THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES HB&TPB
A searing story of love and betrayal, and a family coming apart at the seams. E
HOWE, ZOE SHINE ON, MARQUEE MOON
Matador, 9781785893162 September, tpb, £8.99 A romantic satire of the music industry from a female point of view.
HUGHES, MICHAEL THE COUNTENANCE DIVINE
John Murray, 9781473636491 August, hb, £16.99 An ambitious, engrossing and multi-layered début British novel. E
IVEY, EOWYN TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD Tinder Press, 9781472241658 August, hb, £16.99 A story of a husband and wife tested by paths society expects them to tread. E
JACOBSEN, ROY THE UNSEEN MacLehose Press, 9780857053411 August, hb, £14.99 A bestselling new novel about love, poverty and tragedy in early 20th-century Norway. E
JARRAR, NADA AWAR AN UNSAFE HAVEN Borough Press, 9780008165017 August, hb, £12.99 Set in contemporary Beirut admist the Syrian conflict, a rich, illuminating and deeply moving novel. E
JOHNSON, JULIA CLAIBORNE BE FRANK WITH ME Corvus, 9781782399186 August, hb, £12.99 A poignant and original début introducing Frank, the most charmingly impossible nine-year-old you’ll ever meet. E
JÓN KALMAN STEFÁNSSON FISH HAVE NO FEET MacLehose Press, 9780857054418 August, tpb, £13.99 A poetic, elemental yet modern Icelandic family saga spanning all of Iceland’s 20th-century history. E
JOSO, JAYNE MY FALLING DOWN HOUSE Seren, 9781781723395 September, tpb, £12.99 This engrossing read is a fascinating insight into post-financial crisis Tokyo.
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JOUBERT, IRMA CHILD OF THE RIVER Thomas Nelson, 9780718083106 November, tpb, £9.99
Set in South Africa during the 1930s. E
JUDD, ALAN DEEP BLUE Simon & Schuster, 9781471150647 September, hb, £12.99 A penetrating new spy thriller from a master of the genre. E
JUFRESA, LAIA; HUGHES, SOPHIE TR UMAMI
Oneworld, 9781780748917 July, hb, £12.99 For fans of Ali Smith comes this captivating début from Mexico’s most exciting rising star. E
JUNG-EUN, HWANG ONE HUNDRED SHADOWS Tilted Axis Press, 9781911284024 September, tpb, £9.99 An oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy.
KAFKA, FRANZ; WORTSMAN, PETER TR KONUNDRUM Archipelago Books, 9780914671510 September, tpb, £13.99 In this new selection and translation, Peter Wortsman mines Franz Kafka’s entire opus of short prose.
KASIM AFFLICTION Holland House, 9781910688113/20 October, pb/e-book, £7.99/£2.99 A new technology tempts the bored Scar, but it soon throws her life off balance. E
KAVENNA, JOANNA A FIELD GUIDE TO REALITY riverrun, 9781780872292 July, hb, £14.99 A conceptual tour de force from the Granta Best of Young British author. E
KELLY, RICHARD T THE KNIVES Faber, 9780571296668 August, tpb, £12.99 A vividly detailed and dramatically powerful novel of our times. E
KELMAN, JAMES DIRT ROAD Canongate, 9781782118220 July, hb, £16.99 From the Man Booker Prize-winning James Kelman, comes a road trip through the American South. E
KHALIFA, KHALED; PRICE, LERI TR NO KNIVES IN THE KITCHENS OF THIS CITY: A NOVEL
American University in Cairo Press, 9789774167812 September, tpb, £9.99 A Syrian family descends into tragedy in this profound portrayal of life under tyranny.
KHORSANDI, SHAPPI NINA IS NOT OK Ebury Press, 9781785031366 July, hb, £12.99 A dark, funny, coming of age novel from one of the UK’s leading comedians. E
KINGSNORTH, PAUL BEAST Faber & Faber, 9780571322077 July, hb, £12.99 A shocking and exhilarating new novel from one of today’s most daring and original novelists. E
KIVIRÄHK, ANDRUS THE MAN WHO SPOKE SNAKISH Grove Press, 9781611855395 September, tpb, £14.99 This European bestseller is an extraordinary coming-of- age story, mixing magical realism and reinvented national myth. E
KOBEK, JARETT I HATE THE INTERNET Serpent’s Tail, 9781781257616 November, hb, £12.99 A furious satire of our Internet Age—2016’s most provocative novel. E
KOCH, HERMAN DEAR MR. M.
