Reviews

London Review of Books

Long essays on new books, twice a month

2026

69 reviews in 2026 · page 2 of 3

Relative Failures

Matthew Sturgis

10 Sept 2026Tom CreweOriginal
The Beast in the Clouds

Nathalia Holt

10 Sept 2026Liam ShawOriginal
Still in a Dream

Simon Reynolds

10 Sept 2026Chal RavensOriginal
A Sicilian Man

Caroline Moorehead

10 Sept 2026Thomas JonesOriginal
Inhabit the Poem

Helen Vendler

10 Sept 2026Colin BurrowOriginal
Forever President

Michael J. Seth

13 Aug 2026Ed PulfordAlso: Accidental Tyrant Original
Nonesuch

Francis Spufford

13 Aug 2026Chris PowerOriginal
I Only Believe in Myself

Catherine Breillat

13 Aug 2026Anahid NersessianOriginal
Anna Atkins

Peter Walther

13 Aug 2026Gaby WoodOriginal
The Boundless Deep

Richard Holmes

13 Aug 2026Peter HowarthOriginal
The Future in Our Past

Callum Cant and Matthew Lee

13 Aug 2026Florence Sutcliffe-BraithwaiteAlso: The Edge of Revolution Also: Nine Days in May Also: Britain’s Revolutionary Summer Original
Beloved Son Felix

Felix Platter

13 Aug 2026Erin MaglaqueOriginal
The Northern Routes to Kingship

Dagfinn Skre

13 Aug 2026Michael KulikowskiOriginal
A Golden World

Lauren Working

23 Jul 2026Clare JacksonOriginal
Stay Alive

Ian Buruma

23 Jul 2026Neal AschersonOriginal
James Joyce

Frank Callanan

23 Jul 2026Terry EagletonOriginal
The Modern British City 1945-2000

Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith

23 Jul 2026Susan PedersenOriginal
The End of Everything

M. John Harrison

23 Jul 2026Edmund GordonOriginal
History of a Revoluter

William K. Malcolm

23 Jul 2026Jenny TurnerOriginal
Converts

Melanie McDonagh

23 Jul 2026Michael Ledger-LomasOriginal
Brion Gysin

Olivier Weil

23 Jul 2026Iain SinclairOriginal
Jean-Paul Marat

Keith Michael Baker

23 Jul 2026Oliver CussenAlso: Murder in the Rue Marat Original
Hitchcock and Herrmann

Steven C. Smith

23 Jul 2026Jonathan CoeOriginal
Self-Help from the Middle Ages

Peter Jones

23 Jul 2026Barbara NewmanAlso: The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living Original
The Sea Captain’s Wife

Tilar J. Mazzeo

23 Jul 2026Laleh KhaliliAlso: Archives of Intimacy Original
Gerontocracy in America

Samuel Moyn

23 Jul 2026David RuncimanOriginal
Free Creations of the Human Mind

Michael D. Gordin and Diana Kormos Buchwald

23 Jul 2026Ray MonkAlso: The Essential Einstein Original
The Things We Never Say

Elizabeth Strout

9 Jul 2026Blake MorrisonOriginal
And So Did I

Malachi Whitaker

9 Jul 2026Tess LittleOriginal
Comrades in Art

Andy Friend

9 Jul 2026Owen HatherleyOriginal