Fiction
Samira Ahmed The Singular Life of Aria Patel
Atom, 13th, £9.99, PB, 9780349125725
Ahmed’s universe- hopping second-chance romance follows a teen girl travelling through parallel universes where she meets several versions of her ex-boyfriend.
Lola Akinmade Akerstrom Bitter Honey Apollo, 15th, £20, HB, 9781804548172
With a mother-daughter relationship at its heart, this title spans four decades and three continents as it explores relationships, resilience, and what it means to fully wear your skin and carve your own space in this world.
Mircea Eliade, Mac Linscott Ricketts (trans) Time, Death and the Unspeakable Secret
Istros Books, 31st, £13.99, PB, 9781912545513
This volume consists of six of Eliade’s short stories, taken from over a 30-year period.
SJ Bradley (ed) Permanent Emotion: Stories from the Northern Short Story Festival Academy
Valley Press, 2nd, £15, PB, 9781915606440
An anthology celebrating Northern writing talent, with stories ranging from playful, experimental narratives to folk horror, fantasy and reimagined fairy tales.
Lindsey Byrd
The Sun Blessed Prince Tor, 1st, £22, HB, 9781035046904 On the battlefield, a prince whose touch brings life meets a soldier chosen by death. But can two enemies forge a future after generations of war? A character- driven queer fantasy.
Kristina Forest The Love Lyric Michael Joseph, 15th, £9.99, PB, 9781405971256
An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love in this romance.
Katie Fricas Checked Out Drawn & Quarterly, 20th, £23, PB, 9781770467811
This title sees a queer library worker search for love, artistic validation – and the perfect book.
Christina Li The Manor of Dreams Dialogue, 8th, £22, HB, 9781408748930
When Vivian Yin, a trailblazing Chinese actress and Oscar winner, dies under mysterious circumstances, her daughters expect to inherit their childhood home. But a last-minute change to the will leaves the house to their estranged neighbours, whose lives were shattered by a past tragedy. A captivating, Gothic tale that blends mystery, romance and family drama.
Hazel McBride A Fate Forged in Fire Renegade Books, 27th, £20, HB, 9781408749081
Namita Gokhale Paro Hope Road, 15th, £10.99, PB, 9781913109394
Lily Chu Drop Dead DK, 6th, £9.99, PB, 9781464245442
One mysterious mansion. Two rival journalists. Three weeks to uncover the story –and love – of a lifetime.
Colette Chéri Macmillan, 29th, £10.99, HB, 9781035048502
Set amid the elite circles of Mumbai and Delhi, this title follows its enigmatic protagonist as she navigates a labyrinth of desire, ambition and betrayal. From the co-founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Huda Hamed, Chip Rossetti (trans) The Cinderellas of Muscat
Banipal Publishing, 12th, £11.99, PB, 9781913043452
A modern feminist fable from Oman.
A sizzling, Celtic-inspired fantasy romance.
Full of wit, drama and intensity, Chéri is the most famous novella from Colette, one of the most beloved French writers in history.
Colette Claudine at School Macmillan, 29th, £10.99, HB, 9781035050246
Colette’s debut novel follows Claudine, who lives in a small rural village in France and attends the local girls’ school. Headstrong, rebellious and a lover of mischief, she fills her days with adventure.
Donna Moore The Devil’s Draper Fly on the Wall Press, 1st, £11.99, PB, 9781915789402
Eleni Kyriacou A Beautiful Way to Die Head of Zeus, 8th, £16.99, HB, 9781837930395
Kyriacou’s third novel is set on the casting couches of 1950s Hollywood and London. It follows the story of three women before and after their rise to fame during the heyday of film and celebrity.
Daria Lavelle Aftertaste Bloomsbury, 22nd, £16.99, HB, 9781526683946
A darkly comic debut novel about food, ghosts and the NYC culinary scene.
An all-female crime gang creates havoc in 1920s Glasgow. The first policewoman is determined to bring them down.
