There’s plenty to look forward to in the literary world next year, including highly antiquated novels from Booker Prize winners, debuts that have already been snapped up for movie adaptations and state-of-the-nation non-fiction books.
If Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Dream Count dominated 2025, then Douglas Stuart’s third book, John of John, is sure to be a defining title in 2026. Telling the story of a 22-year-old son returning to his devout father’s home on the Isle of Harris, it explores the author’s signature themes of masculinity, working-class life and troubled family bonds.
