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Books by Benjamin Markovits
Ben Markovits is the author of twelve novels, including You Don’t Have to Live Like This and A Weekend in New York. He lives in London.
“It is the story of Tom Lawyard, a middle-aged law professor with health problems he initially attributes to long Covid. Years ago, his wife Amy had an affair that hurt him so deeply he quietly resolved to leave her eventually. After he drops off their youngest child in college, Tom decides to keep driving west instead of returning home to Amy. This road trip across America becomes a journey through his life as he meets up with old friends, plays basketball, visits his son and reflect on his marriage and career.” Read more...
The Best Novels of 2025: The Booker Prize Shortlist
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Novelist
Interviews with Benjamin Markovits
The Best Road Trip Novels, recommended by Benjamin Markovits
Why do so many people fantasise about getting in their cars and driving away from everything they know? The novelist Ben Markovits reflects on the near-universal urge to get out on the open road, as he recommends five of the best road trip novels—from Jack Kerouac to Anne Tyler.
Interviews where books by Benjamin Markovits were recommended
The Best Novels of 2025: The Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
We spoke to Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, the novelist and judge on this year’s Booker Prize panel, about their 2025 shortlist: a varied line-up of six novels, from a work of historical fiction set in a frozen rural England to an experimental ‘Rorschach blot’ of a novel told in two conflicting parts.
