GENERAL FICTION
Joanna Kavenna Zed Faber & Faber, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571245161 Darkly ironic novel of ideas, a dystopia, and an absurdist thriller from an award-winning novelist.
Jessie Keane The Knock Pan, 23rd July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509854998 A young woman’s life goes off the rails when she becomes involved with a gangster and a corrupt police officer in this gritty thriller from a top ten bestseller.
Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin Tyll riverrun, 6th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529403657 Brilliant, riotous historical novel with an unforgettable folkloric hero, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Measuring the World.
Tamsin Keily Daisy Cooper’s Rules for Living Orion, 2nd April, hb, £14.99, 9781409191018 Supremely charming and fresh story of friendship, love, living and dying. Perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things.
Cathy Kelly The Family Gift Orion, 25th June, pb, £7.99, 9781409179245 Warm and wise story from international best- seller about how it’s never too late to find your place in the world.
Laura Kemp Under a Starry Sky Orion, 6th February, pb, £7.99, 9781409189183 Life is short so grab happiness wherever you can. A heartwarming novel from the author of The Year of Surprising Acts of Kindness and Bring Me Sunshine.
Marina Kemp Nightingale Fourth Estate, 6th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008326463 Masterful novel about sex, death, passion and prejudice in a sleepy village in the south of France. “This is a début of real significance”— Edmund Gordon.
Thomas Keneally The Book of Science and Antiquities Sceptre, 19th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529355239 By the Booker Prize- winning author of Schindler’s Ark, a bold,
millennia-spanning novel about community, mortality and what it means to be human.
Tony Kent Power Play Elliott & Tompson, 16th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781783964918 Pulse-pounding international thriller of corruption and power from Richard & Judy and Zoe Ball Book Club author Tony Kent.
Marian Keyes Grown-ups Whole Story Audiobooks, 6th February, audiobook, £25.52, 9781528818896 From international best- seller a story about the Caseys, a glamor- ous, happy family until secrets start to spill and everything unravels. Clever, hilarious and narrated by the author.
Khaled Khalifa Death is Hard Work Faber & Faber, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571346059 Tale of three ordinary people embarking on a dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of Syria’s catastrophic civil war.
Sue Monk Kidd The Book of Longings Tinder Press, 28th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781472232496 Unforgettable novel about an extraordinary woman living in biblical times, from the internationally bestselling author of The Invention of Wings and The Secret Life of Bees.
Anna Kim, Jamie Lee Searle (tr) The Great Homecoming Granta Books, 5th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781846276552 Three friends are caught between the warring states of North and South Korea in this epic novel of love, espio- nage and betrayal.
Lily King Writers & Lovers Picador, 28th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529033106 Funny and heartbreaking, Writers & Lovers is the bitingly clever story of a young writer who has lost her direction in life.
Paul Kingsnorth Alexandria Faber & Faber, 7th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571322107 Visionary final novel in Kingsnorth’s iconic Bucc- master trilogy, a timely and seminal portrait of climate apocalypse.
Carolyn Kirby When We Fall No Exit Press, 7th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780857303950 Based on real events, this is a moving story of three lives forever altered by a fatal choice made amidst the horror of World War II. Ideal for fans of Sebastian Faulks’ Charlotte Gray.
Binnie Kirshenbaum Rabbits for Food Serpent’s Tail, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788164665 Devastating comic story of a woman’s slide into depression and insti- tutionalisation from a master of razor-edged literary humour.
Matthew Kneale Pilgrims Atlantic Books, 4th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781786492371 From the author of English Passengers comes a riveting, sweeping novel about a group of pilgrims setting off on the tough and dangerous journey from England to Rome.
Herman Koch, Sam Garrett (tr) The Ditch Picador, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509883462 Gripping novel from the author of the internation- ally bestselling The Dinner about how even the most stable people can be undone by jealousy.
Yun Ko-Eun The Disaster Tourist Serpent’s Tail, 14th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781788163149 Satirical Korean eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility.
Kim Ko July Seventeenth Brolga Publishing, 25th May, pb, £9.95, 9780648564652 Novel inspired by real- life events—the shooting down of Malaysian Airways flight MH17 over Ukraine—about the troubles and loneliness experienced by an Asian student living in the West.
Dorothy Koomson All My Lies Are True Headline Review, 25th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781472260406 From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes the gripping sequel to her emotional thriller The Ice Cream Girls, which was made into a popular ITV drama in 2013.
