Favorite of 2026: John of John
With 3 months’ distance, JOHN of JOHN by Douglas Stuart is still my favorite book of the year, and of the decade. Extraordinary work. I devoured it in a week, a land speed record for me—especially in the throes of a tight editing deadline. This gave me the juice, and the joy, inhabiting the Outer Hebrides. I was thoroughly transported there. With Cal. If this book went on for a thousand pages, I would want to spend them with Cal. A gay art school graduate returning home—the p
