27th June 2025
Renegade Books, 4th, £10.99, 9781408749029
Writers examine their personal relationship with the TV show Gilmore Girls.
Robert Hunter The Silver Snarling Trumpet Constable, 11th, £12.99, 9781408721520
Posthumous publication of a lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and lyricist Hunter, written in the Palo Alto scene from the shelves of Kepler’s Books to renting instruments by John Mayer.
Vanessa Kisuule Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom
Canongate Books, 11th, £10.99, 9781838857103
Slam poet Kisuule examines our relationship with fandom and its fallout, holding stars to account while loving them all the same.
Francesco Lotoro, Katherine Gregor (trans) The Lost Music of the Holocaust
Headline, 11th, £14.99, 9781472297822
The story of the music composed in concentration camps and the biographies of its composers, spanning 8,000 scores and counting, and how their music lives on.
Tim Robey Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops
, 11th, £10.99, 9780571381210
Pharaohs to Speed 2 and beyond, an alternative history of Hollywood through its
Jérôme Soligny David Bowie
Monoray, 11th, £28, 9781800962040
Portrait of Bowie’s life based on interviews with 150 musicians, producers Tony Visconti.
Deryck Whibley ( 7) Walking Disaster Constable, 4th, £10.99, 9781408719749
Memoir from founder and lead singer of pop-punk band Sum 41, who were inducted into the Canadian Music
Food & drink
Julian Baggini How the World Eats: Where Our Food Comes from and Why It Matters
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Granta Books, 11th, £10.99, 9781783788583
How we grow, make, buy and eat our food around the world, with examples from the past and present, and how we can develop new approaches to respond to the climate crisis.
Ben Gazur A Feast of Folklore: The Bizarre Stories Behind British Food
Unbound, 25th, £10.99, 9781789652475
The ancient folklore behind common British ingredients, revealing how they cured ailments, lured away spirits and enticed lovers.
Adrian Tierney-Jones A Pub for All Seasons: A Yearlong Journey in Search of the Perfect British Local
Headline, 11th, £12.99, 9781035404483
Beer writer Tierney-Jones goes in search of the best British pub and perfect place to drink across all four seasons. “A splendid book, ruminative, delightful,” said the Mail on Sunday.
Graphic novels
Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti Harley Quinn: Wild at Heart: DC Compact Comics Edition
DC Comics, 16th, £8.99, 9781799503033
The clown queen of crime takes on the DC universe’s heroes and villains.
Grant Morrison, Dave McKean (illus) Batman: Arkham Asylum: DC Compact Comics Edition
DC Comics, 2nd, £8.99, 9781799506997
of Arkham Asylum to the present, where the inmates have taken over and have issued Batman an ultimatum.
Health & parenting
Marina Gerner The Vagina Business: The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women’s Health
Icon Books, 25th, £11.99, 9781837732012
How entrepreneurs, researchers and investors are developing female- centred healthcare solutions. Winner of the Porchlight Business Book Award in Innovation and Creativity.
Anne-Marie O’Dwyer The Cancer Guide: How to Nurture Wellbeing Through and Beyond a Cancer Diagnosis
Bedford Square Publishers, 25th, £10.99, 9781915798305
A guide to strengthening psychological wellbeing after a cancer diagnosis.
History, politics & current affairs
Nadine Akkerman, Pete Langman Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration
Yale University Press, 23rd, £12.99, 9780300284270
counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination, the tools of espionage as they developed in early modern Europe.
Sunil Amrith The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
Penguin, 25th, £12.99, 9780141993867
How human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa. A “bleak, stunningly written book”, said the New Statesman.
Peter K Andersson Fool: In Search of Henry VIII’s Closest Man
Princeton Uni Press, 23rd, £14.99, 9780691250649
A Tudor history telling the story of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer. “A fascinating window onto Tudor life,” said the Telegraph.
Arash Azizi What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom
Oneworld, 11th, £11.99, 9780861549146
contemporary Iran following the uprisings of 2022 and 2023.
Vernon Bogdanor Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain
Haus Publishing, 18th, £12.99, 9781914979330
Essays on six politicians who have had an outsized political life: Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, Roy Jenkins, Tony Benn, Enoch Powell, Keith
Jerry Brotton Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
Penguin, 4th, £10.99, 9780141999562
Humanity’s historical relationship with compass points, from Hebrew culture privileging east to the
colour-coded cardinal.
Kerry Brown The Great Reversal: Britain, China and Contest for Power
Yale University Press, 9th, £11.99, 9780300284935
Britain and China’s to the present.
Sara Caputo Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel
, 4th, £12.99, 9781788168830
How journeys around the on maps. Longlisted for the 2025 BSHS Hughes Prize. “Erudite and accomplished,” said the New Statesman.
Sara J Charles The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages
Reaktion Books, 1st, £12.99, 9781836391067
A guide to the world of medieval book labour, examining the plans and networks required to produce a manuscript.
Erwin Chemerinsky No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States
WW Norton, 12th, £14.99, 9781324096887
constitution have led to an American government unable to deal with urgent issues of the day and an argument for its rewriting.
Emily Cockayne Penning Poison: A History of Anonymous Letters
Oxford University Press, 25th, £12.99, 9780198795063
History of anonymous letter campaigns examining those who pen them and their recipients.
Alex Cuadros When We Sold God’s Eye W&N, 4th, £12.99, 9781399628914 How one of the Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes embraced capitalism
and its consequences by running their own illegal diamond mine deep in the rainforest.
Martin Daunton The Economic Government of the
Penguin, 18th, £20, 9780141038674
A history of money, trade and development since 1933, focusing on the institutions and individuals who have managed the global economy.
Christine Denniston The Meaning of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance
Pavilion, 11th, £10, 9780008725068
The history, culture and politics of a dance, from the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, and to small screen success on Strictly Come Dancing.
Richard J Evans Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich
Penguin, 4th, £14.99, 9780141994437
How Hitler’s inner circle demonstrates the texture and values of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.
Diarmaid Ferriter The Revelation of
, 4th, £12.99, 9781800810969
How Ireland transformed economically, socially and culturally over 25 years.
Annie Gray
The Bookshop, the Draper, the Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street
, 25th, £10.99, 9781800812253
The history of the British high street from medieval marketplaces to purpose-built precincts. “A light, nostalgia- provoking read with a social conscience,” said the Times.
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