XXth Monthname 2025
Books
Titles not to miss in July
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July’s picks range from the tale of a dystopian reality show, a crackling romcom, a literary zombie novel and a cat-and-mouse chase. Lauren Brown reports
Literary
Susanna Kwan ( 1) Awake in the Floating City Simon & Schuster UK, 31st, £16.99, HB, 9781398543355
In a future San Francisco, transformed by years of rain,
40-year-old lapsed artist Bo is grieving the community she has lost to the catastrophic flooding and preparing to leave, but on the day of her planned departure a note is slipped under her door by her 130-year-old neighbour asking for help. Unable to board the ship that could save her life, Bo decides to stay. For fans of Station Eleven and Birnam Wood, this is a thought-provoking, poignant read.
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Laura Shepherd-Robinson ( 3) The Art of a Lie Mantle, 10th, £18.99, HB, 9781529053722 The latest from The Square of Sevens author is nothing short of exceptional. Following the murder of her husband in what looks like a violent street robbery, confectionery shop owner Hannah is plunged into 18th-century London’s murky underworld and an intricate web of lies and love, as the cat-and-mouse chase between her and enigmatic stranger William reaches a dramatic conclusion. Clearly meticulously researched and with writing as carefully, deliciously crafted as the sweet treats filling its pages, I adored this.
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Kasim Ali ( 2) Who Will Remain 4th Estate, 17th, £16.99, HB, 9780008450595 The Good Intentions author returns with a novel following a man weighing up the life of security that his parents want for him and another path on the streets of Birmingham outside his door. When Amir’s cousin is killed in a gang fight and his brother announces his engagement, he loses the two men who kept him grounded and must take his future into his own hands in this story of social expectations and condemnation told in Ali’s inimitable style.
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