Our book of the week is HEART THE
LOVER by Lily King. This buzzy novel follows three friends at
university and into adulthood. A follow up from King’s
best-seller WRITERS AND LOVERS, it is an instant New York Times
best-seller and is long-listed for the 2026 Women’s
Prize for Fiction (shortlist to be announced on 22 April). It’s
also Zadie Smith’s pick for ’the book that made me weep
uncontrollably.’