General Fiction


From the acclaimed author of American Mermaid comes a wise, funny and wildly original examination of female desire, starring an apparition of Lewinsky.


Brenda LaTorre Bruja’s Nest Creature, 19th November, pb, £14.50, 9781951971571


A young woman’s history of abuse and ambition erupt into body horror, class war and monstrous motherhood.


Dee Lawlor Scotsferatu The History Press, 24th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781837052318


A unique exploration of vampire mythology and folklore from around Scotland.


Mary Lawson Solace in Winter Chatto & Windus, 5th November, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781784746827


Latest in Lawson’s popular sequence set in the smalltown community of Solace. This is a winter treat for fans of Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler and Colm Toibin.


Harper Lee, Casey Cep The Land of Sweet Forever Cornerstone, 6th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804958155


Posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind of Harper Lee.


Min Jin Lee American Hagwon Fourth Estate, 29th September, hb, eb, £22, 9780008823900


From the author of the global bestseller Pachinko this is a story that asks what we are willing to give up to secure the happiness of the ones we love.


Sophie Lefens Her Kind Mariner Books, 3rd December, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780063486867


A woman plagued by visions of being pulled away from Earth invites her three closest friends for a weekend.


Ruth Leigh The Deliberations of Isabella M Smugge Instant Apostle, 18th September, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781912726998


In this, the fifth of scatty Insta-mum Isabella’s adventures, there are plenty of new


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Charlotte Levin Outside Magpie, 6th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781836431855


Warm yet tragic exploration of a fragile mind from the bestselling author of If I Can’t Have You. A potential winner with fans of Joanna Cannon and Gail Honeyman.


Marc Levy, Tina Kover (tr) The Bookshop of Forbidden Books


Firefinch, 24th September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781918107050


Powerful stuff from international bestseller is a tender love letter to literature at a time of increasing censorship.


Susan Lewis Who Can You Trust? HarperFiction, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008734299


Twin babies disappear. Twenty years later their mother confesses and is released. New Cristy Ward thriller.


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complications for Issy and her family and friends.


Pierre Lemaitre A Bright Future Tinder Press, 7th January, hb, £25, 9781035434763


An escape from Paris to Prague is at the heart of this exciting, epic third novel in the Glorious Years series.


PD Lennon The Case of the Unknown Woman


Canelo, 10th December, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835980880


When an unknown victim of a highway robbery is found it is up to amateur sleuths Isaiah Ollenu and Ruben Ashby to work out her identity in post- emancipation Bristol.


William Letford, Agnes Owens People Like That


Polygon, 3rd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846977046


Owens’ complete life’s work in short stories. Witty and dark, her spare prose shocks and delights.


Howard Linskey Treason and Plot Canelo, 28th January, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781804368817


William Shakespeare, bard turned sleuth, finds himself on the trail of the Gunpowder plotters in the court of the witch- obsessed James I.


Sheryl Lister All My Sisters and Me Harper Muse, 19th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781400245864


A blend of heart and heartbreak and a strong cast of diverse female characters who are forced to come to terms with family secrets and with each other.


Cath Little Cardiff Folk Tales The History Press, 5th November, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781837050994


Old stories that are rooted in the land and the lives and imaginations of countless generations of Cardiffians.


Liv Little Bitter Melon Dialogue Books, 22nd October, hb, eb, £20, 9780349702988


Here it is: the second novel from Little, founder of gal-dem and author of Rosewater.


Liv Little Bitter Melon Dialogue Books, 22nd October, pb, eb, £15.99, 9780349702995


Little’s debut asks: What happens when you fall through the cracks?


Yiyun Li Music Against the Night Fourth Estate, 22nd October, hb, eb, £20, 9780008647803


Readers follow two aspiring musicians in pursuit of success as their struggles unfold in the midst of great upheaval.


Mario Vargas Llosa, Adrian Nathan West (tr) I Give You My Silence Faber & Faber, 13th August, hb, eb, £20, 9780571392377


The final novel from Nobel laureate is a playful and powerful love letter to Peruvian culture.


Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees You & Me and You & Me and You & Me


Vintage, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529961577


Adam and Jules, who have been married for 25 years, discover a time machine in their shed. Can it reignite their romantic spark?


