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– and upends seven lives across India.


Sheena Kalayil The Others Fly on the Wall Press, 19th, £12.99, PB, 9781915789389


A love triangle plays out against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


Pemi Aguda Ghostroots Virago, 5th, £9.99, PB, 9780349018249


A collection of literary horror stories from a prize-winning young star of Nigerian writing.


Brittney Arena A Dance of Lies Bloomsbury Publishing, 5th, £16.99, HB, 9781526681409


New epic romantasy with touches of hope, heartbreak, secrets, betrayal, dancing – and a goddess of death…


Steven Bernstein GRQ Fly on the Wall Press, 3rd, £10.99, PB, 9781915789464


This gripping thriller explores the corrosive allure of get-rich- quick schemes and the devastating consequences they can unleash. A film adaption is coming in 2025, starring Greg Germann, Mena Suvari and Tom Walker.


David Brennan SPIT époque press, 19th, £10.99, PB, 9781068716218


Welcome to the village of Spit, where Danny Mulcahy is losing the run of himself, and where, as he and his friends dream of escaping, an unexpected death sets the rumour mill in motion.


Renato Cisneros, Fionn Petch (trans) The World We Saw Burning


Charco Press, 24th, £11.99, PB, 9781917260084


A striking account of war and a reflection on identity and uprootedness.


Bea Fitzgerald Then Things Went Dark Michael Joseph, 5th, £9.99, PB, 9781405966498


Six reality show contestants. One dead. As the secrets of the fame-hungry unravel, a sun-soaked island becomes the stage for a chilling locked-room murder mystery.


Gurnaik Johal Saraswati Serpent’s Tail, 12th, £18.99, HB, 9781788169486


When Satnam finds water in the dry well of his ancestral village, it sparks a quest to find a lost river


Beth Lewis The Rush Viper, 12th, £18.99, HB, 9781805223115


A gripping historical novel about three women whose lives cross during the Yukon Gold Rush.


Amy McCulloch Runner 13 Michael Joseph, 19th, £16.99, HB, 9780241641392


In a deadly Sahara ultramarathon, scandal- scarred Adri must survive heat, suspicion – and a killer no one else can see coming.


Tie Ning,


Annelise Finegan (trans) My Sister’s Red Shirt Sinoist Books, 27th, £14.99, HB, 9781838905903


First published in China in 1984, Ning’s coming- of-age novella depicts the challenges of being true to yourself in an era of unpredictable transformation. An insight into the life of the first female chair of the China Writers Association through her early work, and its depiction of an idealistic young heroine who challenges authority.


betrayals and lives about to unravel. Winner of the Prix Littéraire Gisèle Halimi and shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt.


Chiara Valerio, Ailsa Wood (trans) The Little I Knew


Foundry Editions, 10th, £13.99, PB, 9781068693489


In this portrait of a small town and the women who live there, a lawyer digs into the past of a woman who dies unexpectedly in her bath.


tedious routine of daily life. Searing psychodrama and translated fiction from China, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer.


Non-Fiction Pria Anand


The Mind Electric: Stories of the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains


Virago, 5th, £22, HB, 9780349019109


Anand shares stories of her patients alongside her own experiences as a doctor, a mother and a patient, in order to explore all the bizarre ways in which our brains go awry.


Anne Carson The Gender of Sound Silver Press, 21st, £7.99, PB, 9781739371791


Mark Wagstaff Mascara Cinnamon Press, 2nd, £12.99, PB, 9781788641746


Felicity Hepburn returns to London for one last job in a world where beauty kills.


Kathy Wang The Satisfaction Café Abacus, 26th, £20, HB, 9780349147253


The engrossing story of a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life.


MA Wardell Teacher of the Year Michael Joseph, 5th, £9.99, PB, 9781405979320


Marie Rutkoski Ordinary Love Virago, 12th, £16.99, HB, 9780349146881


A sweeping love story about desire, friendship, mistakes and second chances.


Jang Ryujin, Sean Lin Halbert (trans) To the Moon


Bloomsbury Publishing, 19th, £14.99, PB, 9781526682017


A bestseller in South Korea, this title is a compulsive story about friendship, freedom and what we risk for the future of our dreams.


Cécile Tlili, Katherine Gregor (trans) Just a Little Dinner


Foundry Editions, 3rd, £12.99, PB, 9781068693427


In sweltering Paris, a dinner among reluctant friends spirals into chaos, exposing secrets,


Previously self- published, Teacher of the Year is a steamy, friends-to-lovers gay romance novel that explores the balance between friends, family, career and relationships, while overcoming trauma and dealing with anxiety. The first in the Teachers in Love series.


