Curious Minds
When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy Beronda Montgomery A stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and botanical mastery, shared through the stories of long-lived trees.
Agent Jeff Shreve World English Holt
How to Make a Happy Country: What Really Works to Make People – and Nations – Thrive Mark Henry A narrative exploration of the World Happiness Index mixing culture, science, smart thinking and personal development.
Agent Eli Keren World English Bloomsbury
Older Than Human: How 12 Genetic Mistakes Shaped the Story of Us Omer Gokcumen A prominent US geneticist and anthropologist reveals how 12 ancient genetic mutations have shaped our survival, health and shared diversity.
Agent Peter Tallack World English St Martin’s Press
The Heart of the Wheel: A Wheelwright’s 5,000- Year Tale of Craftsmanship and Engineering
Phillip Gregson, Simon Ings From restoring a worm- eaten shrimping cart to riding hand-built Iron Age chariots, master wheelwright Gregson and novelist and non-fiction writer Ings celebrate an ancient and disappearing craft.
Agent Peter Tallack World English Oneworld
The Naturalist and the Stargazer: The Untold Story of Charles Darwin, John Herschel, and the Clash That Created Modern Science Dan Falk The remarkable true story of how two men with contrasting views of nature made science scientific.
Agent Marissa Koors
Curtis Brown
The First Hundred Hours Max Brooks In World War Z author Brooks’ latest novel, people from around the globe must fight off a powerful invading alien force before it destroys humanity.
Agent Jonny Geller UK & US Del Rey
The Ballad of Tom Gallino Marcel Theroux The story of a cantankerous American writer, whose misguided rowing expedition with his 13-year-old step-grandson goes awry. “Smart, funny and timely” adventure about art, ageing and the eternal human quest to live authentically.
Agent Cathryn Summerhayes
The Wine-Dark Sea Victoria Hislop Bestseller Hislop’s newest is a heart-wrenching family drama set against the panoramic backdrop of the Greek Civil War which follows a mother desperately searching for her missing children.
Agent Jonathan Lloyd UK Headline
I Think Therefore I Can Hiroyuki Nomura A bestselling Japanese puzzle book that combines problem solving with practical theory, to simultaneously sharpen readers’ minds, strengthen good habits and remind us how smart we really are.
Agent Polly Peraza-Brown
UK Ebury, US Union Square, German dtv, Italy Giunti, Japan and six others
The Learning Code Dr Tej Samani A practical seven-step toolkit that teaches children how to learn – through an evidence- based approach that boosts focus, nurtures happiness and establishes lifelong learning habits.
AgentsLucy Morris, Rachel Goldblatt UK The Bodley Head
Agent Mary Darby (for Gaby Naher, Naher Agency) Australia & New Zealand
Dear Kindred Soul Michaela McDuffie Commercial fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains where widow Sylvia has gone to live out her grief – but a note left in a mysterious mailbox in the woods helps her to heal.
Agent Mary Darby (for Laura Heathfeld, Greenstone) Under offer in UK & Commonwealth
Canopy Bianca Thomas Arborist Thomas explores a type of ecosystem that most readers will never see up close: the canopies of the world’s most remarkable trees.
Agent Mary Darby (for Ludo Cinelli, Eve White)
Finding Power in Perfectionism Natalie Englander This incredible new framework provides tools to thrive, turning perfectionism into a superpower.
Agent Mary Darby (for Laura Heathfeld, Greenstone)
UK & Commonwealth Headline, US Ballantine, Spanish Planeta
Darby Literary
The War Dog Philip Gray Crime novel set in Northern Italy where one of Italy’s first female police officers is investigating the poisoning of prized truffle hounds, only to discover a childhood friend’s death may not have been accidental.
Agent Mary Darby (for Nicola Barr, Rye Literary)
Options in UK & Commonwealth, France
The Witness Fleur McDonald Third in McDonald’s bestselling series set in the outback town of Kalgoorlie in which a recent fatal accident is a little too coincidental for Detective Jack Higgins.
