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Elizabeth Strout, author of The Things We Never Say

Artie Dam is living a double life. He spends his days teaching history to 11th graders. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbors, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad --- at himself and the people around him --- and turns a question over and over in his mind: How is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us? And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear --- and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.

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The Booker Prize 2026

The 2026 Booker Prize has been awarded to M. John Harrison for his novel, THE END OF EVERYTHING, a haunting apocalyptic adventure and a formidable exploration of what it means to be human in a shifting world.

Click here to read more about M. John Harrison, who, at 81, becomes the oldest author to win in the history of the prize, and THE END OF EVERYTHING, which Mary Beard, chair of this year's judges, called “a book that turns you upside down, raises a wry smile --- and surprisingly, given the subject matter, leaves you with a twinge of optimism.”

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