Turn the page on 2025 with our finest books of the year -
#Bestof2025: BOOKS from #theartsdesk critics - #TomRaworth (pictured here) #BenMarkovits #JustinLewis #OmarElAkkad #HarrietArmstrong #GeorgiGospodinov @carcanet.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/books/best-2...

Now for something different. For #writers a form of meditation that is captivating in its reality and honesty. #BenMarkovits tells a tale many may relate to. Love it. #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #books

Ben Markovits – The Rest of Our Lives (2025). Booker-shortlisted road-trip novel of mid-life reflections. A man drives his daughter to college, then just keeps on driving. A less effective version of Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe novels, although it does improve as it progresses. #BenMarkovits

The Rest of Our Lives!

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Speed Reading - fiction I loved these three extrordinary, quietly compelling novels - two have since been nominated for the Booker Prize 2025

Pleased to have reviewed 3/13 on the #Bookerprize longlist, so far incl Love Forms by #ClaireAdam & The Rest of Our Lives by #BenMarkovits. Also rooting for The Land in Winter by #AndrewMiller & Ledia Xhoga's Misinterpretation (which I reviewed for the Observer). www.lucypopescu.com/2025/07/spee...