GENERAL FICTION
narrator in this polyphonic novel.
Patti Callahan Once Upon a Wardrobe Harper Muse, 9th December, pb, £8.99, 9781400232833 Another beautiful story inspired by CS Lewis’ abil- ity to change the world and captivate hearts— including those of a termi- nally ill boy and his logic- driven sister.
West Camel Fall Orenda Books, 9th December, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193928 Estranged brothers are reunited over plans to develop the tower block where they grew up. But the desolate estate becomes a stage for reliv- ing the events of one life- changing summer.
Peter Cameron What Happens At Night Europa Editions (UK), 26th August, pb, £12.99, 9781787703216 Unforgettable novel about marriage, life, love and the loss of them all.
Elaine Canning (ed) New Welsh Short Fiction: Rhys Davies Short Story Award Winners Parthian Books, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913640637 Anthology of contempo- rary short stories.
Truman Capote A Christmas Memory Penguin Classics, 28th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241474426 Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season.
Edward Carey Swallowed Man Gallic Books, 9th Septem- ber, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913547233 23rd September, pb, £8.99, 9781913547097 From the acclaimed author of Little comes this beautiful and haunting imagining of the years Geppetto spends within the belly of a sea beast.
Melody Carlson A Christmas in the Alps Revell, 19th October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800739331 When Simone Winthrop discovers a letter from her great-grandmother hinting that she’s heir to a family treasure, she trav- els to France at Christmas to stake her claim.
Elisabeth Carpenter The Vacancy
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Orion, 5th August, pb, £8.99, 9781409181514 New work from the best- selling author of 99 Red Balloons, 11 Missed Calls and Only a Mother.
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A Nanette Hayes Mystery Random House, pb, £11.99, 97805933141 Charlotte Carter 2: Coq Au Vin 31st August, 28 Saxophonist Nan is on her way to Paris in search of a missing relative. 3: Drumsticks 28th September, 42 Nan finds a voodoo doll is bringing her some much needed luck . . . until the doll’s maker is murdered.
Luke Cassidy Iron Annie Bloomsbury Circus, 2nd September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526635983 Gritty but tender, Iron Annie heralds the arrival of a major new Irish writer.
Brian Castleberry Nine Shiny Objects Custom House, 16th September, pb, £10.99, 9780062984418 Major literary saga in the tradition of DeLillo and Egan chronicles the unexpectedly and eerily intersecting lives of a lineage of American dreamers.
Willa Cather The Professor’s House Dover, 27th August, pb, £3.99, 9780486845289 A story that explores a mid-life crisis and family life in a 1920’s Midwestern college town.
Jake Chapman 2+2=5 Urbanomic, 3rd August, pb, £18.99, 9781913029692 Volume 4 of Urbanomic/ K-Pulp’s much-needed rectification of 1984 offers an all-you-can-eat quinoa buffet of wrongthink.
Jerome Charyn Sergeant Salinger No Exit Press, 21st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857304711 Astonishing imagining of JD Salinger, a devastated young man on his way to becoming the mythical figure behind The Catcher in the Rye.
Lee Child The Hero
TLS Books, 28th October, pb, eb, £5.99, 9780008361877 The creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Lars Saabye Christensen Friendship MacLehose Press, 28th October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529413335 Part two of the Echoes of a City trilogy set in post- war Oslo by Norway’s answer to Elena Ferrante.
Lucy Christopher Release Text Publishing, 28th October, pb, £10.99, 9781911231387 Ten years ago, when Gemma was 16, she was kidnapped in Bangkok airport by an infatuated, obsessed drifter. Release picks up ten years later.
When she picks up the wrong suitcase at the airport, Laura wonders if this could be her very own meet-cute moment.
Bridget Collins The Betrayals Te Borough Press, 28th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008272197 Amazing new work from the author of the number one Sunday Times bestseller The Binding.
Maryse Condé Crossing the Mangrove Penguin Classics, 2nd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241530054 Mesmerising novel from one of the most important writers working today, winner of the alternative Nobel Prize.
Tice Cin, Max Porter Keeping the House And Other Stories, 7th September, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781913505080 Bewitching début novel, at once a family saga and a tale of the London underworld.
