This preview highlights titles to be published in July


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leadership and a powerful testament to the human spirit at its very best,” said the Mail on Sunday.


Jasper Rees Let’s Do It Trapeze, 8th, £8.99, 9781409184119 The authorised biography of the beloved late entertainer Victoria Wood, this was written with the help of her family and closest friends, including Julie Walters, Dawn French and Celia Imrie. “Rees pulls off the trick of writing a brilliant tribute while also—somehow, almost—bringing Victoria Wood back to life in all her complicated glory,” said the Guardian.


Abacus, 1st, £9.99, 9780349144405 This was the Sunday Times’ political book of the year; the Times called it a “gossipy, amusing, opinionated account of what it’s like to be married to an MP... Good fun and eye-opening”.


Christie Tate Group S&S Adult Non-Fiction, 8th, £8.99, 9781471197901 A memoir about how the author reluctantly joins a psychotherapy group where she has to share her innermost thoughts with six complete strangers. A Reese’s Book Club pick.


Victoria Schofield The Fragrance of Tears Apollo, 8th, £9.99, 9781789544466


A memoir of the author’s 30-year friendship with her Oxford contempo- rary, Benazir Bhutto. “Successfully sheds light on the human side of a courageous politician who could not escape her dynastic destiny and paid the ultimate price for her ambition,” said the FT.


Oliver Stone


Chasing the Light Monoray, 1st, £9.99, 9781913183196 This memoir from the director of films from “Midnight Express” to “Scarface” was a bestseller in hardback. “Raw, savagely honest, as dramatic as any of his movies,” said the Mail on Sunday.


Samanth Subramanian A Dominant Character Atlantic, 1st, £9.99, 9781786492845 A biography of maverick British scientist J B S Haldane, the geneticist who revolutionised our understanding of evolu- tion. A book of the year in the Economist, Guardian, New Statesman, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.


Sasha Swire Diary of an MP’s Wife


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Mary L Trump Too Much and Never Enough S&S Adult Non-Fiction, 8th, £9.99, 9781471190162 The author, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald Trump’s niece, paints a portrait of the former president and the toxic family who made him. A number-one best- seller in hardback.


Marina Wheeler The Lost Homestead Hodder Paperbacks, 15th, £10.99, 9781473677760 A history of Partition from a barrister; her mother and her Sikh family were forced to flee their home in the Punjab, never to return, in 1947. “By narrat- ing Partition with a focus on her mother’s family, the Singhs, she has made the abstractions of history suddenly more real,” said the Times.


presenter invite readers to share her thoughts on everything from the importance of melted cheese, to why black coats are vital. Slipped from June.


Business & economics


Matt Alt Pure Invention Constable, 8th, £10.99, 9781472131850 A look at how Japan’s pop culture, from karaoke to emoji, conquered the world.


Alexandra Carter Ask for More S&S Adult Non-Fiction, 8th, £9.99, 9781471188558 The 10 questions we need to ask to get what we want in our careers, relationships and life.


Paul Collier & John Kay Greed is Dead Penguin Books, 29th, £8.99, 9780141994161 The two economists argue that community and mutuality will be the driv- ers of successful societies in the future.


Andrés T Tapia Auténtico, Second Edition Berrett-Koehler, 6th, £22.50, 9781523093045 How to close the gap and ensure more Latinos are taking up executive roles in corporate America.


History, politics & current affairs


women walking, tracing the stories of 10 pathfind- ing women over the past 300 years.


Paul Arnott Windrush: A Ship Through Time Te History Press, 1st, £12.99, 9780750997454 An exploration of the history of the “Windrush” vessel.


Bernard Bailyn Illuminating History WW Norton, 9th, £14.99, 9780393541526 An intellectual memoir by the historian, covering seven decades.


Trevor Barnes Dead Doubles W&N, 22nd, £8.99, 9781474609111 A history of the hunt for the Portland Spy Ring and its trial in 1961.


Timothy Brook Great State Profile Books, 1st, £10.99, 9781781258293 The last eight centuries of China’s relationship with the world are revealed through the eyes of trad- ers, invaders and traitors.


