GENERAL FICTION
February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008317690 The lives of two women, the sole elderly survivor of an aircraft crash and the park ranger who leads the mission to find her, intersect in a gripping début novel.
Christina Dalcher Q HQ, 30th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008303341 The thrilling new book from the bestselling author of VOX.
Trent Dalton Boy Swallows Universe Borough Press, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008319281 Wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age from one of Australia’s most exciting new writers.
Abi Dare The Girl With the Louding Voice Sceptre, 5th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529359237 Award-winning before it has even been published, Abi Dare’s unforgettable début sings from the page in a voice like no other.
Brenda Davies
The Girl Behind the Gates Hodder, 28th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529374544 Raw, heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting novel about a young woman cut down in her prime and of the woman who brings her back to life.
Mary Alice Davies The Unencumbered Woman Matador, 28th February, pb, £7.99, 9781838592585 This novella is framed by a collection of seven short stories, each of which explore women’s relationships with power.
Stevie Davies The Party Wall Honno Modern Fiction, 21st May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912905157 Affable Mark is fascinated by his newly widowed neighbour. But Mark has secrets. From a previous winner of Wales Book of the Year and Fawcett Society Book Prize.
Jill Dawson The Language of Birds Sceptre, 14th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473654556 Hypnotic and thought- provoking novel inspired by the sensational Lord Lucan case, by the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Fred & Edie.
Nicole Deese Before I Called You Mine
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Bethany House, 19th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780764234958 There’s only one goal Lauren is committed to now—the one that will make her a mother. But to satisfy the adoption agency’s requirements, she must remain single.
Pauline Delabroy-Allard, Adriana Hunter (tr) All About Sarah Harvill Secker, 12th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787301719 Intoxicating and evocative début novel about the all-consuming love affair between two young women who meet at a party on New Year’s Eve.
Gregoire Delacourt, Vineet Lal The Woman Who Didn’t Grow Old Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 20th February, hb, £14.99, 9781474612180
Charming and thought- provoking novel about a woman who wouldn’t age.
Nicole Dennis-Benn Patsy Oneworld, 12th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786077103 From an award-winning novelist comes this beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration and sacrifice.
Virginie Despentes Vernon Subutex Three MacLehose Press, 25th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780857059826 The final volume of Despentes’ searing trilogy of urban life in a time of turmoil and uncertainty.
Kit de Waal Supporting Cast Penguin, 16th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241973424 Deeply moving collection of stories featuring characters from My Name is Leon and The Trick to Time.
Isla Dewar A Day Like Any Other Day Birlinn, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846974908 Isla’s new novel is a triumph of wit, warmth and charm. For readers of Gail Honeyman, Laura Marney and Jenny Colgan.
Claudia Dey Heartbreaker Borough Press, 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008295110 Electrifying and beautifully rendered dystopian novel about a woman who has risked everything for freedom and love and left dark secrets in her wake.
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Lucy Diamond An Almost Perfect Holiday Macmillan, 6th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529026955 Pan, 28th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529026986 Heartwarming novel full of Diamond’s trade- mark humour, warmth and friendship.
Eric Jerome Dickey Before We Were Wicked EP Dutton, 7th April, pb, £12.99, 9781524744052 Ken Swift: boyfriend, father, and enforcer. The prequel to Bad Men and Wicked Women.
Susannah Dickey Tennis Lessons Doubleday, 11th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780857526861 Fleabag meets Ladybird in this achingly honest début about a spirited young misfit and her rocky route to womanhood, stopping at every year along the way.
Adeline Dieudonn, Roland Glasser Real Life World Editions, 13th February, pb, £11.99, 9781912987016 Fierce and poetic début on surviving the wilderness of family life.
Kelsey Rae Dimberg Girl in the Rearview Mirror Pan, 16th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509895847 Pitch-perfect début psychological suspense thriller about a family determined to keep their secrets and one young woman who may end up exposing them all.
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight Hex Bloomsbury Circus, 14th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526611406 Hypnotic novel about poison, antidotes and obsessive love.
Javad Djavahery, Emma Ramadan My Part of Her Restless Books, 13th February, pb, £12.99, 9781632062437 A youthful betrayal during a summer on the Caspian Sea has far-reaching consequences for a group of friends as their lives are irrevocably altered by the Iranian Revolution.