Jess C Left Door, Right Door? Matador, 28th September, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781800464582 One leads to lies, the thrill of love and danger. The other leads to mystery and subterfuge, joy and a life of luxury. Which is the right door for Sophie?
Philippe Claudel, Euan Cameron Dog Island MacLehose Press, 28th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529400656 From the author of Grey Souls and Brodeck’s Report: a chilling island fable of murder, exploita- tion and complicity.
Emma Cline Daddy Vintage, 5th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529112894 “Taut, beautiful and savage”—the Guardian.
Flora Collins Nanny Dearest Quercus, 30th November, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529417852 Addictive psychological thriller about power, privilege, secrets and obsession for fans of Lullaby and The Turn of the Key.
Maryse Condé Waiting for the Waters to Rise World Editions, 5th August, pb, £12.99, 9781912987153 Babakar is a doctor living alone with only the memories of his childhood in Mali. Until the child Anais comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude.
CJ Cooke
The Lighthouse Witches HarperCollins, 30th September, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008354695 Chiller from the bestselling author.
Dominic Cookman Villains in the Night Book Guild, 28th November, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781913913694 Delves into the paradoxes of the social media era to show how we are more connected than ever before yet often more isolated than ever.
Kia Corthron
Moon and the Mars Seven Stories Press, 19th August, pb, £13.99, 9780995580794 Highly anticipated story examines New York and America in the burgeon- ing moments before the civil war through the eyes of a young half black, half Irish girl.
Sophie Cousens Just Haven’t Met You Yet Arrow Books, 11th November, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781787466814
Polly Crosby The Unravelling HQ, 30th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008358457 When Tartelin Brown accepts a job as a PA to a reclusive lepidopterist she finds herself on a wild island with a mysterious history.
Dewey Dabbar The Gardens of Greenspring Road Dixi Books, 26th August, pb, £14.99, 9781913680213 Satirical, cheeky, and adventurous, this is a story about the joy of learning about the true place of humans in nature—as just another species.
Alex Dahl Cabin Fever Head of Zeus, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789544053 A successful therapist, her troubled client and an isolated cabin in the woods.
Christina Dalcher Femlandia HQ, 28th October, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008440329
Amanda Cox The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery Revell, 19th October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800737412 Generations of women at Old Depot Grocery have been keeping secrets from each other that threaten to destroy the family business.
Josephine Cox A Daughter’s Return HarperCollins, 30th September, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008128494 Compelling new family drama from the nation’s favourite storyteller.
Amanda Craig, AL Kennedy, Stephen Thompson, Helen Simpson, et al Same Same but Different Everything with Words, 2nd September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781911427254 The best short story collection to come out of lockdown.
Marianne Cronin The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Doubleday, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857528476 Stirring, unforgettable début of friendship and living your best life. For fans of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Harold Fry and Eleanor Oliphant.
Explosive thriller from the author of Vox and Join the Sisterhood.
Louis-Philippe
Dalembert, Marjolijn de Jaeger (tr) The Mediterranean Wall Pushkin Press, 5th August, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781782277095 Staggeringly powerful story of migration, strug- gle and sisterhood weaves together the stories of three women with one shared goal: to each safety in Europe.
Janina David The Hopeful Traveller EnvelopeBooks, 2nd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838172053 Bittersweet stories about single women in an era just before feminism, conventional in their expectations of men, their pasts behind them but still looking for their anchor in the present.
CA Davids How to Be a Revolutionary Verso Books, 12th Octo- ber, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781839760877 Extraordinary, ambitious, globe-spanning novel about what we owe our consciences.
Ash Davidson Damnation Spring Tinder Press, 3rd August, hb, £18.99, 9781472286628 For fans of Barbara King- solver or Annie Proulx this is the story of a Califor- nian logging town where a secret that is poisoning the forest threatens to tear a community apart.
Peter Ho Davies A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Sceptre, 2nd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340980293 Soul-baring novel about the repercussions of choice from the award- winning author of The Welsh Girl and The Fortunes.
Sue Dawes (ed) Colchester Writenight Patrician Press, 29th October, pb, eb, £9, 9781838059811 Selection of short prose
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