THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
GENERAL FICTION
MMPB&PBO
SENDKER, JAN-PHILIPP DRAGON GAMES Polygon,
9781846973543 September, pb, £8.99 Sendker’s world is rich and intense: his books weave together love story and crime thriller. E
SIDLEY, STEVEN BOYKEY IMPERFECT SOLO Blue Mark Books, 9781910369135 September, pbo, £8.99 Imperfect Solo is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill-fortune and comic mishap.
SLOVO, GILLIAN TEN DAYS Canongate,
9781782116400 September, mmpb, £7.99 A powerful and unputdownable thriller tracing a riot from its inception through to its fallout. E
SMITHWICK, FLEUR ONE LITTLE MISTAKE Black Swan, 9780552779791 October, mmpb, £6.99 One little lie. One little secret. One little mistake has changed everything. E
SMITH, WILBUR; CAIN, TOM PREDATOR Harper, 9780007535798 November, pb, £7.99 Blockbuster, rampaging action and edge-of-your-seat thriller from the global bestseller. E
SMYTH, J M BLOOD FOR BLOOD Black and White, 9781785300462 July, pb, £7.99 As Red’s plans begin to unravel, can he keep his promise to avenge his brother? E
STEDMAN, M L THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS: FILM TIE-IN Black Swan, 9781784161064 December, mmpb, £7.99 Stunning story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who face a life-changing moral dilemma. E
STEINBECK, JOHN OF MICE AND MEN Barrington Stoke, 9781781125939 August, pb, £7.99
The first dyslexia-friendly edition of a timeless classic
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about the American dream and its price.
STEINER, SUSIE MISSING, PRESUMED Borough Press, 9780008123321 September, pb, £7.99
The first 72 hours are critical: you find her, or you look for a body. E
STOCKETT, KATHRYN THE HELP Penguin Books, 9780241978900 August, pb, £8.99 The multi-million-copy international bestseller which inspired an Oscar-nominated film.
STOTHARD, ANNA THE MUSEUM OF CATHY Salt, 9781784630829 October, pbo, £8.99 A life uncovered through a collection of objects reveals Cathy’s troubled past and new threats. E
SULLIVAN, KEVIN THE LONGEST WINTER Twenty7, 9781785770333 October, pb, £7.99 A tense and exciting novel about life in the midst of war. E
SWEENEY, EMMA CLAIRE OWLSONG AT DAWN Legend Press, 9781785079672 July, pbo, £8.99
A powerful and touching début inspired by the author’s autistic sister. E
SWYLER, ERIKA THE BOOK OF SPECULATION Corvus, 9781782397649 July, mmpb, £8.99
Sweeping début novel about a librarian who discovers the women in his family are cursed. E
TAWADA, YOKO; ANGLES, JEFFREY TR KESHIKI 1 Strangers Press, 9781911343011 September, pb, £6.99 One of eight short stories published in a beautifully designed chapbook.
TELLKAMP, UWE THE TOWER: A NOVEL Penguin Books, 9780141979250 November, pb, £12.99 A powerful portrait of a family in crisis amid the fall of the Berlin Wall.
TERRIN, PETER POST MORTEM
MacLehose Press, 9781782066187 August, pb, £8.99
An intense and ingenious novel about a writer’s inspiration and a father’s love. E
THIER, AARON THE GHOST APPLE Bloomsbury,
9781620405284 October, pb, £10.99 Brilliant modernisation satire set on a Caribbean island. E
THOMAS, JO LATE SUMMER IN THE VINEYARD Headline Review, 9781472223722 August, pbo, £7.99
Escape to south-west France with Jo Thomas’ irresistible new novel. E
TSIOLKAS, CHRISTOS THE JESUS MAN Atlantic Books, 9781782397250 November, pbo, £8.99 A dark, violent, pornographic and vividly imagined portrayal of family life behind closed doors. E
TSIOLKAS, CHRISTOS MERCILESS GODS Atlantic Books, 9781782397298 August, mmpb, £8.99 A thrilling, original story collection from the award- winning, bestselling author of The Slap and Barracuda. E
TURNER, ANN THE LOST SWIMMER Simon & Schuster, 9781471153082 July, pb, £7.99
A haunting, razor-sharp thriller that explores the consequences of love and trust. E
VAN DER KWAST, ERNEST; VROOMEN, LAURA TR THE ICE-CREAM MAKERS Scribe, 9781925228434 July, mmpb, £7.99 A dazzling novel about an Italian ice-cream dynasty. E
VARIOUS THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING 2016 New Internationalist, 9781780263205 July, pbo, £8.99
Entering its 17th year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa’s leading literary prize.