Patricia Lockwood Will There Ever Be Another You


Bloomsbury, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526689252


Profound and fiendishly funny novel from the writer of No One Is Talking About This.


to become a “man of the forest”.


Hugh Lupton Unriddling the World Wilton Square Books, 5th November, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781806770199


Master storyteller gathers 50 traditional tales, from nursery rhyme to creation myth. They have been tested by time, shaped by countless voices and are ready to be told again.


Siang Lu


Ghost Cities Summit Books, 13th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398559875


Kirsty Logan Thirteen Terrifying Tales Bodleian Library, 8th October, hb, £16.99, 9781851246816


Gruesome short stories by some of the best writers in the genre including MR James, Bram Stoker, Edith Wharton and E Nesbit.


Amanda Lohrey Capture Text, 29th January, Book, eb, £11.99, 9781923058842


A psychiatrist takes on a new group of patients, all of whom claim to have been abducted by aliens. Capture is about what to believe in a post-truth world.


David Long, Judy Blunt The Montana Stories Boiler House Press, 30th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781915812933


Superb collection of short stories set in Montana and taken from Long’s five decades as a writer. Covers the lives and struggles of Montanans through the 20th century.


Mary Pauline Lowry Last Night Was Killer William Morrow, 27th August, hb, eb, £20, 9780063451117


Big-hearted suspense story of a single mum trying to do it all – including solving a murder she may or may not have committed.


Thure Erik Lund, David M Smith (tr) The Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch And Other Stories, 20th October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781916751712


Novel, previously thought to be untranslatable, has been translated and will be in print in the autumn. A bureaucratic job spirals into a public scandal and flight as Tomas attempts


Award-winning novel from an international rising star spans ancient and modern China. Written in the dazzlingly inventive style of Susanna Clarke, David Mitchell, and Charles Yu.


Samira El-Maawi Yana Ellis (tr) In My Father’s Home the Earth Smells Like the Heavens The Emma Press Fiction, 21st January, Book, £10.99, 9781915628640


First time out for El-Maawi with a novel about migration, mobility and growing up mixed-race in Europe. Narrated in the voice of a 10-year-old girl. Translated from German.


Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince and the Art of War Union Square, 27th August, hb, £20, 9781454966036


Machiavelli’s classic works of political philosophy, now in a beautiful gift edition. Signature Gilded Classics line.


Sonoko Machida Our Friends at the Convenience Store by the Sea


Orion, 26th November, pb, £10.99, 9781398728820


Third charmer in the cosy-lit range from a Japanese author.


Lindsay MacMillan The Anti-marriage Pact Harper Muse, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781400348107


Four young women in Brooklyn swear off marriage. A wickedly funny and brutally honest exploration of modern feminism and female friendship.


Elaine Vilar Madruga, Kevin Gerry Dunn (tr) What the Forest Devours The Borough Press, 24th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780008727147


HarperVia, 3rd December, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063425514


“Shocking. Violence, motherhood and death in the jungle” – Mariana Enriquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed.


Roisin Maguire Snow Birds Serpent’s Tail, 8th October, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781806490813


An irresistible winter story set in the world of Night Swimmers.


Karan Mahajan The Complex Grove Press, 3rd September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781804711408


In a sprawling housing complex in Delhi the children of SP Chopra, one of India’s political architects, vie for influence in a family shaped by the great man’s legacy.


Ana Paula Maia, Padma Viswanathan (tr) Bury Your Dead Charco Press, 11th August, pb, £11.99, 9781917260343


From the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of On Earth As It Is Beneath. Razor-sharp novella that blurs the line between violence and compassion.


Megha Majumdar A Guardian and a Thief Scribner, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398551688


Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026. Set in a near-future Kolkata, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other.


Susan Mallery


Otherwise Engaged Mira, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780778307044


One trip to a wedding venue has shocking consequences for two mothers and their daughters. Entertaining look at the powerful bond between parent and child.


Emily St John Mandel The Lola Quartet Picador, 20th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035097937


Taut study of past mistakes and future ambitions, music, love and thwarted dreams.


Emily St John Mandel The Singer’s Gun Picador, 20th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035097944


From the bestselling author of Station Eleven comes a thrilling novel about love, identity and the ghosts of the past.


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