Naoise Dolan Exciting Times Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 16th April, hb, £14.99, 9781474613446 Dolan explodes onto the scene with a slyly humor- ous and scorchingly smart modern love story about three cynics in Hong Kong.
Graham Donnelly Unwritten Rules Book Guild Publishing, 28th February, pb, £8.99, 9781913208202 It’s 1962 and civil servant Anthony Fernard has a run-of-the-mill routine in the Home Office until Britain is rocked by a succession of security and ministerial crises!
Emma Donoghue Akin Picador, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529019988 A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in the new masterpiece from the author of Room.
Ariel Dorfman Darwin’s Ghosts Seven Stories Press, 10th March, pb, £12.99, 9781609809874 Is the sordid story behind human zoos that flour- ished in Europe in the 19th century connected somehow to a boy’s life 100 years later?
Nadine Dorries The Velvet Ribbon Head of Zeus, 9th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781786697592 Heartbreaking final novel in the Tarabeg trilogy from a million-copy bestseller.
Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar Hamish Hamilton, 16th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241441510 For all fans of Hot Milk comes a searing début novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal.
Louise Doughty Platform Seven Faber & Faber, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571321964 Two deaths on platform 7 in 18 months. Surely they’re connected?
Hayley Doyle Never Saw You Coming HarperCollins, 2nd April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008365752 Get lost in this gorgeous tale of the unexpected. Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane.
Roddy Doyle Charlie Savage Vintage, 12th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781784709570 Meet Charlie Savage, a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter and a drinking buddy who realises that he’s been a woman all along.
Roddy Doyle Love
Jonathan Cape, 4th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787332270 Masterful novel about coming of age and finding love in Dublin’s pubs from the Booker-winning Doyle.
Martin Dumont, John Cullen Schrodinger’s Dog Other Press LLC, 12th March, pb, £12.99, 9781635429985 Striking first novel about the power of a father’s love for his son and the heartwrenching choices we have to make in the face of death.
Adrian Duncan Love Notes From a German Building Site Head of Zeus, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789546262 Paul, a young Irish engineer, follows Evelyn to Berlin. A moving novel about language, memory, building and love.
Adrian Duncan A Sabbatical in Leipzig Lilliput Press, 1st April, pb, £15, 9781843517764 A retired bridge engi- neer reflects on his life, work and relationships, structuring his thoughts around a five-year period of prolonged mental agitation spent with his partner in Leipzig.
Nell Dunn The Muse Coronet, 14th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529327922 An account of a woman’s lifelong friendship with her muse, the woman who taught her to take risks and to find the sweetness of life.
Jacky Durand The Recipe Book Hodder & Stoughton, 16th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781529382389 In this weepy, heart- warming début novel a by French journalist a son remembers his relation- ship with his late father through a quest to find his missing recipe book.
Lawrence Durrell Clea Faber & Faber, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571356034 Clea, published in 1960, is the final volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by an erudite British author.
Lawrence Durrell Mountolive 9780571356041 Published in 1958, this is the third volume in Durrell’s brilliant Alexandria Quartet.
Lawrence Durrell Balthazar
9780571356058 The second in the acclaimed series, set in Alexandria, Egypt around World War II.
Lawrence Durrell Justine
9780571356065
In the book that launched the quartet, Justine tells the tragic story of a mysterious and fascinating woman and the lives she touched.
Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Higgins (tr) Winter in Sokcho Daunt Books Originals, 20th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911547549 Evocative novel about shared identities. Full of the sights and flavours of Korea, from food to pop culture, this makes for a visceral reading experience.
Philippa East Little White Lies HQ, 1st February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008344016 “Breathtaking suspense. A phenomenal talent”— Holly Seddon. “Terrifically engaging”—Jo Spain.
Kate Eberlen If Only Pan, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509819911 A love story told in three parts—past, present and future—from the author of Miss You.
SERIES
Oxford World’s Classics vol 1 Maria Edgeworth, Linda Bree Belinda Oxford University Press, 26th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780199682133 Belinda tackles issues of gender and race in a manner at once comic and thought-provoking.
Patrick Edwards Echo Cycle Titan Books, 10th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785658815 Gladiator meets 1984 in this near-future thriller featuring timeslips, ancient magic and a disturbingly plausible dystopian Britain.
Dave Eggers The Parade Penguin, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241986271 From the bestselling author of The Circle, a powerful modern fable on the legacy of colonialism, the power of global corporations and the challenge of doing good.
Anne Egseth This is All He Asks of You
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