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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans has won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction. A novel told entirely through letters, following a 73-year-old woman finally reckoning with the one letter she could never send.
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award has recognized the best in science fiction for 40 years. The 2026 shortlist spans dystopian futures, deadly dungeons, and ideas that erase themselves from memory.
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Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman! Born in 1819, Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass at his own expense, even helping set the type himself. Only 800 copies were printed, most left unbound. Today it's considered one of the most important collections of poetry in American literature.
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A first edition sold on AbeBooks for $75,000, making it one of our 30 most extraordinary sales.
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Discover where this month's biggest literary prizes landed. From the Pulitzer and International Booker to PEN America, here's your roundup of who won and what to read next.
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The winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize. Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, is the first book translated from Taiwanese Mandarin to win. It follows two women on a culinary tour across 1930s Japan-controlled Taiwan, exploring history, power, colonialism and love.
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We took this one outside because a book about travel deserves fresh air and a good view!
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With The Sheep Detectives currently playing in theatres, now's the time to pick up the book that started it all. Leonie Swann's Three Bags Full is cozy, clever, and unlike any mystery you've read before.
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Starting with the largest book ever sold on AbeBooks. The National Union Catalog is 754 volumes, weighs three tons. It's the ultimate book about books, and shipping it required a truck hired specifically for the job.
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This 1892 second edition still has its original cloth binding and an owner's signature from 1893.
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Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair is back at the Saatchi Gallery, May 14–17. From rare first editions and medieval manuscripts, over 100 international booksellers are bringing their best finds to Chelsea! Free entry on Sunday.
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Happy Mothers Day! No mom can compare to yours, so give her a gift that is as unique as her. Whether she's got flour on her hands or three chapters deep in a mystery she refuses to put down, we found something for all of them.
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