From Booker-listed Marlon James to a memoir by Michael Douglas – the biggest books this autumn

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:00:58 GMT

Midlife meditations from Barbara Kingsolver; musical portraits by Jonathan Coe and Yiyun Li; plus memoirs from Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench – all among the coming season’s highlightsThe Disappearers by Marlon JamesHamish Hamilton, 3 September After a detour into mythic fantasy, the author of the Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings returns to Jamaica. This account of a brutal homophobic attack on a group of gay actors in 1980s Kingston has already been longlisted for this year’s prize. Continue reading...

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