Darley Anderson
David Raker #16 Tim Weaver ( 11) David Raker is always the one to solve the missing person cases – but who solves the case when Raker goes missing? From Sunday Times bestseller and four-time Richard and Judy Book Club author with more than 1.7 million copies sold.
Agent Camilla Bolton
UK & Commonwealth Penguin Michael Joseph, options in Italian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian
A River Red with Blood John Connolly In Connolly’s latest thriller, the rules of the game are simple: no killing close to home and no killing outside the game. But those rules have been broken, drawing the attention of the infamous PI Charlie Parker.
Agent Darley Anderson
UK & Commonwealth Hodder, North American Emily Bestler, options in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek
The Twist
Holly Seddon Reality-slip love story with an espionage undercurrent. Maya goes to sleep on an overnight train and emerges in London in an alternative world where the UK is a Soviet state.
Agent Camilla Bolton
North American Emily Bestler, options in Italian and Dutch
My Voice in the Dark Phoebe Morgan A happily married woman sees a future version of herself with a lover she doesn’t yet have… a book club thriller exploring obsession, infidelity and choices that ultimately derail your life. For fans of The Versions of Us and Apple Tree Yard.
Agent Camilla Bolton Agent Lucy Irvine 09 Agent Becca Langton
The Academy of Endless Hours Melissa Welliver This adult speculative debut from YA author Welliver has Ettie’s husband disappearing through a door to the past, so she trains at the government’s Academy of Endless Hours to search for him.
The Life She Stole Sophie Gillies Debut in which Kate wakes up covered in blood in ex-fiancé Rupert’s house with no memory of the night before. But Kate is forbidden from seeing him and their daughter. Why is she in their house? Why doesn’t her daughter recognise her? And where is Rupert?
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Agent Camilla Bolton German Blanvalet
Promoted
Rot Girl Summer Vale James “If Mean Girls was a horror film”: a blood- soaked love letter to doomed girlhood. A parasitic body horror set at a cursed lake house where an obsessive friendship begins to rot. Literally.
Agent Jade Kavanagh North American Under offer
Cut and Run Mia Wren Dark romance. Lila is feeling empty after her sister’s death. When she witnesses a murder, she’s relieved to feel something. But what hits her is not fear. It’s desire. And now she can’t stop chasing the feeling. Or the killer.
Agent Rebeka Finch
UK & Commonwealth Piatkus, North American Berkley, German Fischer, Brazilian Portuguese and world Spanish V&R Editoras, Hebrew
You’re Gorgeous Phoebe Grant Powerful book club debut novel set between the 1990s London fashion scene and the 2012 Olympics, and an unflinching exploration of love, beauty, ambition, and the devastating price some women pay to be seen.
Agent Sarah Brooks
Darley
Anderson Children’s
Cleopatra’s Amulet Lindsay Galvin Middle-grade mystery adventure from the acclaimed author: when her father the pharaoh is kidnapped, young Cleopatra must navigate the dangerous world of gods and monsters to save him.
Agent Clare Wallace UK & Commonwealth Chicken House
Like a Brother Nathanael Lessore Fourth funny and heartfelt teen novel from multi- award winner Lessore has Owais’ chill summer turning upside down when his chaotic cousin Abass comes to stay.
Agent Clare Wallace
UK & Commonwealth Hot Key, options in Italian, Dutch, Korean
Nightslayer Bill Wood “Buffy meets Bridgerton” in a first New Adult queer romantasy from bestseller Wood set in New Elrand where vampires are turning on each other, witches are being murdered and a vampire and vampire- hunter are falling in love.
Agent Lucy Irvine
UK & Commonwealth Gollancz, German, world Spanish
Last Orders at the Full Moon Dinner Karen Nguyen Uplifting New Adult debut in which Noel runs a magical diner but her only customers are lonely souls who have one meal left to enjoy on earth. No customer has ever returned – until Evander.
London Book Fair Special Agents’ Hotlists
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