VICTOIRE, STEPHANIE THE OTHER WORLD, IT WHISPERS
Salt, 9781784630850 November, pbo, £9.99 Fairytales and folklore are interwoven to explore the unknown in stories by exciting début author. E
VIDA, VENDELA THE DIVER’S CLOTHES LIE EMPTY Atlantic Books, 9781782397717 July, mmpb, £8.99 Inventive edgy mystery thriller was Waterstones head of books’ “Novel of the Year 2015”. E
VILLALOBOS, JUAN PABLO; HARVEY, ROSALIND TR I’LL SELL YOU A DOG And Other Stories, 9781908276742 August, pbo, £10 A painter-turned-taco-seller struggles to fend off the boredom of retirement, while still holding a beer. E
WATSON, JO BURNING MOON Headline Eternal, 9781472237934 August, e-book, £8.99 Escape to the gorgeous beaches of Thailand in this flirty, funny, riot of a rom-com. E
WHITAKER, PHIL SISTER SEBASTIAN’S LIBRARY
Salt, 9781784630782 September, pbo, £8.99 Everyone loses something in order to find themselves in this mystery of faith and departures. E
WHITWELL, TRACY SEX, SPOOKS AND SAUVIGNON Accent Press, 9781786150349 October, pb, £7.99 Fast, funny, spooky and disturbing: meet Tanz, Geordie actress turned accidental psychic. E
WILCKEN, HUGO THE REFLECTION Melville House, 9780993414961 October, mmpb, £8.99 Hitchcock meets Camus in this terrifying and absorbing psychological thriller. E
WILSON, CHRIS THE GLUE PONYS: SHORT STORIES Tangerine Press, 9781910691151 August, pbo, £13 Chris Wilson was born in 1961 in Newcastle and grew up in East Africa.
WILSON, KEVIN THE FAMILY FANG Picador, 9781509823239 October, pb, £8.99 A unique and very funny novel, soon to be a film starring Nicole Kidman. E
WILVEN, MATT THE BLACKBIRD SINGULARITY Legend Press, 9781785079689 August, pbo, £8.99 A dark and original novel with elements of magical realism. E
WOOD, DANIELLE MOTHERS GRIMM Allen & Unwin, 9781741756746 August, pbo, £8.99 A blackly comic novel bringing the mothers of the Brothers Grimm into the present. E
WOOD, MONICA WHEN WE WERE THE KENNEDYS Headline Review, 9781472232038 July, e-book, £7.99
An exclusive e-novella from the author of critically acclaimed The One-In-A- Million Boy. E
WOODS, EVA THE EX FACTOR Mira Books,
9781848454682 August, mmpb, £7.99 Smart, witty fiction about the perils of falling for your best friend’s ex-boyfriend. E
YAMAZAKI, NAOCOLA; BARTON, POLLY TR KESHIKI 2 Strangers Press, 9781911343028 September, pb, £6.99 One of eight short stories published in a beautifully designed chapbook.
YOSHIDA, KYOKO KESHIKI 3 Strangers Press, 9781911343035 September, pb, £6.99 One of eight short stories published in a beautifully designed chapbook.
ZANETTI, REBECCA SHADOW FALLING: THE SCORPIUS SYNDROME 2 Headline Eternal, 9781472237590 August, e-book, £8.99 The second book in the sexy dystopian series—The Scorpius Syndrome. E
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