11th July 2025


Brie Larson, Courtney McBroom Party People: A Cookbook for Creative Collaboration


DK, 21st, £22, HB, 9780593970027


In which Academy Award- winning actor Larson and LA chef McBroom, who was culinary consultant for Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+, show you how to celebrate any occasion with these 100 creative recipes and ideas for weird and wacky parties. Larson has more than seven million Instagram followers.


Erin Dana Lichy She’s a Host: An Unbuttoned Cookbook for Elegant Entertaining


DK, 28th, £27, HB, 9780593970904


Real estate agent, interior designer and cast member on Bravo TV’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Lichy also hosts lavish dinner parties. This is her guide to creating the ultimate gathering, from flower arrangements to the perfect cocktail station.


Elly McCausland Bake It Off: Tasty Taylor Swift-Inspired Bakes


Square Peg, 2nd, £20, HB, 9781529956146


Billed as the first Taylor Swift-themed baking book, this contains 65 recipes from across the eras, including You Belong With Brie, Karma Cat Cookies, Loving Him Was Bread and I Knew You Were Truffles.


Clodagh McKenna Clodagh’s Happy Cooking: 100 Easy, Speedy, Healthy Recipes for Good Mood Food


Kyle, 30th, £25, HB, 9781804193372


From nutritious breakfasts to simple suppers you can make in under 30 minutes, the chef, author and ITV’s This Morning regular presents 100 quick and tasty recipes aimed at the health- conscious home cook.


Neil Ridley


The Picky Bits Sommelier: The Ultimate Guide to Snack and Drink Pairings


Bloomsbury, 23rd, £12.99, HB, 9781526694522


From pinot noir and pork pie to G&T with balti mix, this contains more than 130 picky bits and drinks pairings.


Sophie Sadler German Home Kitchen: Traditional Recipes That Capture the Flavours of Germany


Rock Point, 9th, £20, HB, 9781577154822


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From cheese fondue and black forest cherry cake to baked camembert and bratwurst with curry ketchup, this is a collection of 65 sweet and savoury recipes from Germany.


Flora Shedden Winter in the Highlands: Eating, Drinking and Celebrating in Scotland


Quadrille, 16th, £26, HB, 9781837833689


The youngest over finalist on The Great British Bake Off offers “joyous, soul-warming, deliciously comforting” dishes that embrace the colder months and celebrate Scotland’s rich culinary heritage and festive traditions. Not just a Christmas book, says Quadrille.


Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation DK, 9th, £25, HB, 9780241727287 This comprehensive reference book helps readers understand essential microbial processes within our food and bodies, and master the techniques of fermentation with step- by-step photography and recipes for more than 30 ferments.


Donal Skehan Donal’s Real Time Recipes


Yellow Kite, 9th, £25, HB, 9781399718196


From favourite pasta dishes to one-pot suppers and bowl food, Skehan presents 90 recipes with fewer than 10 ingredients for meals you can have on the table in 30 minutes or less. Accompanies an RTÉ TV series.


Olly Smith WINE: Everything You Need to Know


Quadrille, 2nd, £16.99, HB, 9781837834402


The Mail on Sunday wine columnist and presenter on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen presents an accessible wine guide that covers everything from the basics of choosing a good bottle to decoding wine jargon.


Valerie Stivers, Katie Tomlinson (illus) The Writer’s Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes


Frances Lincoln, 9th, £19.99, HB, 9780711293915


From Jane Austen’s White Soup to Truman Capote’s Chicken Hash and Colette’s Cherry Clafoutis, this “exquisite and sophisticated” literary cookbook features 50 favourite


recipes from renowned authors, showcasing the meals that shaped their lives and work.


Marc Summers Bubala: Middle Eastern- Inspired Vegetarian Recipes to Share


Quadrille, 16th, £28, HB, 9781837834365


Bubala – meaning “darling” in Yiddish – is also the name of the London restaurant brand founded by Summers. His first cookbook contains 100 recipes rooted in Middle Eastern flavours, which make the most of ordinary vegetables.