Non-Fiction
Rachael Boast Versus Versus: 100 Poems By Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets
Bloodaxe, 22nd, £14.99, PB, 9781780377315
This eclectic anthology brings together 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets and offers an urgent redress, unpicking many misapprehensions and misrepresentations.
Neel Mukherjee Choice Atlantic Books, 1st, £9.99, PB, 9781805460510
From Booker-shortlisted author Mukherjee comes a devastating new novel that exposes the myths of individual choice.
Jia Pingwa; James Trapp, Olivia Milburn, Christopher Payne (trans) Old Kiln
Sinoist Books, 30th, £19.99, PB, 9781838905262
The story of the residents of a small village in Shaanxi Province during China’s Four Cleanups Campaign and the early stages of the Cultural Revolution.
Sierra Simone Harvest of Sighs DK, 6th, £9.99, PB, 9781464236501
The third in a high-heat, Gothic, dark academia fairy tale full of lantern-lit rituals, foggy moors and obsessions that last for a lifetime.
Simone Soltani Ride with Me Pan, 22nd, £9.99, PB, 9781035045143
A marriage of convenience threatens to go off track in this steamy Formula One romance.
Kae Tempest Hold Your Own Picador, 2nd, £10.99, PB, 9781035039173
Reissued in the Picador Collection, this title is an incendiary reworking of the life of the mythical prophet Tiresias.
Casey McQuiston The Pairing Macmillan, 8th, £9.99, PB, 9781035001910
Two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hook-up competition to prove they are over each other.
EM Wilson Situationship Michael Joseph, 1st, £9.99, PB, 9781405981279
Two fiercely independent young professionals begin an “arrangement” where they have pre-scheduled hook- ups, but the situation grows complicated when feelings get in the way.
Imogen Cassels Silk Work Prototype Publishing, 15th, £12.99, PB, 9781913513726
This debut poetry collection explores translations, folk songs and
geographies of longing.
Patrick Cotter Quality Control at the Miracle Factory
Dedalus Press, 12th, £11, PB, 9781915629418
The perplexing history of our own time is one of the impulses behind the poems of Irish poet Cotter in his new book which begins, fittingly, with a section entitled “songs in a time of war”.
Jen Calleja Fair Prototype Publishing, 29th, £12.99, PB, 9781913513733
Loosely set in an imagined book fair/art fair/fun fair, Calleja moves between personal memories and larger questions about the role of the literary translator in publishing, about the ways we define success, and what it means – and whether it is possible – to make a living as an artist. A satirical and playful title blending memoir, autofiction, satire and polemic.
to supporting children and young people through recovery from trauma.
Veena Dinavahi The True Happiness Company A Memoir
PRH USA, 20th, £24, HB, 9780593447659
In this wrenching, darkly funny memoir, a young Indian-American woman’s quest for mental health is derailed by a charismatic, alternative therapist who pulls her into his Mormon self-help cult.
Wendy Elisheva Somerson
An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing: Somatic Practices to Heal Historical Wounds, Unlearn Oppression, and Create a Liberated World to Come
North Atlantic Books, 27th, £18, PB, 9798889841876
First-of-its-kind book that centres Jewish healing as collective liberation alongside practical advice for healing and reflection.
Michelle Elman Bad Friend: Why Friendship Breakups Hurt and How to Heal
Renegade Books, 8th, £20, HB, 9781408749456
From author and life coach Elman comes Bad Friend, a guide to navigating friendship breakups.
Andrew Flewitt Do You Believe in Life After Loss?: Queer Stories of Loss, Hope and Resilience
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 21st, £14.99, PB, 9781805017707
An exploration of loss as experienced by the LGBTQ+ community, and the rays of hope that can emerge from it.
Betsy de Thierry; Sarah Hawkins (illus) The Trauma Recovery Handbook: A Model for Navigating Recovery for Professionals, Parents and Carers
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 21st, £26.99, PB, 9781805012023 The definitive handbook
Corsino Fortes; Daniel Hahn, Sean O’Brien (trans) Eye of the Island
Poetry Translation Centre, 13th, £9, PB, 9781738470143
Fortes’ poems offer vivid and often hallucinatory glimpses of the land, sea
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