Titles in this preview are published in May
compulsions, visualising her OCD as scorpions inhabiting her mind.
Lili Myers Dave & Me: Life With and Without My Hairy Biker
Ebury Spotlight, 14th, £12.99, 9781529966558
Lili celebrates the life of husband Dave Myers, known for his foodie role in The Hairy Bikers and for his partnership with Karen Hauer in Strictly Come Dancing. Foreword by Si King.
Maggie Nelson Pathemata: Or, the Story of My Mouth
Vintage, 14th, £10.99, 9781529951363
Account of Nelson’s attempts to solve a mysterious longstanding health issue, and express in language the world of chronic pain against the swirl of the pandemic.
Dean Van Nguyen Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur
White Rabbit, 7th, £14.99, 9781399615457
A cultural history of Tupac’s coming of age, fame, politics and his legacy as an icon.
Majid Parsa The Ayatollah’s Gaze: A Memoir of the Forbidden and the Fabulous
Wilton Square Books, 21st, £10.99, 9781806770489
Memoir about growing up gay in Iran where homosexuality is punishable by death.
Iain Pears Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent
William Collins, 7th, £10.99, 9780008629007
Art historian and novelist Pears tells the story of two art historians, the daughter of a Soviet army officer and the grandson of an Iraqi Jew, whose love overcame the iron curtain. “A gorgeous book, a tender tribute to two originals,” said the Times.
Nigel Planer Young Once: A Life Less Heavy
John Murray, 7th, £12.99, 9781399826730
Famed for his work in the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s, a sideways look at a remarkable career.
Randal Plunkett Wild Thing Eriu, 14th, £10.99, 9781804189566 Inheriting the title Baron of Dunsany, alongside Dunsany Castle and the 1,600-acre estate at the age of 28, this
is Plunkett’s story of letting nature run wild on ground his ancestors farmed for centuries.
Philip Reed, Justin Vickers (eds) Elizabeth Sweeting: The Best and Happiest Days
Bittern Press, 26th, £34.99, 9780957167230
Sweeting’s memoir of the early days of the Aldeburgh Festival, her time as manager of the Oxford Playhouse in the 1960s and 1970s and director of the Arts Council of South Australia. Includes Sweeting’s correspondence with Benjamin Britten.
Suzi Ruffell Am I Having Fun Now?: Anxiety, Applause and Life’s Big Questions, Answered
Bluebird, 28th, £10.99, 9781035036905
Memoir and life guide from comedian Ruffell recounting her issues with anxiety, coming out and becoming a parent, ruminated over with a host of experts who weigh in with ways to handle what life throws at her. Winner of Best Audiobook: Business/ Self-Help at the Speakies.
Eli Sharabi Hostage Swift Press, 21st, £10.99, 9781800756557
Memoir of 491 days in captivity from a released Israeli hostage who was abducted by Hamas on 7th October 2023.
Robert Wainwright The Fall of the House of Montagu: Dukedom, Debauchery and the Demise of a Dynasty
Allen & Unwin, 7th, £12.99, 9781838959579
The disintegration of the Duchy of Manchester from aristocracy to ruin in post-Second World War Britain. “A dramatic and pathos-inducing read,” said the New Statesman.
Ashley Walters ( 7) Always Winning Penguin (Transworld), 21st, £10.99, 9781804995105
Producer, director and actor Walters, recently featured in Netflix series Adolescence, shares his life story from gang life and prison to screen success.
Jean Moorcroft Wilson Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)
Bloomsbury Continuum, 14th, £14.99, 9781399426305
Biography of Graves, examining his position as a major First World War poet, and a successful prose writer.
7
Business & economics
Kate Bayliss Privatising Humanity: How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets MUP, 19th, £12.99, 9781526182982 How finance turns our basic human needs into assets as water, warmth and shelter make large returns for investors but dysfunctional systems for society.
Nick Clegg How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict
Vintage, 7th, £12.99, 9781529948783
Where Big Tech has gone wrong and the radical reforms now needed if global platforms are to secure a long-term future and live up to the hope of bringing the world together.
Hilary Cottam The Work We Need: A 21st Century Reimagining
Virago, 28th, £12.99, 9780349017495
How we can shape work to meet technological change, our ecological crisis and the challenges of the world’s deep injustices. “Practical and full of human wisdom,” said the Financial Times.
Scott Galloway The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
Penguin (Transworld), 7th, £11.99, 9781804995945
Practical advice to find and follow your talent, make small changes to develop big returns and improve your financial habits.
Karen Hao Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination
Penguin, 19th, £12.99, 9781802064650
The rise of OpenAI and the impact the AI industry is having on society. Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year.
Ian Kumekawa Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Ship
John Murray, 7th, £12.99, 9781399816243
How a single ship tells the history of the global economy over five decades, changing locations, names and functions from oil rig to barracks, from prison to accommodation for oil workers.
Patrick McGee Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company S&S, 7th, £10.99, 9781398534391 How Apple poured billions into China over two decades, producing an advanced supply and manufacturing system, but also handing China the knowledge, skills and power to challenge America’s global dominance. Updated with a new epilogue. Winner
of the SABEW Best in Business Book Award.
Kenneth Rogoff Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
Yale, 5th, £12.99, 9780300292282
The global rise of the US dollar and why its future stability is far from assured.
Eloise Skinner But Are You Alive?: How to Design a Life Worth Living
John Murray One, 21st, £12.99, 9781529398892
Entrepreneur and teacher Skinner shares life lessons from training in a monastic community and as an existential therapist.
Gareth Southgate Dear England: Lessons in Leadership
Penguin, 7th, £10.99, 9781804956236
Reflections on forging a unique management style in an eight-year tenure as England Men’s football manager, with lessons for adopting empathy, resilience and accountability for individuals, teams and organisations in the wider world.
Robin Wall Kimmerer The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance
Penguin, 7th, £10.99, 9781802067460
Extended essay considering whether
NB: Listings continue on page 21 of the main magazine, after the London Book Fair preview 19
Books
Paperback Preview
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