Tom Burgis Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World William Collins, 8th, £9.99, 9780008308346 An investigation into the dirty money that is flooding the global economy. “A ghastly and very important story,” said the Guardian.


Anna Wilson A Place for Everything HQ, 22nd, £9.99, 9780008342555 A memoir about how the author was raised by a mother struggling with undiagnosed high-functioning autism. “A very moving read,” said My Weekly.


Claudia Winkleman Quite HQ, 8th, £9.99, 9780008421694 This bestseller sees the TV


Pragya Agarwal Sway Bloomsbury Sigma, 22nd, £10.99, 9781472971388 Real-world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research are used to unravel how our implicit or “unintentional” biases affect the way we communicate and perceive the world. “Passionate and urgent,” said the Guardian.


Kerri Andrews Wanderers Reaktion Books, 12th, £9.99, 9781789145014 A foreword by Kathleen Jamie for this history of


Peter Burke The Polymath Yale University Press, 27th, £10.99, 9780300260465 A history of the Western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present.


Rory Cormac Disrupt and Deny OUP, 22nd, £12.99, 9780198784609 A history of British covert action.


Philip Cracknell Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 Amberley Publishing, 15th, £10.99, 9781398109117 A history of the battle for Hong Kong in 1941, which commenced on 8th December and lasted until the surrender on Christmas Day 1941.


Owen Davies A Supernatural War OUP, 22nd, £12.99, 9780198862659 A history of the revival of supernatural beliefs, superstition, and spiritual- ism during the First World War and its aftermath.


Owen Davies The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic OUP, 22nd, £19.99, 9780192897787 An illustrated history, covering 4,000 years of magical practices and ideas in the West.


Chris Daw QC Justice on Trial Bloomsbury Continuum, 8th, £9.99, 9781472977854 The top defence barrister draws on case histories and global reporting to present a radical set of solutions for crime and punishment.


against the Dakota Access pipeline.


Toby Faber Faber & Faber Faber & Faber, 1st, £10.99, 9780571339051 First published to mark Faber’s 90th anniversary, this is the story of the publisher, featuring archive material from names ranging from T S Eliot to Samuel Beckett. “This is not a conventional chronological tale; Faber dips liberally and entertainingly into the company archives,” said the New Statesman.


Ronan Farrow War On Peace William Collins, 8th, £9.99, 9780007575657 The investigative journal- ist and former US State Department official makes a case for diplomacy.


Chris Gosden The History of Magic Penguin, 8th, £12.99, 9780241979662 A history of magic over the past 10,000 years.


Anthony DePalma The Cubans Vintage, 15th, £8.99, 9781784708221 DePalma weaves together the stories of five ordinary Cuban citizens and their families to reveal what life is really like in one of the most restrictive, isolated places in the world. “He uses the extraordinary trust he has gained from his subjects to paint a vivid, deeply sympathetic picture of Cuban life, and the quiet fortitude of its people,” said the Telegraph.


Ed Douglas Himalaya Vintage, 15th, £10.99, 9781784704483 A history of the Himalaya, its peoples, cultures and mountains. “A magisterial account of the complex human history of the greatest mountains on Earth,” said the Times.


Nick Estes Our History is the Future Verso, 6th, £11.99, 9781788737296 A history of Indigenous resistance in the US, leading up to the Standing Rock movement


Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir Valkyrie Bloomsbury Academic, 1st, £12.99, 9781350230309 An exploration of the roles of women in medieval mythology and sagas.


Garrett M Graff


The Only Plane in the Sky Monoray, 1st, £9.99, 9781913183417 Published to commemo- rate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this draws on transcripts, declassified documents and interviews from nearly 500 people to create an oral history of the atrocity.


Luke Harding Shadow State Guardian Faber Publishing, 1st, £9.99, 9781783352067 How Russia’s spies helped elect Donald Trump, backed Brexit, and threat- ened the basis of Russian democracy. Harding’s Mafia State is also reis- sued this month.


Judith Herrin Ravenna Penguin Books, 1st, £12.99, 9780241954454 Winner of the 2020 Duff Cooper Prize, this is a history of the city on the Adriatic. “Beautifully illustrated, impeccably researched and accessibly


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