freedom, perseverance, and survival.
from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Jones follows the Black army veteran Buddy Ray Guy as he returns, not to glory, but to his Jim Crow community.
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Aamna Mohdin Scattered: The making and unmaking
of a refugee Bloomsbury Circus, 06/06/24, HB (£18.99), 9781526652560
In 2015, journalist Mohdin travelled to Calais to report from the frontlines of the refugee crisis. It was on her return to London that she came face-to-face with a reality she had been outrunning for nearly two decades: that she had been a refugee herself. Scattered is her exploration of where she came from, a powerful reportage from the frontlines of a refugee crisis in the past and present, and a joyful celebration of family and the third culture kid experience.
Nadine Matheson
The Kill List HQ, 30/01/25, PB (£9.99), 978-0008548438
25 years ago, Andrew Streeter was arrested for the murders of five young people. Now, Streeter’s convictions are being overturned, as new evidence implies the original investigation was corrupt, and the killings have started up again. The third book in Matheson’s twisty crime series. The first two made it into The Bookseller’s Heatseeker charts and sold a combined 130k copies, according to the publisher.
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Alexis Henderson An Academy for Liars Transworld, 12th Sept, £18.99, hb, 9780857505552 This novel sees contem- porary horror and fantasy author Henderson take on dark academia.
T L Huchu The Legacy of Arniston House Tor, 7th Nov, £18.99, hb, 9781529097771 The fourth book in the betwitching Edinburgh Nights series.
Salma Ibrahim Salutation Road Mantle, 20th Feb, £16.99, hb, 9781035044344
Debut A lyrical literary début about our
attachments to place and memories and the strug- gle to let go of a past that never really existed.
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Meka James Love and Sportsball Afterglow, 12th Sept, £8.99, pb, 9780263322934 Khadijah lands her dream job as an athletic trainer for the Atlanta Cannons. Then an evening of cele- bration turns into a one- night stand with a beauti- ful stranger that Khadijah intends to forget...until her first day on the job lands her face-to-face with Shae Harris again.
William Rayfet Hunter
Sunstruck Cornerstone, 15/05/25, HB (£16.99), 9781529919790
After two young men meet on holiday, their bond is tested when they return to the city. Set between a sun-drenched summer in the south of France and the stuccoed white facades of London, the debut from the 2022 #Merky New Writer’s Prize winner explores race, class, money, drugs, status and what parts of ourselves we lose when we fall in love.
Jason Okundaye Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brotherhood in
Black Gay Britain Faber, 13/02/25, PB (£10.99), 9780571372225
Through sensitive interviews and original archival research, Okundaye invites us to walk through Brixton, reaching back to the 1970s from the present day, painting an intimate portrait of seven men who serve as a living testament to the Black gay British experience. We see these men as they strive to establish some of the first Black LGBT commu- nity spaces, respond to the devastation of the AIDs crisis, and more. A finalist for the Orwell Prize.
Lola Jaye The Manual for Good Wives Macmillan, 20th Feb, £16.99, hb, 9781529064629 A dual narrative historical novel about love, genera- tional trauma and second chances.
Jackie Kay Trumpet Picador, 5th Sept, £10.99, pb, 9781035038961 A “modern classic” of enduring love from the winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize.
Femi Kayode Gaslight Raven Books, 4th July, £9.99, pb, 9781526617613 The latest title in Kayode’s crime series starring clinical psychologist Philip Taiwo, who has been urgently called in to inves- tigate the disappearance of the ‘First Lady’ of a Nigerian mega church.
Jamaica Kincaid See Now Then Picador, 8th Aug, £10.99, pb, 9781529076721 In this non-linear title, a New England marriage is revealed in all its joys and agonies.
Ashleigh Nugent Locks Picador, 27th June, £10.99, pb, 9781529097917
Debut A coming-of-age comedy of errors,
Locks is an electric début novel about growing up, wising up and finding your place in the world.
Gayl Jones The Unicorn Woman Virago, 20th Aug, £16.99, hb, 9780349016917 Set in the American South of the early 50s, this title
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Diana Evans I Want to Talk to You Vintage, 6th February 2025, £14.99, pb, 9781784744250 From the Women’s Prize shortlisted author comes a collection of essays on music, dance and litera- ture crafted over 25 years.
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