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Episode #41: In Conversation with Sam Sacks About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026

Episode #41: In Conversation with Sam Sacks About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026

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 Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2026 with Sam Sacks, prominent book critic for The Wall Street Journal, writing the weekly "Fiction Chronicle," and a founding editor of Open Letters Monthly. For our next episode, we will discuss The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova, translated from the Russian by Sasha DugdaleIn Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from the Russian by Sasha DugdaleOpus Siniestra by Leonora CarringtonOn the Calculation of Volume, Book IV by Solvej Balle, translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer RussellIncompleteness: New and Selected Essays, 1999-2023 by Amit ChaudhuriIn Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal MueenuddinThis Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal MueenuddinNow I Surrender by Alvaro Enrique, translated from the Spanish by Natasha WimmerYou Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique, translated from the Spanish by Natasha WimmerThe Palm House by Gwendoline RileyMy Phantoms by Gwendoline RileyFirst Love by Gwendoline RileyAmbivalence by Brian DillonTranscendence for Beginners by Clare CarlisleAnimal Joy by Nuar AlsadirHere Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly CrabappleDown Time by Andrew MartinEarly Work by Andrew MartinCool for America by Andrew MartinOn Morrison by Namwali SerpellThe Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan StumpThat Time of Year by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan StumpTwenty Minutes of Silence by Helene Bessette, translated from the French by Kate BriggsLilli Is Crying by Helene Bessette, translated from the French by Kate BriggsThe Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeneyThe Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowellNonesuch by Francis SpuffordCahokia Jazz by Francis SpuffordThe Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading by Francis SpuffordThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyA Marsh Island by Sarah Orne JewettThe Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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