Reissue/Literary
Lettice Cooper ( 5) Fenny
Michael Joseph, 11th, £14.99, 9781405984157
One of four titles in a new heritage list, the Mermaid Collection, launching to celebrate 90 years of Penguin. The series gives a new look to out- of-print books by women, including new introductions by contemporary writers. Yorkshire-born Cooper’s 1953 classic depicts Yorkshire teacher Ellen Fenwick taking a position as a governess in 1930s Florence, and her evolving life in pre and post-war Italy across a span of 15 years. Introduced by Jennie Godfrey.
Business & economics
Rachel O’Dwyer ( 7) Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform Verso Books, 23rd, £12.99, 9781839768378
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Natural history & pets
Tom Lathan ( 4), Claire Kohda (illus) Lost Wonders: 10 Tales of Extinction from the 21st Century Picador, 4th, £10.99, 9781529047950
From the Bramble Cay melomys to the Christmas Island pipistrelle, these stories of species that have become extinct in the past 25 years palpably demonstrate the urgency of our global situation. With such extinctions becoming more frequent, Lathan’s accounts of those attempting to save threatened species hits home and should serve as a reminder that attention is what is required. “Timely, elegiac,” said the Daily Mail. Shortlisted for the
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Andrew Miller ( 9) The Land in Winter Sceptre, 25th, £9.99, 9781529354300 Fourteen years after Miller’s historical novel of pre- revolutionary France, Pure, won the Costa, his 10th novel set in the West Country in the deep freeze of winter between December 1962 and February 1963 has just been announced as winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. A quiet study of the inner lives of two married couples hints at a Britain on the cusp of a new era. “You can sink into this novel as one would into freshly driven powdery snow,” said the Financial Times.
Louise Erdrich ( 8) The Mighty Red Corsair, 4th, £9.99, 9781472159533 In Argus, North Dakota, during the financial crash of people dream, grow up, fall in love, struggle, endure tragedy, carry bitter secrets and show our tattered bond with the earth. This is the 19th novel from Erdrich, a Pulitzer Prize winner, Women’s Prize Finalist and bookseller in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A narrative voice with “brio and lightness that wends and weaves, as the titular river does, between modes and moods”, said the Guardian.
A history of extra- monetary economies right up to our current tokens, game tokens, phone credit, non- fungible tokens, Web3, Crypto and blockchain and a warning of their political consequences. Questions include: What happens when money is programmed with memory and transactions are folded into a token? Or when transactions no longer seem transparent? Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
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Kim Curran ( 6) The Morrigan Michael Joseph, 4th, £9.99, 9781405969376 When a tribe of gods land on the shore of Ireland, a hungry, shape-changing, red-haired girl reclaims her story from those told about her, revelling in
Curran’s rich storytelling quickly immerses the reader in the tale of the Morrigan, Ireland’s mythic goddess of war. “Imaginatively engages with some of today’s most polarising anxieties,” said the Irish Examiner. Follow-up Brigid is due in 2026.
Poetry
Various The Forward Book of Poetry 2026 Faber, 25th, £9.99, 9780571397679
The latest volume of winning, shortlisted and commended poems submitted for the Forward Prize for Poetry 2026. A perfect book to introduce readers to a cross- section of contemporary poetry unencumbered by any one theme, and representative of voices from small presses, large presses and performance work. This year’s judging panel are particularly strong, led by chair of judges Sarah Hall and poets Rommi Smith, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien and Lisa Kelly.
MOLLY HOLLMAN
JOHN KELLY
PAUL EMMEL
ROBIN CHRISTIAN
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