GENERAL FICTION


Late At Night Picador, 6th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529002355 Compulsive novel explores the nature of family.


Andrea Rothman The DNA of You and Me William Morrow Paperbacks, 31st March, pb, £13.99, 9780062857828 Powerful début and a wonderfully engaging infusion of Lab Girl, The Assistants and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine which pits the ambi- tion of scientific discovery against the call of love.


Hannah Rothschild House of Trelawney Bloomsbury, 6th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526600608 Razor-sharp, diamond- bright novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-shortlisted The Improbability of Love.


Veronica Roth Chosen Ones Hodder & Stoughton, 7th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529330236 First novel written for adults by Roth, author of the globally bestselling Divergent franchise.


Rainbow Rowell Attachments Orion, 6th February, pb, £8.99, 9781409195795 Heartwarming and hilarious romantic début about falling in love from afar. For fans of The Flatshare and Our Stop.


Alyson Rudd Eleven Lines to Somewhere HQ, 23rd July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008278588 Love story with a twist about a man instantly attracted to a mysteri- ous woman he sees on his London Under- ground. For fans of Anna Hope’s Expectation.


Salman Rushdie Quichotte Vintage, 7th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529111989 Epic new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author, a playful inversion of Don Quixote set in contemporary America.


Christopher Russell Mockstars Farrago, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788422208 Best friends Chris and George want to be rock stars. But they’ve only ever played in the school orchestra so they have to fake it until they make it.


SL Russell The Healing Knife


Lion Fiction, 20th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781782643036 Will the attack on Rachel by a patient’s mother cut her free from her past?


Kate Russo Super Host Tinder Press, 2nd June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781472270016 What do you do when you’re left with a large house? A wry, warm novel of life, love and loneliness.


Richard Russo Chances Are Allen & Unwin, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911630388 Pulitzer Prize-winner author’s first standalone novel in a decade is a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.


Jessica Ryn The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside HQ, 28th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008364618 Dawn finds hope in the most unlikely of places. But when her past confronts her will everything crumble around her once again?


Irene Sabatini An Act of Defiance Indigo Press, 19th March, Book, eb, £10.99, 9781911648048 Memorable novel about love, motherhood and bravery shows how the dehumanising effects of political violence can shape and remake a life.


Trisha Sakhlecha Can You See Me Now? Macmillan, 11th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529032956 Second psychological thriller from Sakhlecha, perfect for fans of Erin Kelly and Lisa Jewell.


Anbara Salam Belladonna Fig Tree, 30th July, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780241404799 Coming-of-age novel about young love and obsession set in a silent convent in 1950s Italy.


Polly Samson A Theatre for Dreamers Bloomsbury Circus, 2nd April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526600554 Intoxicating novel set on Leonard Cohen’s Hydra in the 1960s, a place and a bohemian soci- ety that has captivated the world for decades.


Jane Sanderson Mix Tape Black Swan, 9th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781784164850 Full of nostalgia for first love and old music, Mix Tape asks the


biggest question: what if ‘what could have been’ is still to come?


Julien Sandrel, Ros Schwartz The Book of Wonders Quercus Publishing, 14th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787473744 Open your heart to the most life-affirming and uplifting novel of the year.


Jill Santopolo More Than Words Prentice Hall Press, 4th February, pb, £11.99, 9780735218314 Tender and moving novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father and caught between the love of two men.


Luiza Sauma Everything You Ever Wanted Penguin, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241363560 A beautiful new planet and a meaningful new life.


Lila Savage Say Say Say Serpent’s Tail, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788162234 Literary début garlanded with praise now in paperback.


Kathryn Scanlan The Dominant Animal Daunt Books Originals, 23rd April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911547563 Powerful, much-antic- ipated first collec- tion. Morbid humour, tender horror and an uncompromising voice that is here to stay.


Victoria Schade Who Rescued Who Bantam Press, 24th March, pb, £12.99, 9780593098837 When Elizabeth Barnes’ life fell apart she never imagined that she’d be rescued by a new friend on four paws.


Alexis Schaitkin Saint X Picador, 25th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529014266 Masterful début as gripping and psycho- logically complex as it is beautifully written.


Barry Schechter Useless Miracle Melville House, 11th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781612197913 Classic, smart comedy about a meek college professor who achieves the ability to fly.


