General Fiction


Murasaki, Ian Buruma The Tale of Genji riverrun, 17th September, hb, eb, £30, 9781529452211


Classic translation of what is considered the first novel in human history. New Introduction and prefaces by Buruma.


Yoko Mure A Day for Bread, Soup and Cats


Orion, 10th September, pb, £10.99, 9781398727021


Sweet bestseller from a fresh Japanese voice. For fans of Kitchen, Morisaki Bookshop and Convenience Store Woman.


Sloane Murphy Shut Up, I Love You, I’ll Call You Tomorrow LittlePuss Press, 10th November, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781964322148


Realistic stories of hard-partying Chicago trans women in the 2020s.


Grace Murray Blank Canvas Penguin Books, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781405979658


A student lies about her father’s death in a fresh take on the campus novel. Outstanding new voice in literary fiction.


Omar Musa Fierceland Footnote Press, 20th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781804443675


Seeking redemption, they confront legacies of power and corruption and are haunted by colonialism, family, language and even the forest’s own ghosts.


Elizabeth Musser The Swan House Bethany House, 3rd November, pb, eb, £13.99, 9780764247439


Gorgeous 25th-anniversary edition. Mary has always taken advantage of her family’s wealth but when tragedy touches Atlanta she meets Carl and everything changes.


Tea Mutonji My Person Hamlyn, 13th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781846016530


Bold debut from an exhilarating, multi-award- winning young writer about two lifelong BFFs who find themselves in an emotional deadlock.


Diego Muzzio, Rahul Bery (tr) The Eye of Goliath Pushkin Press, 8th October, pb, £12.99, 9781805680369


Propulsive twist on Jekyll and Hyde from a thrilling voice in Latin American fiction.


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Kate Myers Salty HarperVia, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063385498


Hilarious page-turner about two estranged sisters who reunite to take down the luxury yacht owner who destroyed their childhood home.


Kate Myers Dig HarperVia, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063579804


Breezy novel set in the Greek islands follows four incompatible women who are digging into the past to find the answers to their futures.


Cho Nam-Joo, Jamie Chang (tr) On the Balance Beam


Scribner, 24th September, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781398548367


New novel from the author. Once Ko Mani dreamt of becoming a professional gymnast. Life, however, had other plans.


Elle Nash Nudes Verve Books, 3rd December, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780857307026


Short stories from the author of Deliver Me. A visceral collection that explores desire, rage and the complexities of working-class women.


Elle Nash Animals Eat Each Other Verve Books, 10th December, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780857307040


A young woman embarks on a sadomasochistic relationship with new parents Frankie and Matt and finds herself balancing on a knife’s edge.


Sawako Natori, Yui Kajita (tr) The Friday Bookshop


Berkley, 8th September, pb, £13.99, 9798217195398


Rumour has it that you will find the perfect read here – even if you did not know that you needed it.


Nicole Nelson Family Language Melville House, 12th November, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781685892616


In this striking debut, an ambitious academic faces new and unwanted choices when she is confronted with overnight motherhood.


Emily Nemens Clutch Juniper, 27th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008844868


A taut and powerful exploration of the complexities of female friendships and the fragile ties that hold us


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together. Appealing to readers of Alison Espach and Curtis Sittenfeld.


Tom Newlands Something Like Happiness


Phoenix, 13th August, hb, £20, 9781399607940


From the award-winning author of Only Here, Only Now comes a funnyand original love story set on a Scottish housing estate.


Hallie Elizabeth Newton Agnes Lives! Viking, 27th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241794098


Agnes Maurer has a plan. Before tomorrow’s spin class she will find someone willing to kill her.


Viet Thanh Nguyen The Best American Short Stories 2026 Mariner Books, 3rd December, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780063399853


Selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer.


Friedrich Nietzsche, Graham Parkes Thus Spoke Zarathustra Oxford University Press, 10th August, pb, £9.99, 9780198992707


Nietzsche addresses the problem of how to live a fulfilling life in a world without meaning after the death of God.


Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler’s Wife Vintage Classics, 10th September, hb, eb, £25, 9781529996272


International bestselling novel of a time-altering love gets another crack at the market.


Audrey Niffenegger Life Out of Order Jonathan Cape, 13th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781787336766


Two great loves, a world in chaos and a life that never lands in order. The long- awaited sequel to The Time Traveler‘s Wife.