Lee Yuri,


Amber HJ Kim (trans) Broccoli Punch Heloise Press, 10th, £12.95, PB, 9781738459438


In these surreal South Korean short stories, a father’s ashes turn into a chatting plant, a boyfriend’s hand becomes broccoli and a group of investigative aliens are fascinated by idol culture.


Yang Zhengguang, Hu Zongfeng (trans), Robin Gilbank (trans) My Pleasant and Tranquil Days


Sinoist Books, 27th, £12.99, PB, 9781838906030


This title scrutinises a self-proclaimed scholar’s inner world, satirising the delusions we maintain in order to justify continuing in the


New from the winner of the TS Eliot Prize, The Gender of Sound charts the gendering of voice through Western culture.


Eugenia Cheng Unequal: The Maths of When Things Do and Don’t Add Up


Profile Books, 5th, £18.99, HB, 9781805223061


In a “glorious celebration” of mathematics, Cheng explores the interplay between sameness and difference, from numbers to manifolds to category theory and beyond.


thinking that began to challenge clinical approaches to sex from the 1990s.


James Guttman Hi World, I’m Dad Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 19th, £13.99, PB, 9781805014249


A compelling look at parenting an autistic child, written from the perspective of a dad who has made the journey from no awareness of autism to actively embracing its role in his life.


Nicola Hardy Peak Bagging Munros Volume 1: Highlands & Southern Cairngorms


Vertebrate Publishing, 19th, £25, PB, 9781839812583


Join adventurer Hardy on 64 epic routes through Scotland’s 141 southern Munros.


Kim Hyesoon,


Don Mee Choi (trans) Autobiography of Death And Other Stories, 3rd, £14.99, PB, 9781916751286


An exploration of mourning and survival from the international winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize.


Safa Khatib A Dress of Locusts Bloomsbury Poetry, 19th, £10.99, PB, 9781526667960


This debut collection explores language and revolution.


Isabelle Llasera L’Aubier Cinnamon Press, 2nd, £10.99, PB, 9781788641777


Rosie Garland This Is How I Fight Nine Arches Press, 19th, £11.99, PB, 9781916760189


New poetry from Garland interrogates gods, beasts and monsters in a collection that shifts between human and other.


Jules Gill-Peterson A Short History of Trans Misogyny


Verso, 20th, £10.99, PB, 9781804291603


Historian Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny.


Juliana Gleeson Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation


Verso, 3rd, £16.99, PB, 9781839760938


This history of intersex liberation explores both the campaigns and the


Llasera explores the final stages of her mother’s life as her dementia escalates in an environment where profit ranks above care.


Trinh T Minh-ha Grandma’s Story Silver Press, 20th, £7.99, PB, 9781068591808


This title evokes the power of women’s stories to connect generations and keep alive a history that would otherwise die out.


Monica Minott Wandering Spirits of Exile Peepal Tree Press, 19th, £10.99, PB, 9781845235994


In this title, poems converse with art, bridging words and visual representation.


Alice Kate Mullen Poetry Book Society Summer 2025 Bulletin


Poetry Book Society, 2nd, £12.99, PB, 9781913129781


The latest bulletin from the Poetry Book Society, established by TS Eliot and friends in 1953 to share the joy of poetry.


Alli Brydon


Draw This Book: Pirate Adventure Brydon Books, 5th, £8.99, PB, 9781738426409


Children become the heroes in this interactive pirate adventure, drawing their way through treasure hunts, sea creatures and high-stakes encounters on the high seas.


Cassandra Jules Corrigan, Moe Butterfly (illus) My History, My Gender, Me


Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 19th, £13.99, HB, 9781805014010


An introduction to the world of non-binary and transgender people throughout history.


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Cristina Olivetti About Bliss: Fighting for My Trans Son’s Life, Joy, and Fertility


Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 19th, £14.99, PB, 9781805010395


The story of the fourth young trans man worldwide to preserve his reproductive rights without going through natal puberty.


Pippa Stacey, Victoria Barron (illus) Pave Your Way with Chronic Illness: A Self- Discovery Journal


Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 19th, £14.99, PB, 9781805017493


A unique lifestyle journal for people living with long-term health conditions, designed to help them reconnect with themselves and the things that make them happy, while holding space for the challenges of chronic illness.


Jessica Taggart Rose, Claire Durand- Gasselin (trans) The River Has No Colour


The New Menard Press, 5th, £11.99, PB, 9781068680403


Flowing through Paris and history, the river Seine speaks out of Taggart Rose’s lyrical debut – where nature, memory and crisis meet in immersive, bilingual poetry.


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