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Barbara F Ichiishi, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Brigida M Pastor Two Women Rutgers University Press, 30th November, hb, £23.95, 9781684483150 Two Women was the first feminist novel to appear in the Hispanic lands, promoting visionary ideas on women’s freedom. This is the first English transla- tion of the novel.
Simon Ings (ed) We, Robots Anthos, 9th December, pb, eb, £15, 9781800249714 Special edition of Ings’ selection of the 100 best short stories on artificial intelligence.
Louise R Innes Death At Holly Lodge Kensington Publish- ing, 28th September, pb, £6.99, 9781496729842 ’Twas the weeks before Christmas and Daisy nabs a new case when a miss- ing man is found stuffed above a fireplace.
Naomi Ishiguro Common Ground Tinder Press, 20th Janu- ary, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472273338 Bittersweet story of a life-changing friendship across a cultural divide. “Beautifully written, this is a novel of real hope and connection”—Stylist.
Lisa Jackson All I Want From Santa Kensington Publish- ing, 28th September, pb, £12.99, 9781496732927 Heartwarming tale set in Oregon where a little girl’s letter to Santa ends up bringing the gift of romance to a widowed mum and a single dad.
MR James, Robert Lloyd Parry MR James Ghost Stories Flame Tree Collections, 12th October, hb, £20, 9781839647710 James’ celebrated ghost stories resonate still. A towering presence in literature, TV and film, this new collection brings together many of his most famous tales.
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British Library Women Writers F Tennyson Jesse, Simon Thomas 12: A Pin to See the Peepshow British Library, 14th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712353595
Based on the events of a sensational murder trial in the 1920s—the Thomp- son/Bywaters case. Julia becomes trapped by her sex and class in a criminal justice system.
Meng Jin Little Gods ONE, 7th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911590453 Heartbreaking epic opens on the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre. A story of the legacy of migration with a tangled family mystery at its heart.
Bill Johnson (tr), Jeanne Benameur The Child Who Les Fugitives, 1st Novem- ber, Book, eb, £10.99, 9781838490409 A village boy wanders through a forest with a phantomatic dog. His mother is gone; his father speechless with anger; his grandmother concealing her own story.
Denis Johnson Train Dreams Granta Books, 04/11/2021, pb, £10, 9781783787623 An epic miniature of one man’s life journey through the American West at the turn of the 20th century.
Jane Johnson The Sultan’s Wife Head of Zeus, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789545296 Romantic historical adventure set in the tyran- nical court of King Ismail, the 17th-century ruler of Morocco.
Jane Johnson Pillars of Light Head of Zeus, 4th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789545319 Powerful novel about the triumph of the human spirit against all the odds.
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson My Monticello Harvill Secker, 4th Novem- ber, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787303027 Searing story and a powerful call for collectiv- ism. One of the biggest American débuts of 2021.
Liz Johnson Beyond the Tides Revell, 14th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800737375 When Meg’s father decides to sell his Prince Edward Island lobster fishing business to her high school nemesis, she sets out to prove she should inherit it instead.
Milly Johnson The Woman in the Middle Simon & Schuster, 14th
October, hb, £16.99, 9781471198991; audiofile, eb, £14.40, 9781398501195 Shay Bastable has been so busy supporting everyone else she hasn’t thought for a moment about herself. When her whole world collapses who is left to her support her?
Milly Johnson I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day Simon & Schuster, 11th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471178566 It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors a tiny hamlet’s local inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter.
William W Johnstone, JA Johnstone The Scorching Pinnacle Books, 24th August, pb, £6.99, 9780786043002 A nation in flames, free- dom under fire and a call to all heroes to stand up, fight back, or die. From the bestselling authors of Black Friday, Home Invasion and Knockdown.
William W Johnstone, JA Johnstone Till Death Pinnacle Books, 24th August, pb, £6.99, 9780786047352 The bestselling John- stones turn up the heat in their rip-roaring series when four destination weddings attract a cold- blooded ring of scoundrels and killers.
William W Johnstone, JA Johnstone Blood and Bullets Pinnacle Books,24th August, pb, £6.99, 9780786047864 Revenge ends the day well.
William W Johnstone, JA Johnstone To the River’s End Kensington Publish- ing, 28th September, pb, £10.99, 9781496734518 The Johnstones take readers on an unforget- table journey into the wild where nature is cruel, fear is the enemy and only the strong survive.
Catherine Jones Fate and Fortune in Little Woodford Aria, 2nd December, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800246119 Last in the Little Wood- ford series; a novel of small-town living, commu- nity spirit and secrets.
Robert Jones Jr The Prophets riverrun, 20th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529405712
Love in all its permuta- tions is the discovery at the heart of Jones’ début.
Miles Jupp History Headline, 19th August, hb, £16.99, 9781472239952 Brilliant début novel from acclaimed comedian, writer and presenter.
Jaroslav Kalfar A Brief History of Living Forever Sceptre, 6th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529368789 Audacious novel set in near-future America from the critically-acclaimed author of Spaceman of Bohemia.
Ben Kane
Sands of the Arena and Other Stories Orion, 16th September, hb, £18.99, 9781398705982 New short story collec- tion from Sunday Times bestselling author of the Lionheart series.
Philip Kaplan Night in Tehran Melville House, 21st October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781612199443 Based on historic events and frighteningly relevant to today—a taut thriller set in Tehran in the days leading up to the Iranian Revolution.
Lesley Kara
This Girl, That Girl Bantam Press, 20th January, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787633261 It isn’t always some- one else’s story. A pacy psychological thriller.
Hiromi Kawakami People From My Neighbourhood Granta Books, 5th August, PB, £7.99, 9781846276996 From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of play- ful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction.
Adrien Keefe Gamebird Sparsile Books, 10th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914399985 An autistic young man’s wretched, bullied exis- tence is transformed when he discovers a strange boarded-up house in the country and gets to know its even stranger inhabitant.
Claire Keegan Small Things Like These Faber, 28th October, hb, eb, £10, 9780571368686 Equisite winter tale of courage and its cost set in Catholic Ireland.
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