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Helen of Nowhere
Booker · 2026 · Longlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2026 | Longlist | “A spellbinding novel or a play with just four characters? Philosophically, politically, and spiritually adventurous, this slim, ambitious volume has the power to transform.” |
About This Book
In the countryside, a realtor shows a disgraced professor around an idyllic house still haunted by its previous owner, Helen. Formally adventurous and philosophically charged, this slim novel asks what we must give up in exchange for a simpler life.
About the Author
Makenna GoodmanAmerican
Makenna Goodman is an American novelist and editor based in Vermont. She is the author of The Shame, named a best book of the year by The White Review, and Helen of Nowhere, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026. She has written for the New York Review of Books, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Harvard Review, The White Review, and BOMB, and has worked as a book editor for two decades.
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