FICTION 12-16
Victoria Fulton, Faith McClaren 19th March, pb, £9.99, 9780593649381 Another addictive horror. A group of young ghost hunters are invited aboard a haunted cruise ship.
Snowglobe Soyoung Park, Joungmin Lee Comfort 27th February, pb, £8.99, 9780593809273 Groundbreaking Korean novel translated into English for the first time that is perfect for fans of “Snowpiercer” and Squid Game.
These Bodies Between Us Sarah Van Name 12th March, pb, £9.99, 9780593810453 Wistful coming-of-age story with a haunting twist about four friends who spend their summer learning to become invisible.
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Integrate Adele Jones 15th April, pb, £10.99, 9781761110115 Radical gene therapy freed Blaine Colton from his disease-afflicted body. Just when he thinks he can be a normal teenager, he is told the medical procedure was not approved.
Verindon Omnibus Rebecca Fraser 15th March, pb, £14.99, 9781761111044 Sarah Fenhardt is living an ordinary life in high school, trying to hide a crush. But when tragedy strikes, her life is turned upside down.
Summer Change Melissa Wray 15th April, pb, £10.99, 9781761111211 Coming-of-age narrative about 17-year-old Shae who is learning that relationships, deception, secrets and love can all blend together and change everything.
Scholastic Fiction
The Map That Led to You Ella McLeod 11th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702313851 A long time ago a witch burst into flames. A pirate and a mermaid fell in love. A map was marked with a glowing X. And a republic was born.
A Season for Scandal Laura Wood
1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702325373 When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble, a chance encounter leads her to the Aviary, an all-female secret detective agency.
Blood Flowers Jay McGuiness 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702328770 Explosive, dystopian romantasy for fans of The Hunger Games, The Atlas Six and Leigh Bardugo.
Hyo the Hellmaker Mina Ikemoto Ghosh 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702328954 Meet the Hakai Family Hellmakers, purveyors of artisan hells and unlucky days to inflict upon enemies. They’ll make it personal—but for a price.
Your Time is Up Sarah Naughton 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702329760 One has a secret, one of them saw, there’s blood on the papers, who’ll take the fall?
The Virtue Season LM Nathan 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702330926 Manon Pawlak has just turned 18 and is now a debutante at the start of the virtue season, a process that will result in a match with a suitable genetic mate.
Iris Green, Unseen Louise Finch 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702331084 When Iris Green discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her with one of her best friends she does not just feel invisible, she becomes invisible.
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Jan Dunning 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702332937 Music producer Adam Piper is using Lark’s beautiful voice to create Aurora, a supernatural music act that lulls teenagers into a trance and then alters their minds.
Beastly Beauty Jennifer Donnelly 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780702334740 Arabella’s parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can marry well but she cannopt extinguish the fire burning inside her.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
Infinity Kings Adam Silvera 12th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398504974 Part of a deadly, magical trilogy set in an alterna- tive New York from the author of international number one bestseller They Both Die at the End.
How Far We’ve Come Joyce Efia Harmer 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398511026 Critically acclaimed début treads new ground in a tale about friendship and freedom that crosses continents and centuries to explore the legacy of slavery.
attempt to live a normal life.
Reckless Lauren Roberts 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9781398530126 Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya. Middle book of the sizzling Powerless trilogy.
The Light That Blinds Us Andy Darcy Theo 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398531772 Legendborn meets A Deadly Education in this dark and thrilling début fantasy romance.
If My Words Had Wings Danielle Jawando 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398514034 Life-affirming narrative of rehabilitation and hope after prison. The third novel from multi-award- winning Jawando.
The Love Dare Abiola Bello 4th July, pb, £8.99, 9781398516939 Can a bet made at Notting Hill Carnival turn into true love? “He’s All That” meets “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” in this trope-filled, sizzling summer romance.
Bite Risk: Caught Dead SJ Wills 14th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781398520974 When everyone is a vicious beast it is hard to spot the monsters.Welcome to the Town of the Turned in a nailbiting horror series for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Stranger Things.
Moth to a Flame Finn Longman 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398523425 Epic conclusion to the dark, twisting trilogy about an adolescent assassin’s
The Things We Leave Behind Clare Furniss 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471169816 Startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of a refugee crisis.
Sisters of Sword and Shadow Laura Bates 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9781471187599 What if the Knights of the Round Table had a female counterpart? Major fantasy work from leading feminist writer.
Us in the Before and After Jenny Valentine 6th June, pb, £8.99, 9781471196584 Heartbreaking romance for fans of You’ve Reached Sam and They Both Die at the End.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books Audio
Infinity Kings Adam Silvera 12th March, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398504998 Latest in the gritty, fast-paced adventure series about two brothers caught in a magical war generations in the making.
If My Words Had Wings Danielle Jawando 9th May, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398514058 Details above.
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PREVIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE Previewer’s perspective
Spring 2024 looks set for a smorgasbord of fantastic fiction
There are plenty of big fiction titles to look forward to in the next six months including offerings from Costa Novel Award winner Colm Tóibín and prolific US author Percival Everett
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elcome to the next six months in books! If I were to pick out just one “event” title from this preview, it would be Long Island (Picador),
the sequel to Colm Tóibín’s Costa Novel Award-winning Brooklyn. Based on the sales of the first book, which also benefited from the film adaptation starring Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey, Long Island looks set to be that rare thing, a genuine literary bestseller. Another Irish writer surely destined for great things
is Kevin Barry with his fourth novel, The Heart in Winter (Canongate), a rebellious love story set in Bute, Montana, in 1891.
Expect a lot of fanfare to accompany the publication
of Percival Everet’s James (Picador), the US author’s 24th (yes, 24th!) novel, a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s friend, the enslaved Jim. Pan Mac is in the process of publishing Everet’s key backlist titles on the Picador imprint, six titles will land just ahead of James. There’s a new state-of-the-nation opus from Andrew O’Hagan, Caledonian Road (Faber), and the wonderful David Nicholls is back with second-chance romance You Are Here (Sceptre). Also look out for sophomore novels from Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite (W&N), and Costa First Novel Award winner Ingrid Persaud who returns with The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh (Faber). To crime, and while the cosy end of things shows no sign of slowing sales—see the Reverend Richard Coles whose bestselling Canon Clement Mystery series continues with Murder at the Monastery (W&N)—there is also high-concept crime in the form of Stuart Turton’s The Last Murder at the End of the World (Raven Books), historical crime featuring Victorian con artists in Elizabeth Macneal’s The Burial Plot (Picador), and fans of Peter James’ long-running DS Roy Grace series will be intrigued by the standalone They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy’s Story (Macmillan). Will the disappearance of Mrs Grace finally be explained?
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Lastly, to paperbacks. And there are more than usual in this particular preview. I try very hard to pick out only the truly unmissable so perhaps I have failed to be discerning enough—or are there just loads of great ones? Among those to pile high: Eleanor Caton’s Birnam Wood (Granta), Anne Enright’s The Wren, The Wren (Vintage), Ann Patchet’s Tom Lake (Bloomsbury), Daniel Mason’s North Woods (JMP), which really deserves a big reader- ship in paperback, Curtis Sitenfeld’s Romantic Comedy (Penguin) and not forgeting Jilly Cooper’s glorious Tackle! (Penguin). Happy bookselling!
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