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The Booker Prize 2025

The 2025 Booker Prize has been awarded to David Szalay for his novel, FLESH. A collection of intimate moments over the course of decades, the book chronicles a man at odds with himself --- estranged from and by the circumstances and demands of a life not entirely under his control and the roles that he is asked to play. Click here to read more about David Szalay, who is the first Hungarian-British author to win the award, and FLESH, which Roddy Doyle, Chair of the judges, calls "an extraordinary, singular novel --- a dark book that is a joy to read."

Week of May 25, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of May 25th include NEVER FLINCH, a twisty psychological thriller from Stephen King that explores vigilante justice and a diabolical serial killer, featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters; THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB by Martha Hall Kelly, a spectacular novel inspired by true events in which two sisters living on Martha’s Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women; THE IDAHO FOUR, James Patterson and Vicky Ward's exploration of a complex criminal investigation and its devastating aftermath, now featuring a newly reported conclusion; and Janelle Brown's WHAT KIND OF PARADISE, a propulsive novel that finds a teenage girl breaking free from her father’s world of isolation to discover that her whole life is a lie.