Book reviews, August 2026
38 books reviewed by the critics in August 2026, most-reviewed first.
Life of M
Rachel Cusk
3 of 6 critics positive · 11 reviews
The Disappearers
Marlon James
7 of 8 critics positive · 11 reviews
Triage
Claudia Rankine
2 of 3 critics positive · 9 reviews
Agrippa
Robert Harris
4 of 5 critics positive · 8 reviews
Switzy
Emma Cline
6 of 6 critics positive · 7 reviews
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore
2 of 2 critics positive · 7 reviews
John Berger: From Life
Tom Overton
2 of 3 critics positive · 6 reviews
Where Are the Kings
Donal Ryan
5 of 5 critics positive · 6 reviews
Feminism for a World on Fire
Natasha Walter
2 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews
I Give You My Silence
Mario Vargas Llosa
3 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews
Sophie, Standing There
Meg Mason
3 of 5 critics positive · 5 reviews
The August Coup
Robert Service
2 of 2 critics positive · 5 reviews
What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Daron Acemoglu
3 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews
You Won’t Get Free of It
Rachel Aviv
4 of 4 critics positive · 5 reviews
A History of the Novel in Britain
Philip Hensher
2 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
Sky City
Jacqueline Crooks
2 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
Sunrise
Téa Obreht
3 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
The Ego Trip
Kimon de Greef
3 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
Universality
Natasha Brown
3 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
Betrayal
Luke Harding
3 of 3 critics positive · 3 reviews
Can Nothing Save Us?
Irvine Welsh
1 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
Passage
Colin Thubron
1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
Something Like Happiness
Tom Newlands
2 of 3 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Future Starts With Us
Gordon Brown
0 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout
3 of 3 critics positive · 3 reviews
Ukrainian Lessons
Charlotte Higgins
1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
A Sense of Occasion
Brodie Crellin
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
All of Us Atoms
Holly Dawson
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Blue Giant
Jordan Prosser
1 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Exhibition
ALEX. HYDE
1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews
Kolkhoz
Emmanuel Carrère
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Mine
Adam Ouston
1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews
Children of the Wild
Kevin Powers
0 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Geography of Heaven
Rory MacLean
1 review, verdicts not stated · 1 review
Is Beauty Good
Rosalind Belben
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Now, Autonomy
Max Easton
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Ghost of the Mountains
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
1 review, verdicts not stated · 1 review
Thirst
John Robins
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review