James Tait Black Prize shortlists!
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The James Tait Black Prize for Fiction – the UK’s oldest literary prize, awarded by University of Edinburgh for over 100 years has recognised many of the greats of modern and contemporary writing, as well as making more experimental choices in recent years!
The 2026 shortlist has been announced and she's beautiful! Including several of our recent bookseller faves...
And- AND - there's a nonfiction list too!
Linked Books
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- Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
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- Bennett, Claire-Louise
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- Darryl
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- Ess, Jackie
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- On the Greenwich Line
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- Lewis, Shady
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- Sakina's Kiss
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- Shanbhag, Vivek
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- The Original
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- Stevens, Nell
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- The First and Last King of Haiti
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- Marlene L Daut
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- Things That Disappear : Reflections and Memories
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- Erpenbeck, Jenny
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- The Cadence of a Song : The Life of Margaret Fay Shaw
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- Mackenzie, Fiona J.
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- Oliver Twist & Me : The True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved novel
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- Nicholas Blincoe
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- Horace: Poet on a Volcano
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- Peter Stothard