Recs if you like The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

book recs for purple readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

in which characters (real and fictional) deal with being refugees, exiles, or immigrants, sometimes staying in exile and sometimes journeying back home “if mastering the language is too hard, only be patient; the telegram imploring your return won’t need translation.”

according to the New York Times

The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times

On August 9, 2026, The Telegraph published a list of “The 50 greatest books of all time” by Jake Kerridge

I have a goal to read more books by international authors so heres how I’m keeping track

A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.