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Just been catching up on the for Fiction 2026 longlist and for the first time ever I’ve actually already read 2 of the books - Heart the Lover by Lilly King which I enjoyed very much but didn’t love, and Audition by Katie Kitamura which I was perplexed by but also found to be a brilliant read that readers interpret in many ways. Looking forward to reading some more from this year’s list!

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https://lithub.com/heres-the-longlist-for-the-2026-womens-prize-for-fiction/

📚 When the Moon Hits Your Eye by: John Scalzi

The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it.

For some it's an opportunity. For others it's a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the bi...

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The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it's an opportunity. For others it's a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible. Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to pray, to laugh and to grieve. All in a kaleidoscopic novel that goes all the places you’d expect, and then to so many places you wouldn’t. It's a wild moonage daydream. Ride this rocket.

📚 What Happened Next by: Edwin Hill

A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.
What do I remember about the murder on the lake?

Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anythin...

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A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past. What do I remember about the murder on the lake? Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember anything, really, about how events on the lake unfolded twenty-five years ago. He just knows what he's been told: that his father stabbed a man to death, left Charlie's mother critically wounded, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. Now Charlie believes there must be more to what happened. Using the shards of the story he's uncovered so far as the heart of a true crime podcast, Charlie returns to his hometown in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Old friends, family, authorities, and even collateral victims have moved on, and no one wants to dredge up what's long forgotten. Except Charlie. He wants to know what could have transformed a quiet man into a monster. And what happened next. But when Charlie starts asking questions of people with so much to hide, getting to the truth becomes dangerous. Because on this lake--in this family--the past isn't dead and buried at all. In fact, it's back with a vengeance.

Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory is NOT the kind of book I like to read, but the man can't half tell a story. The denouement waits for the final pages, and is jaw-dropping; the only doubt left in the reader's mind is the plausibility, as the story is so strange.

WARNING: this review in particular has big spoilers; don't read it if you think you will one day read the book yourself, as it WILL spoil your reading pleasure.

https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=the-wasp-factory

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“How could we let them get away with it for so long?” But the question, of course, contained its own answer: We let them get away with it. Power is more often surrendered than seized." -- from 'Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir' by John Banville

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Did you know that only true authors get passionate about their books while AI sloperators have no clue?

I've written up a blog post about Steps of Courage and why I wrote this book. You'll also get some glimpses into my worldbuilding and the fun I had with the characters.

And! You get a special deal for the book at the end: 50% off in my own store!

https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/book-of-the-month-march-2026/

I do hope you'll enjoy the book. Please boost.



Image for my Book of the Month promo. It shows the cover of my book, Steps of Courage, Mages of the Twin Worlds Book 1 on a blue gray background with extra text. Book of the Month 3/2026 (in a nice, decorative font) A lost prince. A grumpy guard. An ailing queen. Two young women from Earth pulled into a new world full of magic. They combine into a fast-paced adventure. Grab it for 50% off in my own store. (This line is also in a decorative font.)

March 1st-7th The Last Philosopher: Part One ebook will be free on Smashwords 😊

I know I've handed out a free link before but this is free where it would normally cost 99 cents so that's somehow better 😜😁

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1928619

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Fan made moving cover of The Last Philosopher.

Cover a book I assume doesn't actually exist, with a 1950s looking picture of a young man pointing at an engine. Title: Everything I don't like is WOKE, a book for basic dickheads The young man saying: This engine is woke.

After Atlas is a 2016 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was first published in the United States as a paperback original in November 2016 by Roc Books...

After Atlas is the second book in Newman's four-book Planetfall series, and takes place on Earth forty years after the spaceship Atlas departed to find God in the first book, Planetfall. - Wikipedia

Whilst I really enjoyed Planetfall, this dystopian noir murder mystery loose sequel to it, was even better. Published in 2016, but sadly, the repressive gov-corp world ruled entirely by profit imagined here in the middle of the 22nd century seems even more likely now, though I hope it does not come to pass.

After Atlas is a 2016 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was first published in the United States as a paperback original in November 2016 by Roc Books...