers, ranging from near-futures to space operas, but all featuring complex humans responding to dire circumstances."

"Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler"

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon"

"Body horror is often bloody and gory, argues the novelist Heather Parry, but it is also a vessel for social commentary. Here she recommends five books that explore notions of bodily autonomy, capitalism and technology through the form of a horror novel – cult hits that will make you wince, but also make you think."

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Dystopian Sci Fi Books, recommended by Adrian Tchaikovsky

BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES IN 2026 The Odyssey by Homer “Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy, and where he went, and who he met, the pain he suffered in the storms at sea, and how he worked to save his life and bring his men back home.”—opening lines, Emily Wilson translation

HISTORICAL FICTION The Pretender by Jo Harkin ⭐ Shortlisted for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction “The story is gloriously told, wild with the intrigues, plots and counter-plots of the War of the Roses as experienced by a boy who might be everything and nothing. There is so much to admire: the wit, the use of language, the imagination, the tone and the most difficult skill of all, the sifting of history into a page-turner.”—Katharine Grant, historical novelist and prize judge

NONFICTION BOOKS Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright 🏆 A Five Books Book of the Year “Wright has a degree of evangelism about him, but he’s not saying this is the only way to achieve a better life. He says it’s a way of eliminating suffering from many people’s lives, and it worked for him.”—Nigel Warburton, Five Books philosophy editor

FICTION The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 🏆 Winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction “If you want to feel warm and lovely, The Correspondent is absolutely the book to read. I adored it. It is told entirely through letters between Sybil, the protagonist, and whoever she may be writing to…It’s the kind of book that will keep you up until 3 o’clock in the morning.”—Salma El-Wardany, prize judge

HISTORY BOOKS A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous “A Woman in Berlin is one of the great diaries of the whole war…we do know the name of the woman who wrote it now. She was called Marta Hillers and she was an extremely intelligent journalist…it was her enquiring mind and observation which really showed the reality of the Soviet attack on Berlin in April 1945 through to the beginning of May”—Antony Beevor, military historian