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On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review – how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting

The hypnotic third novel in the hit Danish series grapples with the philosophical realities of being stuck on repeat in 18 November

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Digested week: Trump’s weird ‘piggy’ jibe expands his cutesy-sinister lexicon

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The Guardian - UK

International Booker prize 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on May 20.

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Love Groundhog Day and Russian Doll? These are the novels for you

High-concept novels are having a moment. Funny, inventive and crackling with big ideas, these ambitious stories will have you instantly hooked

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'What it means to be a human': Short-but-punchy books dominate International Booker Prize shortlist

First-time nominee female writers dominate the International Booker Prize shortlist 2025.

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‘Mind-expanding books’: International Booker prize shortlist announced

From Muslim Indian women’s lives to a Danish time looper, all six contenders for the £50,000 prize are from independent presses, as translator Sophie Hughes earns an unprecedented third nomination

The Guardian - UK

The spring reading list—the page-turners that will have you hooked

Featuring truly fine debuts and household names

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‘How can one day be so voluminous?’: the Danish author who has written her own version of Groundhog Day

Solvej Balle had been planning her time-loop novel for a decade when the Bill Murray comedy beat her to it. Thirty years and five volumes later, it is longlisted for the International Booker

The Guardian - UK

All 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees

This year’s ‘unconventional’ list also features the highest-ever number of independent publishers

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