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

The Guardian UK Saturday 22 August 2026, 08:00 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read
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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...

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 highlights

The Disappearers by Marlon James
Hamish 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.

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Booker (PERSON) Marlon James (PERSON) Michael Douglas (PERSON) Barbara Kingsolver (PERSON) Jonathan Coe (PERSON) Yiyun Li (PERSON) Dustin Hoffman (PERSON) Judi Dench (PERSON) Marlon JamesHamish Hamilton (PERSON) Jamaica (LOCATION) Kingston (ORG)
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