Helen of Nowhere

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

An electrifying novel about the delights and dangers of starting over, longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize. In the middle of the countryside, a realtor is showing a disgraced professor around an idyllic house. She speaks not only about the home's many wonderful qualities but about its previous owner, the mystifying Helen, whose presence still seems to suffuse every fixture. Through hearing stories of Helen's chosen way of living, the man begins to see that his own story is not actually over—rat