BOOKS Fiction
Pang Bei, James Trapp (trans) Wu River Variations Sinoist Books, 29th, £15.99, pb, 9781838905699 A historical novel about a little-known part of the Long March in 1930s China.
Jane DeLynn In Thrall Divided Publishing, 19th, £11.99, pb, 9781739516161 After 16-year-old Lynn writes her 37-year-old English teacher a letter they embark on a love affair. Set years before gay liberation, this is the first in DeLynn’s trilogy on sexuality and authority.
T L Huchu The Legacy of Arniston House Tor, 7th, £18.99, hb, 9781529097771 The fourth book in the Edinburgh Nights series follows Ghostalker and magician Ropa Moyo as they face an ancient cult trying to resurrect the Black Lord and an army of the dead.
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Jane Austen meets Bollywood in this warm and witty novel about community, family and love.
T J Klune Heartson Tor, 7th, £10.99, pb, 9781035002238 The third book in the Green Creek series. When Robbie Fontaine receives a critical mission from his Alpha, he seizes the chance to finally belong to a pack. But there are rumours of a traitor in their midst—including the wolf who may be his mate.
Naipaul’s meditative novel about a stranger in a strange land is republished as part of the Picador Collection.
village during the 1980s economic collapse, the novel grapples with the tensions between social solidarity and dog- eat-dog individualistic ruthlessness.
Julie Leong The Teller of Small Fortunes Hodderscape, 5th, £20, hb, 9781399729048 Fleeing a troubled past, an immigrant fortune teller bands together with an ex-mercenary, a semi-reformed thief and a baker with a “knead for adventure” in this cozy fantasy about trying to find yourself—and finding a family instead.
Amy McCulloch The Girl on the Ice Michael Joseph, 21st, £9.99, pb, 9781405950350 When the sun never sets, there’s no place to hide: a gripping new thriller set on a voyage to Antarctica.
Maiya Ibrahim Serpent Sea Hodderscape, 21st, £22, hb, 9781399702089 This title is a romantic, action-packed fantasy set in an Arabian- inspired land.
Else Jerusalem Red House Alley UEA Publishing Project, 29th, £16.99, pb, 9781915812360 The first complete English translation of Jerusalem’s revolutionary novel about sex workers in 19th-century Vienna.
Vedashree Khambete-Sharma What Will People Think? Corvus, 7th, £14.99, hb, 9781805461623
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Pyae Moe Thet War I Did Something Bad Renegade, 7th, £22, hb, 9780349130811 A smart and swoony adventure rom-com, in which a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder… and falling for each other in the process.
Naima Simone Church Girl Afterglow Books, 21st, £8.99, pb, 9780263322972 From small town to big city, Aaliyah Montgomery isn’t just ditching her wedding. She’s also flee- ing her suffocating small town and her family’s expectations. Good thing Von Howard is desperate to find a live-in nanny. Even as their pasts return to haunt them, is their undeniable heat a sign it’s time for a love they didn’t see coming?
Ellen Wiles The Unexpected HQ, 21st, £9.99, pb, 9780008267889 A novel about what happens when the lines between friendship, romance and family begin to blur.
40th anniversary of the miners’ strike.
out to family and into a gay community defined by whiteness.
Dija Ayodele Black Skin HQ, 7th, £20, pb, 9780008639815 The ultimate skincare guide for Black women.
Fiona Williams The House of Broken Bricks Faber, 7th, £9.99, pb, 9780571379576
Début This début about family, loss and
life in the countryside is from the winner of the 2021 Bridport Peggy Chapman- Andrews First Novel Award. Faber’s winter 2024 lead paperback title.
Su Tong, Honey Watson (trans) Midnight Stories Sinoist Books, 29th, £14.99, hb, 9781838905965 Cruelty and kindness are interwoven in Tong’s new collection of short stories.
Emily Varga For She is Wrath First Ink, 7th, £16.99, hb, 9781035053988
Début An epic roman- tasy début in
which a girl is determined to exact her revenge after being accused of a crime she didn’t commit.
You Yeong-Gwang The Rainfall Market Michael Joseph, 28th, £12.99, pb, 9780241687987 When Serin is sent a ticket to enter The Rainfall Market, a world of possi- bility awaits her. But not everything is as it seems in this mystical place. With the help of a cat named Issha she must find true happiness within a week or risk being locked inside forever.
Non-fiction
Juana Adcock I Sugar the Bones Out-Spoken Press, 1st, £11.99, pb, 9781068671203 Adcock explores the crossing of borders between countries, people, languages, and the veil between life and death.
V S Naipaul Half a Life Picador, 7th, £10.99, pb, 9781035039098
Berkley Wendell Semple Kipling Plass Peepal Tree Press, 1st, £12.99, pb, 9781845235925 This title introduces us to a teenager abandoned by his mother after her mental breakdown. Set in a multiracial Guyanese
Ann and Peter Sansom and Sarah Wimbush COAL Te Poetry Business, 4th, £10.99, pb, 9781914914898 In collaboration with the National Coal Mining Museum, this anthology of poetry and other creative responses commemorates the
Daniel K L Chua Music & Joy: Lessons on the Good Life Yale University Press, 5th, £25, hb, 9780300264210 Using examples from Beethoven to the blues and from philosophy and theology to music theory, Chua argues for the relevance of music and joy in the face of our many political and environmental crises.
Kate Davis Flow Verve Poetry Press, 14th, £12.99, pb, 9781913917609 A verse novel about six women and what they do to survive, spanning 2,500 years and two continents.
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella Mortality Peepal Tree Press, 28th, £9.99, pb, 9781845235932 The sixth collection of this dialogue between two major poets from opposite sides of the world takes on the subject of climate change.
Sarah Grant Hero Verve Poetry Press, 7th, £11.99, pb, 9781913917562 An exploration of the role of the storyteller and the relationships artists have between the two halves of themselves: the crowd- fronting persona and the person behind the curtain.
Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi (trans) Phantom Pain Wings And Other Stories, 12th, £14.99, pb, 9781916751200 Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (USA), Hyesoon mixes folklore and mythology with contemporary psycho- drama as she explores trauma, grief and parting.
Derek Jarman A Finger in the Fishes Mouth Prototype Publishing, 6th, £15, pb, 9781913513634 A facsimile edition of Jarman’s “sole, early, extremely rare” poetry book originally published in 1972. Heavily illustrated from Jarman’s collection of postcards, the book combines text and visual imagery in a way that foreshadows his subse- quent style as an artist and filmmaker.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson Unbroken Macmillan, 21st, £25, hb, 9781035055173 A memoir-manifesto from the two-time world heptathlon champion and British Olympian.
Amaan Hyder Self-Portrait With Family Nine Arches Press, 14th, £11.99, pb, 9781916760080 An autobiographical collection about coming
Soli Lazarus, Kara McHale (illus) The ADHD Teen Survival Guide Jessica Kingsley Publish- ers, 21st, £12.99, pb, 9781839976636 A positive, affirming guide to teen life featuring the voices of teenagers with ADHD talking about their experiences and offering tips and strategies.
Gidon Lev Let’s Make Things Better Macmillan, 14th, £20, hb, 9781035043989
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