11th July 2025
Valerie Trouet (ed), Blaze Cyan (illus) In the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories they Tell
Unipress, 9th, £25, HB, 9781917226158
Using appropriately circular narratives, this collection of essays by ecologists with regional expertise narrates the stories of 10 ancient trees, considering why they grew, where they grew, how they reflect their habitats and the events to which they have borne witness.
Charles Watkins Trees Ancient and Modern: Woodland Cultures and Conservation
Reaktion, 1st, £25, HB, 9781836391180
This richly illustrated global, social and cultural history of forests explores humanity’s enduring and profound connection with trees and woodlands, highlighting their beauty and importance and the challenges they face.
Personal development & self-help
Natalie Alzate Offline Humans: How to Stop Scrolling and Reconnect With the Real World
DK, 7th, £16.99, HB, 9780593847008
Reclaim time for yourself, rediscover your creativity and nurture your mental well-being with this restorative guide, which reinforces the importance of going offline and encourages readers to disconnect. Alzate has 10 million followers across her social channels.
Jessica Baum Safe: An Attachment- Informed Guide to Building More Secure Relationships
Cornerstone Press, 30th, £16.99, HB, 9781529976267
The psychotherapist author of Anxiously Attached returns with a guide to fostering more security, intimacy and peace in your relationships and building stronger and more fulfilling connections.
Dr Samantha Hiew Tip of the ADHD Iceberg: An Adult’s Guide to Embracing the Hidden Layers of Your Neurodivergence
Aster, 9th, £18.99, PB, 9781783256464
The founder of social- impact company ADHD Girls presents a compassionate guide for anyone grappling with
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their neurodiversity, which aims to help you “learn to heal from a life of flying under the radar” as well as how to prepare yourself for the future.
Jonathan Kemp Finding Peace of Mind Troubador, 10th, £12.99, PB, 9781836285472
Living with bipolar disorder, depression, addiction and dyslexia, this “unflinchingly honest” memoir is an account of weaving a path through mental health issues and neurodiversity.
Marie Kondo, Marie Iida (trans) Letter From Japan
Leap, 16th, £16.99, HB, 9781785125140
“My upbringing is fundamental to my chosen career.” In this charming book, the author of The Life- Changing Magic of Tidying returns to explore the Japanese customs and traditions from onsen (hot springs) to mottainai (profound regret over discarding something that could still serve a purpose) that have informed her life and her famous tidying method. I loved the Japanese appreciation for making things last and for living in harmony with the environment which imbues this.
Katy Lees Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help
Jessica Kingsley, 21st, £14.99, PB, 9781805011811
“It’s time to give queer minds the attention they deserve.” The non-binary and queer psychotherapist author interviews LGBTQ+ mental
health and neurodiversity experts as they share both their lived experience and their advice.
Katja Pavlovna, Kay Garbett Sorry My Mental Illness Isn’t Sexy Enough for You: Lessons on Living With Personality Disorders and Mental Illness (That We Learned the Hard Way)
Jessica Kingsley, 21st, £14.99, PB, 9781805010678
In this candid guide, the authors share their own experience of living with a personality disorder and the lessons they learned the hard way, to help readers tackle everything from labels and disclosure to maintaining relationships.
Dr Patrick Porter, Ruchika Sikri The Brain Fitness Blueprint: Integrating Ancient Wisdom and Modern Technologies for Peak Performance
Rider, 9th, £16.99, PB, 9781846048302
Providing practical techniques to achieve optimal brain health, cognitive performance and physical vitality, this guide blends ancient wisdom with contemporary science for anyone who needs to tackle mental fatigue and information overload.
Ben Swire Safe Danger: The Art of Taking Playful Risks to Fuel Creativity, Unlock Potential and Build Success
Blink, 16th, £20, HB, 9781785120732
From creating “safe danger” to celebrating joyful failing, learn how to defuse uncertainty, embrace creativity and
pursue success with this “revolutionary” framework for navigating risk with confidence in both work and life.
Philosophy & religion
Kwame Anthony Appiah Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science Yale, £18.99, HB, 9780300233063 US philosopher Appiah explores how early social scientists, including Émile Durkheim and Max Weber, developed our modern understanding of society through their theories of religion.
Gavin Evans Bible Stories: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy in Scripture
Icon, 23rd, £20, HB, 9781837732326
Drawing on recent archaeological research and more, this traces the history of the Abrahamic faiths – Islam, Judaism and Christianity – and makes a case for a softer, more tolerant atheism in the process. “It’s an argument for embracing the possible value of religious belief even if one doesn’t share it.”
Werner Herzog The Future of Truth Bodley Head, 16th, £14.99, HB, 9781847928405
Centring his concept of “ecstatic truth”, a truth hidden behind the facts or our perception of reality but which can be gleaned through the poetic imagination, this is a “timely and compelling” meditation on the nature of fact and fiction, truth and lies by the renowned film-maker.
Ryan Holiday Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Profile, 21st, £15.99, HB, 9781788166294
This fourth and final instalment of Holiday’s Stoic Virtues series reveals a method of self-education that can be honed throughout our lives, cultivated through reading, contemplation and discernment.
Mark Rowlands The Book of Memory: Or, How to Live Forever
Granta, 9th, £14.99, HB, 9781803512648
Drawing on the latest neurological and psychological research and on a range of writers and thinkers, Rowlands provides a “revelatory and intimate” exploration of how memories are made, lost and remembered, with important consequences for how we understand ourselves.
Poetry
Donna Ashworth Joy Chose You: The Essential Collection: Words for Hope, Comfort and Light
Blink, 2nd, £20, HB, 9781785308451
Gifty, colour-illustrated collection of best-loved poems on the theme of joy by the mega-popular and mega-selling Ashworth.
Sophie Dumont Sculling: Poems Corsair, 2nd, £12.99, PB, 9781472159953
Channelling themes of grief and environmental damage, this highly personal debut collection finds the author reflecting on her relationship to bodies of water and her experiences canoeing down the River Avon.
Mark Forsyth ( 10) Rhyme and Reason Allen & Unwin, 16th, £14.99, HB, 9781805465287
Aiming to demystify its glories, the author of The Etymologicon, returns to take a “quick, light-hearted and very funny” journey through English poetry from the reader’s point of view. It will do for poetry what David Mitchell’s Unruly did for English history, says publisher Atlantic.
Matthew Francis The Green Mouth Faber, 23rd, £14.99, HB, 9780571394548
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In a sequence freely adapted from the work of pre-eminent medieval Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, Francis aims to bring his poetry to life for a modern
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