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Saturday, 24 January 2026

Julian Barnes: The six essential reads

With the news that Julian Barnes is soon to publish his final novel, this feels like the perfect moment to look back at his quietly brilliant career. From A Sense of an Ending to Flaubert’s Parrot and beyond, here are six essential books to get you started—or to remind you why he’s one of Britain’s finest literary voices.

A Sense of an Ending had been on my to-be-read pile for a long time, and I can’t believe I put it off for so long.

It is such a wonderful book, and told in just 150 pages. It has the feel of a much longer novel because it packs so much in. Such a worthy Booker Prize winner.