Picador, 9781447294696 August, hb, £14.99 Another unsettling and irresistibly readable literary thriller, set in the world of writing and bookselling. E
LABARTA, INÉS GREGORY MCTAVISH MANOR Holland House,
9781910688151/229 October, tpb/e-book, £7.99/£2.99 A doctor’s visit to a home in the Highlands brings supernatural dangers. E
LANSDALE, JOE R SAVAGE SEASON Mulholland Books, 9781473633476 October, tpb, £9.99 A mystery featuring Joe Lansdale’s beloved crime- fighting duo, Hap and Leonard. E
LANSDALE, JOE R MUCHO MOJO Mulholland Books, 9781473633506 October, tpb, £9.99 A mystery featuring Joe Lansdale’s beloved crime- fighting duo, Hap and Leonard. E
LANSDALE, JOE R THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO Mulholland Books, 9781473633520 November, tpb, £9.99 A mystery featuring Joe Lansdale’s beloved crime- fighting duo, Hap and Leonard. E
LANSDALE, JOE R BAD CHILI Mulholland Books, 9781473633544 November, tpb, £9.99 A mystery featuring Joe Lansdale’s beloved crime- fighting duo, Hap and Leonard. E
LANSDALE, JOE R RUMBLE TUMBLE Mulholland Books, 9781473633568 December, pb, £9.99 A mystery featuring Joe Lansdale’s beloved crime- fighting duo, Hap and Leonard. E
LA PLANTE, LYNDA HIDDEN KILLERS Simon & Schuster, 9781471140549 October, hb, £18.99 The exciting new standalone thriller from the No1 bestselling mistress of suspense. E
LAWSON, MARK THE ALLEGATIONS Picador, 9781509820887 July, hb, £16.99 A hilarious and poignant satire about scandal in modern Britain. E
LEE, KRYS HOW I BECAME A NORTH KOREAN Faber & Faber, 9780571276219 August, tpb, £12.99 A moving début about the persistence of humanity even in the most dire circumstances. E
LEIMBACH, MARTI AGE OF CONSENT Fourth Estate, 9780007307098 July, tpb, £12.99 A powerful, compelling, topical novel about a relationship between a radio DJ and a teenage girl. E
GENERAL FICTION
LIFTIN, HILARY MOVIE STAR BY LIZZIE PEPPER
Allen & Unwin, 9781760292621 October, tpb, £10.99 An addictive and juicy novel, written by a woman who knows all the celebrities. E
LIVELY, PENELOPE THE PURPLE SWAMP HEN AND OTHER STORIES Fig Tree, 9780241281147 November, hb, £14.99 A new collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning writer. E
LOFTHOUSE, ROB TROUBLE AT ZERO HOUR Quercus, 9781784293512 August, tpb, £13.99 Three operations to retake Europe; two drops into occupied territory; one hell of an adventure. E
LORE, PITTACUS UNITED AS ONE: LORIEN LEGACIES BOOK 7
Michael Joseph, 9780718184889 July, hb, £14.99
The final instalment in the bestselling Lorien Legacies series. E
LYNES, S E VALENTINA Blackbird Digital Books, 9780993307089 July, tpb, £10.99
Rescue from loneliness by a new friendship with the enchanting Valentina becomes Shona’s worst nightmare. E
MACINNES, MARTIN INFINITE GROUND Atlantic Books, 9781782399476 August, hb, £12.99 A radical beautiful début novel from one of the Telegraph’s “Ten Scottish Writers to Watch”. E
MAJOR, CLARENCE CHICAGO HEAT AND OTHER STORIES Green Writers Press, 9780996897327 September, hb, £22.50 Clarence Major’s second work of short fiction. The imagery is completely accessible and generously given.
MANTHORPE, ROWLAND; SMITH, KIRSTIN CONFIDENCE Bloomsbury, 9781408802540 August, tpb, £12.99 Funny, thought-provoking philosophical novel about the power—and dangers—of confidence. E
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