Olivier Norek, Nick Castor (tr) Surface Open Borders Press, 3rd September, hb, £18.99, 9781919503332


Follows the international success of The Winter Warriors. Norek’s first historical thriller marks a return to more traditional crime writing of the highest quality.


Dorthe Nors, Caroline Waight (tr) Range Pushkin Press, 10th September, hb, £18.99, 9781805680185


In this mesmerising novel an astrophysicist searches for her place among her neighbours and in the universe.


Anna North Bog Queen Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 15th October, pb, £10.99, 9781399629966


From the author of Outlawed comes an epoch-bridging story: a young anthropologist’s discovery ignites ancient and contemporary clashes over the fate of the land that holds us.


Joseph O’Connor The City of Echoes Harvill, 28th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787303898


A dangerous mission is under way in occupied Rome, right under the noses of the Gestapo. Acclaimed wartime thriller from the writer of My Father’s House.


John O’Donoghue The Palace of Wisdom Hawkwood Books, 16th October, pb, £10.99, 9781919474526


Robert Lowell uncovers institutional abuse after a fellow patient’s suspicious suicide while John Clare’s memoir exposes similar predators in the past. Two timelines converge in an unsettling investigation.


Ben Okri Astonishing the Gods Apollo, 6th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035930920


Booker Prize winner gives us a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin.


Ben Okri The Age of Magic Apollo, 6th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035930944


A group of world-weary travellers discover the meaning of life in a mysterious Swiss mountain village.


Ben Okri The Comic Destiny Apollo, 6th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035930951


One of Britain’s foremost poets showcases his acclaimed language in a striking hybrid form, blending poetry and story with pared- down text and images.


Ben Okri The Freedom Artist Apollo, 6th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035930975


An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, set in


a world uncomfortably like our own.


Joan O’Leary A Killer Wedding William Morrow, 5th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063432222


Wildly witty and wickedly fun, A Killer Wedding is a juicy debut whodunnit about toxic family dynamics hidden beneath the surface of billionaire wealth.


Emelie Olsson The Pleasure Trap HarperFiction, 14th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008795252


Can you resist the ultimate game of seduction or will you get caught in the pleasure trap?


Stewart O’Nan Evensong Grove Press, 7th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804711149


Intimate novel follows a group of women of a certain age who band together as they face the challenges of their golden years.


Heather Aimee O’Neill The Irish Goodbye Pan, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035074587


As an Irish–American family gathers for Thanksgiving weekend at their home on Long Island they must confront the decades-old tragedy that haunts them all.


Tommy Orange, Jennifer Minton Quigley The Best Short Stories 2026: The O Henry Prize Stories Vintage Books, 8th September, pb, £16.99, 9780593689622


The prestigious annual story anthology from a diverse and exciting array of writers.


Sally O’Reilly Hagtale Scribe, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917189699


Reimagining of Macbeth where a wild girl and a monk, centuries apart, uncover lost stories, dangerous ambition and the power of who gets to tell the tale.


Lawrence Osborne Children of Wolves Chatto & Windus, 6th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781784746254


Ripley-esque literary thriller and the breakout book for critically popular cult favourite.


Agnes Owens A Working Mother


McNally Editions, 19th November, pb, £12.99, 9781968671372


A mordant, cautionary tale about a working- class woman who is hemmed in on all sides. Alasdair Gray calls Owens “the most unfairly neglected” of all Scottish writers.


Derek Owusu The Recovery House Merky Books, 17th September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529963809


Searching novel about faith, friendship and the fragile architecture of the mind from the Granta Best New Novelist and Desmond Elliot Prize-winning writer.


Hiroko Oyamada Garden Granta Books, 5th November, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781803512617


From the author of The Hole, The Factory and Weasels in the Attic a collection of strange and wonderful tales of humans, animals, plants and some things in between.


Sally Page


A Curious Ending HarperFiction, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008767570


Escape into Page’s world with another warm-hearted armchair read.


Rob Palk Animal Lovers Salt, 19th October, pb, £10.99, 9781784634223


Stuart is 33, recently married and watching his wife pack her bags. But Marie is not leaving him for another man, exactly. She is leaving him for the badgers.


Caroline Palmer Workhorse Fourth Estate, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008732240


As wickedly funny as it is darkly unsettling, Workhorse is an astonishing story of ambition, set against the glamour and privilege of media and high society in New York.


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