Anna Krien Act of Grace Serpent’s Tail, 4th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781788164214 In this novel of fear and sacrifice, four characters’
lives intertwine across time and place. It is a searing, powerful and utterly original work.
Bernardo Kucinski The Past is an Imperfect Tense Practical Action Publishing, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.95, 9781788530873 In this translated text, Kucinski tells the poignant story of a father-son relationship that ends up in pieces, marred by adoption, drug addic- tion and racism.
Jean Kyoung Frazier Pizza Girl HQ, 9th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008356415 “Sharp and surprising, Pizza Girl shows us how obsession can fill the empty spaces in a young woman’s life. A delicious debut”— Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth.
Catherine Lacey Pew Granta Books, 14th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781783785179 Eerie modern tale for fans of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Hall from a young American writer hailed as one of the finest of her generation.
Kiare Ladner Nightshift Picador, 23rd July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529010381 Compelling story of obsession and compul- sion follows one woman’s decision to shrug off her normal life and join the other-worldly existence of London’s nightshift workers.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Brian FitzGibbon (tr) Miss Iceland Pushkin Press, 7th May, pb, £9.99, 9781782275671 Funny and poignant novel about a female writer trying to make it in a conservative world, from Iceland’s hottest literary star.
Jhumpa Lahiri The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories Penguin Classics, 5th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780241299852 Lahiri’s rich and varied selection of the greatest Italian writing of the 20th century, now a Penguin Classics paperback.
Sonya Lalli Grown-up Pose Berkley Publishing, 24th March, pb, £12.99, 9780451490964
Delightfully modern look at what happens to a
young woman when tradition, dating and independence collide.
Nikita Lalwani You People Viking, 4th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241409534 “Exceptional novel about the Britain we live in, even if we choose not to see it:—Kamila Shamsie.
Juliet Lapidos Talent Borough Press, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008281243 Deliciously wry portrayal of a brittle and brilliant young woman and a wicked lampooning of university campus life.
Andrea Lawlor Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Picador, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529007671 Transposing Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to 90s San Francisco, this novel of transgender metamorphosis is a wild, sexy, funny and moving story of living on the edge.
John Lawton Hammer to Fall Grove Press, 2nd April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781611856354 Third Joe Wilderness spy thriller from a master of the genre, moving from icy Finland to tumultuous Cold War Prague.
Michael Ledwidge Stop at Nothing Headline Book Publishing, 5th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781472265760 Jack Reacher meets The Bourne Identity in this twisting thriller.
Ji-min Lee
Marilyn and Me Fourth Estate, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008322359 “A beautifully woven page turner”—Heather Morris. Set in Seoul after the Korean War, this is a fascinating insight into an extraordinary time and place.
Christy Lefteri The Beekeeper of Aleppo Zaffre Books, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838770013 International bestseller, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Kite Runner. A compassionate and beautifully written testament to the triumph of the human spirit.
Thomas Legendre Keeping Time University of Cincinnati Press, 15th March, pb, £16, 9781946724281 A crumbling marriage, an ancient mystery and
and a way to change the past. Complex exploration of time and the connections between worlds, set in Scotland.
Nathalie Leger, Natasha Lehrer, Cecile Menon The White Dress Les Fugitives, 31st March, pb, eb, £10, 9781999331887 The closing act of Léger’s trilogy, inspired by performance artist Pippa Bacca who was murdered hitchhiking accross Europe in a wedding dress to promote “marriage between different peoples and nations”.
Sarah Leipciger Coming Up for Air Doubleday, 19th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780857526519 Based on true events, this is a rich, powerful story of a toymaker, a journalist and the girl whose life and death — links them across oceans and centuries.
Nam Le The Boat Canongate Canons, 5th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781786898630 Powerful collection of tales about what it means to be human. Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Judith Lennox The Secrets Between Us Headline Book Publishing, 14th May, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781472260697 Epic tale of secrets, jealousy and scandal by the author of Hidden Lives and The Jeweller’s Wife.
Ben Lerner The Topeka School Granta Books, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781783785377 Radical new take on the American family saga from a man regarded as a bona fide American literary genius, the acclaimed author of Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04.
Charlotte Levin If I Can’t Have You Macmillan, 9th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529032390 Grief becomes obsession and obsession turns to hate in this dark and incredibly well-observed début. Character driven fiction at its best.
Susan Lewis My Lies, Your Lies HarperFiction, 30th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008286835 His life was destroyed by a lie. Her life will be ruined by the truth. The Sunday Times bestselling author is back with a gripping new domestic suspense.
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