Book reviews, October 2026
21 books reviewed by the critics in October 2026, most-reviewed first.
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister
Charles Spencer
2 of 8 critics positive · 9 reviews
Stations
Louise Kennedy
7 of 7 critics positive · 7 reviews
Dodge City
Patrick deWitt
4 of 5 critics positive · 6 reviews
The Great Dictator
Matthew Sweet
4 of 4 critics positive · 6 reviews
Dèy
Edwidge Danticat
1 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
On the Equality of All Things
Carlo Rovelli
3 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
Range
Dorthe Nors
2 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
Roll the Calls
Ari Emanuel
0 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
Deep into the Sixties: Britain 1965-66
David Kynaston
2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
Female Life on Planet Earth
Laleh Khadivi
1 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
Napoleon and his Marshals
Andrew Roberts
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Partita
Barbara Kingsolver
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Rhapsody: A Manifesto
Alice Oswald
1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews
The Mercy Step
Marcia Hutchinson
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
I Can’t Tell You But I Will
Magda Szubanski
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Madame Composer
Sarah Fritz
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Perfecting the Shot
Mathias Énard
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Everywhere Millionaire
Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Fall of the West
Owen Jones
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The King Under the Mountain: In Search of JRR Tolkien
D.J. Taylor
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Long Cloud
Hector Mackenzie
0 of 1 critics positive · 1 review