This year’s book under the aegis of his successor (not announced until October) had to be pulled together during the vacancy. With a running theme of Christian hope, and a substantial disregard of Lent, Dancing to the Heartbeat of God could almost be the ghost of an Advent book. THE book To Hell’s Mouth and Back was not supposed to exist. To Hell’s Mouth and Back is about both journeys, but it is neither a pilgrimage travelogue nor the diary of an illness. Dancing to the Heartbeat of God: Stories of discipleship (The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2026)Contributors from the Anglican CommunionSPCK £11.99(978-0-281-09231-4)Church Times Bookshop £9.59To Hell’s Mouth and Back: Pilgrimage, suffering and hopeTrystan Owain HughesBRF £10.99(978-1-80039-426-1)Church Times Bookshop £9.89