Gardening


Jassy Drakulic RHS Fungi for Gardeners DK, 9th, £12.99, HB, 9780241785812


This “bite-sized” introduction to fungi for gardening types profiles different species, explains why fungi are key to a healthy garden, and suggests projects for growing your own.


Health & parenting


Kenneth Goss The Eating Well Workbook: Managing Eating Problems Using Your Compassionate Mind


Robinson, 2nd, £21.99, PB, 9781472147608


This “compassionate and therapeutic” workbook aims to help you understand and work with your urges and passion for food, pay attention to your biological and emotional needs, and have a healthier and happier relationship with eating.


Suhas Kshirsagar, Sheila Patel Awakened Sleep: An Ayurvedic Approach to Getting Deep Rest and Unlocking Optimal Health


John Murray One, 30th, £20, HB, 9781399821179


With a foreword by Deepak Chopra and based on the principles of Ayurveda, this personalised protocol to restore, repair, replenish and reset your sleep also looks at the importance of sleep to your spiritual health.


Kirsty Loehr A Short History of Queer Parenting


Oneworld, 2nd, £8.99, PB, 9781836430803


Exploring the lives of queer parents through the ages, taking in Sappho, Oscar Wilde and the women of the Golden Orchid Society


as well as the author’s own experience.


Sarah Rudell Beach Your Happy Child: A Parent’s Guide to Mindfulness


Cico, 14th, £14.99, PB, 9781800654631 A collection of easy and


fun activities to do with children aged three to 11 to encourage mindfulness through actions, including: Soothe, Focus, Feel, Pause, Appreciate and Connect.


Ken Stern Healthy to 100: Lessons on Ageing from the World’s Healthiest Countries


Vermilion, 9th, £16.99, PB, 9781785045332


Billed as a “revolutionary” approach to longevity and ageing, this brings together the latest science with real stories of those living fulfilling lives after the age of 65, including in Spain, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.


History


Peter Ackroyd Forgotten London: Exploring the Hidden Life of the City


Frances Lincoln, 9th, £25, HB, 9780711287648


Covering the transformative years from the Victorian era to the Second World War, Ackroyd takes us on a journey through London’s forgotten past in this richly illustrated book that aims to immerse readers in aspects of the capital’s history that are often overlooked.


James P Delgado The Great Museum of the Sea: A Human History of Shipwrecks OUP, 1st, £20, HB, 9780197780756 Delgado channels his five decades of exploratory experience to chart how shipwrecks have been part of human culture, philosophy and religion for thousands of years, and why they so capture our human imagination.


Simon Fowler Known Unto God: Searching for the Missing


Amberley, £22.99, HB, 9781398103665


To commemorate the centenary of the Cenotaph, this is the story of the exhaustive hunt for missing servicemen from the First World War and other 20th-century conflicts, and how bodies continue to be recovered to this day.


Helen Fry The White Lady: The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks Behind Enemy Lines


Yale, 14th, £20, HB, 9780300275117


Major new history of the two most important British secret service networks behind enemy lines during the world wars, including La Dame Blanche, the SIS network in Belgium during the First World War, drawing on new archives.


Sudhir Hazareesingh ( 5) Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World


Allen Lane, 2nd, £30, HB, 9780241606506


The author of the Wolfson History Prize-winning Black Spartacus returns with a landmark and meticulously researched history of enslaved people’s resistance to Atlantic slavery. From revolutionaries such as Toussaint Louverture and pregnant rebel Solitude, to the countless insurgents and conspirators who helped destabilise the slave order, this book shows how enslaved people were characterised by resilience, solidarity and commitment to freedom.


Nick Higham Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One


Bloomsbury, 9th, £22, HB, 9781526677013


The former BBC correspondent tells


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