George North No Other Place: My Autobiography
HarperCollins, 11th, £22, HB, 9780008735906
Autobiography from the Welsh rugby player, recently retired from the international game, who was the youngest player ever to reach 100 caps for Wales.
Joe Posnanski Why We Love American Football
Old Street,2nd, £12.99, PB, 9781913083779
This “entertaining, enlightening, heartbreaking and hilarious” book offers a panoramic look at the sport of American football across 100 moments that have defined the sport.
Ben Youngs Beyond the Line: My Life in Rugby
Macmillan, 25th, £25, HB, 9781035069200
England rugby’s most capped player of all time and the Leicester Tigers scrum-half looks back on the ups and downs of his life in rugby.
Sustainability & climate change
Nicholas Beuret Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition
Verso, 23rd, £10.99, PB, 9781804299852
Addressing urgent issues around the global push for net zero as the cost of living soars, this blends storytelling and analysis to examine how the green transition will merely make the rich richer… and what we can do to disrupt this version of green capitalism.
Thea Riofrancos Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Icon, 25th, £20, HB, 9781837732692
In the fight against climate change, lithium’s role in reducing emissions is a mixed blessing. So says the author of this investigation into the environmental, social and political consequences of the mining it requires.
Hannah Ritchie ( 9) Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change – in 50 Questions and Answers
Chatto & Windus, 18th, £20, HB, 9781784745745
The author of the excellent Not the End of the World returns with a “succinct, punchy” new book that tackles 50 leading questions concerning the climate crisis; from “Won’t we run out of minerals?” to “Is it too late?”. Once more, her message is: the truth is more hopeful than you think.
Travel
Walking the Camino de Santiago: Find Your Path on the Way of St James
DK Travel, 4th, £25, HB, 9780241760291
This comprehensive guide delves into the eight most popular Camino routes, highlighting the sights and history along each one, along with practical information on places to eat, drink and stay en route.
Martin Dorey The Way of the Waves: A Cycling Odyssey to Rediscover the Soul of European Surfing
Bloomsbury Sport, 11th, £20, HB, 9781399420266
Chasing the sun south from his home in Cornwall, the author and his wife journey by bike down Europe’s western fringes in search of the best surf breaks in France, Spain and Portugal, in this “love letter to wave riding, eco-travel and freedom”.
Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell (ed) Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave
Granta, 25th, £20, HB, 9781803511290
Award-winning Argentinian novelist and journalist Enríquez takes an “extraordinary, unsettling, Gothic” journey through cemeteries across the world from Montparnasse and Highgate to the Jewish cemetery in Prague and the hidden Aboriginal cemetery on Rottnest Island in Western Australia, musing along the way on colonial violence, the strange rituals surrounding death and more.
Ross Murray (ed) Epic Train Trips of the World
Lonely Planet, 12th, £29.99, HB, 9781837586141
From South-East Asia’s Eastern & Oriental Express to the Rocky Mountaineer line in Canada and Switzerland’s Glacier Express, this contains 50 first-person stories of railway routes across the world, plus 150 further suggestions for epic train trips.
Michael Palin Michael Palin in Venezuela
Hutchinson Heinemann, 25th, £20, HB, 9781529154726
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In February 2025, Palin travelled to Venezuela. This is a richly illustrated account of his trip to that culturally rich but complex country, published to coincide with a new Channel 5 documentary.
Peter Ross Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland
Headline, 11th, £22, HB, 9781035414062
The author of A Tomb With a View and Steeple Chasing returns to explore the ancient and mysterious sites of Britain and Ireland, from the Uffington White Horse to Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall and beyond. I love his books and feel sure this will be a new treat.
Zoe Tehrani Zoe Tehrani’s Britain: A Walker’s Guide: 30 Walks from London Using Public Transport
Synergy, 15th, £30, HB, 9781610369176
This insightful guide suggests 30 walking routes near London, accessible either by public transport or by car; from rolling hills to historic villages, and with suggestions for pubs and cafés and advice on staying safe along the way.
True crime
Emma Kenny Killer Cults Sphere, 4th, £22, HB, 9781408731949
What makes ordinary people abandon everything to join a cult? Psychologist and true-crime expert Kenny delves into “gripping true stories of cults operating all around us”, from Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians.
Martin Suarez, Ian Frisch Inside the Cartel
HarperElement, 25th, £25, HB, 9780008652654
FBI agent Suarez is a legendary agent who infiltrated and then brought down a top Colombian drugs cartel along with its head honcho “El Caracol”. This “heart-pounding” narrative tells his story and provides a look at the inner workings of the FBI.
David Wilson A History of Modern Britain in 20 Murders
Sphere, 18th, £22, HB, 9781408734513
From Jack the Ripper so the murders of James Bulger and Sarah Everard, leading criminology professor and author Wilson takes a fresh look at notorious crimes, revealing why some cases reverberate through public consciousness and how they can help us better understand our history.
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