Stuart Schoffman (tr), AB Yehoshua The Tunnel Halban, 1st February, pb, £13.99, 9781912600038


Zvi Luria has begun to lose his memory. As his identity becomes compro- mised, so too his bound- aries seem to dissolve. Deeply moving pica- resque with wry humour.


Samanta Schweblin Little Eyes Oneworld, 16th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786077929 Spine-tingling portrait of our obsession with tech- nology from an Argen- tinian sensation and author of Fever Dream and Mouthful of Birds.


Stephanie Scott What’s Left of Me is Yours Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 9th April, hb, £14.99, 9781474610872 Within the Tokyo under- world there is an industry which exists to break up marriages. But when Kaitaro Nakamura is hired to seduce Rina, something unexpected happens.


Adam Scovell How Pale the Winter Has Made Us Influx Press, 13th February, pb, £9.99, 9781910312452 Isabelle is alone in Stras- bourg. Receiving news of her father’s suicide, she misses her flight back to London, opting to stay in her partner’s empty flat over the winter.


Fernando Sdrigotti Jolts Influx Press, 16th April, pb, £9.99, 9781910312513 Playful and honest explo- ration of the joys and sorrows of lives lived in between places. A collec- tion that travels across time, space and language.


Mihail Sebastian, John Banville Women Viking, 18th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241442906 Gorgeous Romanian modern classic about love and relationships.


Lisa See


The Island of Sea Women Scribner, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471183836 Story of women’s friend- ships and the forces that test them.


Steve Sem-Sandberg The Tempest Faber & Faber, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571334520 Haunting new novel from one of Europe’s most celebrated writers mesmerisingly exposes our burdens of history.


Rebecca Serle In Five Years Quercus Publishing, 3rd


Lionel Shriver The Motion of the Body Through Space


March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529405804 This is a love story but not the love story read- ers are expecting.


Tina Seskis Hope Close Lake Union, 24th March, Book, eb, £8.99, 9781542093606 Mysterious new neighbour hides behind forbidding gates but will he be able to hide from his past?


Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Penguin, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241979464 “A rich, sensual novel that gives voice to the invisible”—Financial Times.


M Shanmughalingam Marriage and Mutton Curry Epigram Books, 7th May, pb, £8.99, 9781912098934 Humorous and laden with meaning, these stories reveal the concerns and intrigues in the domestic and public arenas of postcolonial modernity.


Adania Shibli Minor Detail Fitzcarraldo, 6th May, pb, £10.99, 9781913097172 Cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of dispossession, life under occupation and the difficulty of piecing together history in the face of displacement and disempowerment.


Lewis Shiner Outside the Gates of Eden Head of Zeus, 7th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781789541151 A 1960s rock ’n’ roll magnum opus about three friends on the cusp of musical stardom.


Eithne Shortall Three Little Truths Corvus, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786496201 Novel about our


neighbours and the secrets we keep from one another from the bestselling author of Grace After Henry.


Borough Press, 7th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780007560783 Story of an obsession, a marriage and a betrayal by the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin at her hilarious, sharp-eyed best.


Jac Shreeves-Lee Broadwater Fairlight Books, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912054572 Collection of stories by long-time Hackney resi- dent give voice to the people of the Broad- water Farm estate.


Josie Silver The Two Lives of Lydia Bird Penguin, 5th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241986165 Much-anticipated and utterly captivating novel from the author of the 2018 runaway sensation One Day in December.


Gill Sims Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a ****! HarperCollins, 5th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008340483 Third instalment in the Why Mummy series. A phenomenal Sunday Times bestselling author returns and this time mummy is single and ready to mingle.


Luke Slattery Mrs M 4th Estate, 5th March, pb, £9.99, 9781460757673 Rich, intense novel of desire and dashed dreams and one passionate, unforgettable woman.


Katherine Slee For Emily Orion, 28th May, pb, £8.99, 9781409187349 When the country’s favou- rite children’s author dies, her only granddaughter must go on a journey to find her final manuscript.


Alvydas Slepikas, Romas Kinka (tr) In the Shadow of Wolves Oneworld, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786077042 Powerful story of survival and resilience in a world devastated by the Second World War.


Ali Smith Summer Hamish Hamilton, 2nd July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780241207062 Unmissable conclusion to Smith’s Man Booker- shortlisted cycle, Seasonal.


Ali Smith Spring Penguin, 12th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241973356 Third instalment in the critically adored Seasonal Quartet.


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