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Jean Giono, Bill Johnston Ennemonde Archipelago Books, 9th September, pb, £12.99, 9781953861122 The story of the titular woman but also of her sons, daughters, neigh- bours, lovers and enemies, and the mountains that serve as a backdrop to their home in southern France.
Emily Girard, Dorothea Girard, AK Brackob The Waters of Hercules Histria, 19th October, hb, £32.99, 9781592111329 A classic Victorian novel similar to Stoker’s Dracula in its gothic suspense.
Jenny Gladwell This Year, Maybe Hodder Paperbacks, 14th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529302707 Heartwarming yarn from the Kindle bestselling author of A Gift in Decem- ber about a widowed mother and daughter join- ing forces to pull together the perfect family Christmas.
Sinead Gleeson (ed) The Art of the Glimpse Anthos, 9th December, pb, eb, £15, 9781800249691 Special edition of the 100 best Irish short stories, selected by the author of Constellations, winner of the Irish Book Award Non Fiction Book of the Year 2019.
Anne Glenconner A Haunting At Holkham Hodder & Stoughton, 11th November, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529336405 Blockbuster mystery from the bestselling author of Lady in Waiting and Murder on Mustique.
Joanna Glen All My Mothers Te Borough Press, 5th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008410582 Heartbreaking novel from the author of the Costa shortlisted debut The Other Half of Augusta Hope.
Nicole Glover The Undertakers Del Rey, 11th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529102086 Meet Hetty Rhodes, a former conductor on the Underground Railroad who now uses her magic to solve crimes in her community in a post-Civil War world.
Salena Godden Mrs Death Misses Death Canongate, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838851224 Mrs Death tells her
intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel.
David A Goodman The Autobiography of Mr. Spock Titan Books, 7th Septem- ber, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781785654664 Fictional autobiography of the Star Trek character told in his own words and telling the story of his life, including his childhood, time on the Enterprise and death and resurrection.
Sharon Gosling The House
Beneath the Cliffs Simon & Schuster, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471198670 Beautiful, moving and utterly absorbing, The House Beneath the Cliffs is a novel of friendship and food, storms and secrets, and the beauty of second chances.
Emily Gould Perfect Tunes Scribner UK, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471175077 For readers of Expecta- tion and Daisy Jones and the Six, a breakout novel about music, ambition, sacrifice and how compro- mises and rebellion shape women’s destinies.
George Goulding (tr), Henning Mankell (tr) The Rock Blaster MacLehose Press, 11th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857059475 Early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series charts the life of a principled man through tragedy, heartbreak, true love and the battle for a nation’s soul.
Caroline Grace-Cassidy The Unexpected Love Story of Lexie Byrne (aged 39½) Black and White, 12th August, pb, £12.99, 9781785303357 Irresistible romance from the author of The Week I Ruined My Life and The Importance of Being Me.
Marlowe Granados Happy Hour Verso Books, 7th Septem- ber, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781839764011 A stickily hot New York summer is cooly observed in this dazzling début.
JT Greathouse The Hand of the Sun King: Book One Gollancz, 5th August, hb, £16.99, 9781473232877 Combining the intricate magic of Brent Weeks and the emotional heft of
Robin Hobb, this is a novel about family and loyalty in the face of adversity.
Louis Greenberg Exposure Titan Books, 9th Novem- ber, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789090291 The second solo novel from one half of the SL Grey writing team. For fans of Black Mirror.
Erin Green From Shetland, With Love At Christmas Headline Review, 30th September, pb, £9.99, 9781472281524
Spend the holiday season in glorious Lerwick with this heartwarming, seasonal treat of friend- ship, love and creative crafting. For fans of Lucy Diamond and Holly Martin.
Anne Griffin Listening Still Sceptre, 20th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473683082 New by bestselling author of When All is Said.
Lauren Groff Matrix William Heinemann, 23rd September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781785151903 From a long line of female warriors and crusaders yet too coarse and wild for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court.
SP Grogan Captain Cooked Histria, 2nd November, pb, £21.99, 9781592111121 From the moment of her arrival in Hawaii, Madison and her father are involved in trying to discover who may have poisoned a revered Hawaiian singing star.
Max Gross The Lost Shtetl HarperCollins, 28th October, pb, £9.99, 9780062991133 In his smart, hilarious black comedy début Gross imagines a small Jewish village in the Polish forest so secluded that it escaped the Axis armies’ notice.
Jean-Claude Grumberg, Frank Wynne (tr) The Most Precious of Cargoes Picador, 28th October, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529019582 For readers of The Book Thief, this fable is an enor- mous bestseller in France. It tells a story of the Holo- caust and the remarkable acts of kindness of which people are capable.
Wendy Guerra, Alicia ‘Achy’ Obejas
GENERAL FICTION
I Was Never the First Lady HarperCollins, 2nd September, hb, £18.99, 9780062990747 Sensuous and original tale of family, love and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its
aftermath.Guerra’s mother left Cuba when Nadia was just ten years old.
Ursula K Le Guin The Lathe of Heaven Gollancz, 21st October, pb, £8.99, 9781473234178 Through his dreams, George Orr can make alternate realities real but who is control- ling him? “Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power”—Observer.
Gervais Hagerty In Polite Company William Morrow Paper- backs, 16th September, pb, £10.99, 9780063068865 Dramatic turn of events threatens Laudie’s life and her ability to tell Simons what really happened long-ago.
Sarah Hall Burntcoat Faber & Faber, 7th Octo- ber, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780571329311 Electrifying novel of passion, connection and transformation from “a writer of show-stopping genius” (Guardian).
Dennis Hamley The Second Person From Porlock Fairlight Books, 4th November, pb, £8.99, 9781914148033 In a Cambridge college library, a bullied under- graduate finds a strange annotation in a book of Coleridge’s poems.
Iris Hanika, Abigail Wender The Bureau of Past Management V & Q Books, 1st October, pb, £12.99, 9783863913076 Hanika shows how the crimes of the Nazi era hold the Germans in their clutches to this day and the absurdities to which institutionalising commemoration leads.
Sophie Hannah (ed) Deadlier Anthos, 9th December, pb, eb, £15, 9781800249660 Special edition of the 100 best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by award- winning author.
E Hannavy-Cousen Of No Consequence Book Guild, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913913885 Institutions are failing
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“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting myself in danger.”
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