THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
PROFILE BOOKS
08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9781784975609 “From our dainty gum nuts and towering Uluru to our world-class sharks and Opera House, marauding possums and poets, taking in inventions such as the dual-flush toilet and zinc cream, you will be amazed at what our sunburnt country has contributed to modern civilisation.” The inimitable Dame Edna tells the history of her homeland in 101 objects.
HEADLINE
THE WASP THAT BRAINWASHED THE CATERPILLAR MATT SIMON 25 OCTOBER, HB, £12.99, 9781472242037 An absurdist, comical romp through evolution’s weirdest solutions to nature’s problems, based on the author’s popular column in Wired.
HODDER
PARSNIPS: BUTTERED JOE LYCETT 20 OCTOBER, HB, £17.99, 9781473640412 “Containing a centurion of complaint letters to unsuspecting celebrities, companies and anyone brave enough to clog up my phone, as well as illustrations, one-liners, jokes and life hacks, this little gem offers you a collection of tips and advice for all manner of modern woe.”
PEGGY AND ME MIRANDA HART 06 OCTOBER, HB, £20, 9781444769128 For years Miranda viewed dog owners with some suspicion. But that all changed when, nine years ago, she met Peggy, a gorgeous shih tzu - bichon frise cross. Their love quickly blossomed and they became inseparable. This is a hilarious account of their life together.
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SCORN MATTHEW PARRIS 10 NOVEMBER, HB, £9.99, 9781781257296 Encompassing literature, art, politics, showbiz, marriage, gender, nationality and religion, an up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history, whether you’re searching for the perfect elegant riposte, the rudest polite letter ever written, or a brutal verbal sledgehammer.
QUADRILLE
MY NAME IS GIRL NINA COSFORD 22 SEPTEMBER, HB, £10, 9781849498005 Freelance illustrator who has collaborated with Lena Dunham (notably on the merchandise for the HBO series “Girls”) with a cute deconstruction of what it is to be a girl today in a world of selfies and a life lived online, from the dreaded doom of bra-shopping, to the countless hours spent trying to select the correct emoji.
QUERCUS BOOKS
FIVE GO GLUTEN-FREE BRUNO VINCENT 03 NOVEMBER, PB, £6.99, 9781786482228 In this first book in a hilarious new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups spoofs, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: is it possible to get a good gluten-free cream tea?
RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
DARCY SWIPES LEFT JANE AUSTEN; COURTNEY CARBONE 27 SEPTEMBER, HB, £7.99, 9781101940525 What if Lizzy Bennet and Mr Darcy had smartphones and dated IRL (in real life)? Jane Austen’s most famous novel retold through via the characters texting with emojis, posting photos, checking in at locations, and updating their relationship statuses.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
THE F**K IT LIST A L LANG 06 OCTOBER, HB, £7.99, 9781471147708 “Sod swimming with sexually
deviant dolphins in the Pacific or visiting a bunch of crap rocks on Salisbury Plain. As any natural-born nihilist knows, it’s what you choose not to do before you’re dead that counts”. A bucket list for the natural misanthrope.
SUMMERSDALE
CREATURES WITH COCKS MARTYN GREEN; OSCAR TRITT 13 OCTOBER, HB, £6.99, 9781849539333 This outrageous book of cute cartoon creatures boasting larger-than-life proportions will show you a side of the animal kingdom you’ll find it hard to forget.
UNICORN PRESS
THE KAMA SUTRA COLOURING BOOK 30 SEPTEMBER, PB, £9.99, 9781910787311
Selection of illustrations from The Kama Sutra redrawn “for the aspiring artist to colour in for their entertainment and enjoyment”.
VIKING
BELLA YOUNGER’S DELICIOUSLY STELLA BELLA YOUNGER 08 SEPTEMBER, HB, £9.99, 9780241257562 In which Instagram phenomenon, Deliciously Stella (a.k.a. Hackney-based comedian, Bella Younger), shows how to eat well and live well to achieve that #wokeuplikethis glow. She would rather turn her pictures upside down than brave a handstand, and thinks that Fruit Pastilles are one of your five a day.
CARLTON BOOKS
ARMED AND DANGEROUS WENSLEY CLARKSON 14 JULY, PB, £9.99, 9781780978253 The underworld expert tells the stories behind the 12 most daring armed robberies ever staged in the UK, including the notorious Chainsaw Gang Blackwall Tunnel raid of 1975, the Brinksmat gold bullion robbery of 1983 and the biggest cash theft in British history—the 2006 assault on the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
LANGUAGE LEARNING & LINGUISTICS
ATLANTIC BOOKS
QUID PRO QUO PETER JONES 06 OCTOBER, HB, £12.99, 9781782399315 The author of Veni, Vidi, Vici takes a journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling
FABER & FABER
ANOTHER DAY IN THE DEATH OF AMERICA GARY YOUNGE 29 SEPTEMBER, HB, £16.99, 9781783351015 The long-time Guardian correspondent and columnist tells the stories of 10 youngsters shot dead across America on Saturday 23rd November 2013, a date he selected at random. None of their deaths made the nation news: it was just another day in the death of American where on average seven children and teens are killed by guns every day.
LAW & CRIME
the stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY PETER GILLIVER 25 AUGUST, HB, £40, 9780199283620 The history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the 19th century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly 30 years’ experience of working on the Dictionary.
HEAD OF ZEUS
PRETTY JANE AND THE VIPER OF KIDBROOKE LANE PAUL THOMAS MURPHY 14 JULY, HB, £20, 9781784081898 Said to be a thrilling reconstruction of a brutal Victorian murder, that of pregnant housemaid Jane Maria Clouson in Greenwich in 1871. Her alleged lover Edmund Pook stood trial but the case collapsed and the murder has never been solved. Until now.
MACMILLAN
THE MURDER OF SONNY LISTON SHAUN ASSAEL 20 OCTOBER, TPB, £12.99, 9781509814831 This story of “fame, heroin, boxing and Las Vegas” is an in-depth examination into the murder of heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1970.
LITERATURE & CRITICISM
FABER & FABER
RELEASE THE BATS DBC PIERRE 05 JULY, TPB, £12.99, 9780571283187 The Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little returns with an irreverent guide to fiction that is part biography, part reflection and part practical guide. He investigates the mysteries of why and how we tell stories, and the craft of writing fiction,
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