GENERAL FICTION
Emiliano Monge, Frank Wynne (tr) Among the Lost Scribe, 13th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781912854875 “A weighty metaphor for our world gone mad”—Eileen Battersby, Observer. Rising star of Mexican literature returns in B-format paperback.
Margarita Montimore The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart Gollancz, 5th March, hb, £14.99, 9781473227606 For fans of The Rosie Project and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? comes a life-affirming story about a woman who lives every year of her life in the wrong order.
Brian Moore The Dear Departed: Selected Short Stories Turnpike Books, 1st May, pb, £10, 9781916254701 The first selection of short stories from the author of The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne. Stories of emigration, family conflict and the supernatural.
Wayetu Moore She Would Be King ONE, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781911590132 Moore illuminates the tumultuous roots of Liberia, blending history and magical realism in a profound tale of resis- tance and humanity.
Cole Moreton The Light Keeper Marylebone House, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781910674567 Jack is desperately searching for his lover but she doesn’t want to be found. Set in a spec- tacular landscape, this is a haunting story of hope, redemption and love.
Emma Morgan A Love Story for Bewildered Girls Penguin, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241984680 Grace loves a woman. Annie loves a man. Violet isn’t quite sure.
Phoebe Morgan The Babysitter HQ, 28th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008314873 “A compelling and well- written page-turner about the nature of suspicion, hidden secrets, and claustrophobic local communities”—Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle and The Collector.
Sinéad Moriarty Seven Letters Penguin, 6th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241981078
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An unconscious pregnant mother’s fate lies in the hands of her divided family. Can they make the right decisions and can they ever heal?
China.” Thirty-five years after the publication of A Very British Coup, Chris Mullin has written a timely sequel.
Katie Munnik
The Heart Beats in Secret Borough Press, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008288082 A powerful story of three women, the secrets and bonds that have defined them, and the many ways it is possible to be a mother.
Beth Morrey Saving Missy HarperFiction, 6th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008334024 Chance encounter in the park with two very differ- ent women opens the door to a second chance for lonely Missy in 2020’s most astonishing debut.
JB Morrison
A Godawful Small Affair Cherry Red Records, 19th March, pb, £10.99, 9781909454798 Fifth novel from the former Carter USM frontman. Described as “Stranger Things comes to Brixton”, it also includes Harvey King Unboxes His Family.
Ottessa Moshfegh Death in Her Hands Jonathan Cape, 7th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781787332201 From the Booker-short- listed author of Eileen, one of our most provocative literary talents, comes a novel of haunting meta- physical suspense.
Yelena Moskovich Virtuoso Serpent’s Tail, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788160261 Dreamlike novel of love and loss in the post-communist dias- pora of the 1980s.
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die John Murray, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529391022 “’A chaotic, furious, extraordinary Bengali confection. Irresistible” —Philip Hensher, the Spec- tator Books of the Year.
Chris Mullin The Friends of Harry Perkins Scribner, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471182501 “Harry Perkins was buried on the day that America declared war on
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Gerald Murnane Stream System: Collected Short Fiction And Other Stories, 27th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781911508649 Never before available to readers in the UK, these brilliant and idiosyncratic short stories stand along- side the fictions of Borges, Beckett and Nabokov.
Gerald Murnane Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs And Other Stories, 5th March, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781911508663 Masterful collection of essays from one of Australia’s most searching and expert writers.
Andrew Hunter Murray The Last Day Hutchinson, 6th February, hb, £12.99, 9781786331915 “A stunningly original thriller set in the world of tomorrow that will make you think about what’s happening today”—Harlan Coben.
N Perumal Murugan, Kalyan Raman (tr) The Story of a Goat Pushkin Press, 29th May, pb, £9.99, 9781782275718 Funny and surprising novel about a goat’s life in rural India by the greatest living Tamil author.
Lars Mytting The Bell in the Lake MacLehose Press, 19th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780857059376 First novel in a thrilling Norwegian historical trilogy by the author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme.
Joanna Nadin The Talk of Pram Town Mantle, 11th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529024623 About mothers, daughters and second chances for fans of The Queen of Bloody Everything and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
Cho Nam-Joo, Jamie Chang Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Christina Suzann Nelson More Than We Remember Bethany House, 7th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780764235382 After a life-altering car accident, one night changes everything for three women. As their lives intersect, they can no longer dwell in the memory of who they’ve been.
Andres Neuman Fracture
Scribner, 20th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781471184284 A cultural phenomenon in its native South Korea, this book has effectively created the #metoo movement in Japan. Soon everybody in Britain will be talking about it too.
Ann Napolitano Dear Edward Viking, 20th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780241384077 Luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year- old boy who is the sole survivor of a plane crash.
HM Naqvi The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack Grove Press, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781611854886 From the DSC Award- winner comes the exuber- ant tale of a gloriously unaccomplished man, his impending death, and the history of his bustling city, Karachi.
Michael Nath The Treatment riverrun, 5th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781787479364 Freewheeling, kaleido- scopic and wickedly funny, this is a novel that shows Nath to be a writer of rare linguistic and imaginative power.
Joanna Nell The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker Hodder Paperback, 25th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781473685901 Poignant ode to love and the memories that make a well-lived life, from the author of The Single Ladies of Jaca- randa Retirement Village.
JT Nicholas Re-coil Titan Books, 3rd March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781789093131 The Expanse meets Altered Carbon in a high- concept science fiction standalone, musing on the societal and personal dilemmas of immortality through an endless supply of replacement bodies.
David Nicholls Starter for Ten Hodder Paperbacks, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340734872 Comedy masterpiece from the internationally bestselling author of One Day and The Understudy.
David Nicholls Us Hodder Paperbacks, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340897010 The Man Booker Prize longlisted follow-up to the multimillion- selling One Day.
Granta Books, 4th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781783785131 This is a novel about collective trauma, memory and love set in the aftermath of the recent Japanese earth- quake from the Inde- pendent Foreign Fiction prize-shortlisted author.
David Nicholls The Understudy Hodder Paperbacks, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340935217 Brand new comedy masterpiece.
David Nicholls Sweet Sorrow Hodder Paperback, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781444715422 “That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure”—Observer.
Sandra Newman The Heavens Granta Books, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781783784868 Bewitching novel of love and alternate universes, madness and time travel. A mind-expanding story of what we have lost and what we might yet be able to save.
Owen Nicholls Love, Unscripted Headline Review, 11th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472263148 Uplifting love story follows film projectionist Nick as he tries to understand the difference between love on the silver screen and the reality of love in real life.
John Niven The F*ck-it List William Heinemann, 26th March, hb, £16.99, 9780434023264 Part political satire, part compulsive thriller, this is John Niven at his coruscating best.
Rosie Nixon Only Ever Yours HQ, 11th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008273415 “A must read for Devil Wears Prada and Shopaholic fans!”—Adele Parks. A sparkling read.
Annie England Noblin St Francis Society for Wayward Pets William Morrow, 20th February, pb, £9.99, 9780062748317 Delightful novel of second chances and pets, perfect for fans of Susan Mallery, Jill Shalvis, and Kristan Higgins, as a woman discovers the truth about her past and the secrets of her adoption.
Charity Norman The Secrets of Strangers Allen & Unwin, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911630418 Five strangers, one café and the day that everything changed. Another tense, multi- dimensional drama from the writer of the Richard & Judy bestseller After The Fall.
Barney Norris The Vanishing Hours Black Swan, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784163815 From the critically acclaimed author of Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain comes a powerful
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