GENERAL FICTION
David Keenan Xstabeth White Rabbit, 11th November, pb, £8.99, 9781474617062 Short, explosive novel about Russia, Scotland, sex and singer-songwriters.
David Keenan Monument Maker White Rabbit, 5th August, hb, £25, 9781474617093 The new novel by one of the most exciting and entertaining writers to have emerged from Scot- land in the past decade.
Tamsin Keily
The Surprising Days of Isla Pembroke Orion, 30th September, pb, £8.99, 9781409191087 Some moments you remember forever. But what if you could live them again? A fresh story of love, loss and second chances.
Christopher Kerr The Covenant Book Guild, 28th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913913243 A passionate summer of love between two young people. Then they part after making a covenant which haunts their lives until they meet again 50 years later.
Brad Kessler North Abrams, 30th September, hb, £18.99, 9781419750427 Moving story about the intertwined lives of a Vermont monk, a Somali refugee, and an Afghan war veteran. By author of acclaimed memoir Goat Song.
Shortlisted for the Inter- national Prize for Arabic Fiction award in 2020. Explores the legacy of the recent histories of two countries Algeria and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
John Oliver Killens, Ishmael Reed The Minister Primarily Amistad Press, 2nd September, hb, £20, 9780063079595 Eagerly anticipated posthumous novel from the man considered the founding father of the Black Arts Movement. He mentored celebrated- authors including Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Arthur Flowers and Terry McMillan.
Caroline Kim The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories University of Pittsburgh Press, 28th September, pb, £11, 9780822966746 With humour, insight and curiosity, Kim’s wide-rang- ing stories explore culture, communication, travel and family. Winner of the 2020 Drue Heinz Litera- ture Prize.
Nancy Jooyoun Kim The Last Story of Mina Lee Headline Review, 7th September, pb, £9.99, 9781472281616 A Reese’s Book Club pick and instant New York Times bestseller. Searing mother-daughter story about a lifetime of secrets explores the realities of being an immigrant in America.
Samantha King The Secret Keeper’s Daughter HarperCollins, 10th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008471439
Page-turning, emotion- ally suspenseful family drama which explores the damaging power of secrets and a mother’s fear for her children.
Faysal Khartash, Max Weiss Roundabout of Death Apollo, 6th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781801107266 A Syrian novel set in Aleppo during the early days of the civil war that followed the Arab Spring.
Said Khatibi, Paul Starkey Sarajevo Firewood Banipal Books, 9th September, pb, £11.99, 9781913043230
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Natsuo Kirino, Rebecca Copeland The Goddess Chronicle Canongate Canons, 2nd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781786899170 Fantastical retelling of the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi from the internationally bestselling author of Out.
Carol Kirkwood Under a Greek Moon HarperCollins, 11th November, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008393427 Romantic, escapist début fiction from the nation’s much-loved TV presenter.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Katie Kitamura Intimacies Jonathan Cape, 5th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787332003 From the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths.
Alexandra Kleeman Something New Under the Sun Fourth Estate, 19th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008339111 Unmissable novel—a bold exploration of capitalism, corruption and environ- mental catastrophe and as entertaining, allur- ing and beautiful as it is devastating.
Christina E Kramer (tr), Petar Andonovski Fear of Barbarians Parthian Books, 2nd August, pb, eb, £9, 9781913640194 Gavdos, a remote island south of Crete, the south- ernmost point of Europe. Two female narratives are skilfully combined with themes of otherness.
Anna Krien Act of Grace Profile Books, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788164221 Exhilarating début novel from the award-winning author of Night Games.
Naomi Krupitsky The Family Te Borough Press, 6th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008491451 Captivating début about the tangled fates of two best friends and daugh- ters of the Italian mafia and a coming-of-age story of 20th-century Brooklyn.
Kenneth Kuenster The Annunciationist Histria, 7th September, hb, £27.99, 9781592111053 The story of an American painter obsessed with the meaning and signifi- cance of paintings of the Annunciation.
MJ Kuhn
Among Thieves Gollancz, 9th September, hb, £16.99, 9781473234529 Thrilling fantasy début—a high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice, and perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Joe Abercrombie.
Amitava Kumar A Time Outside This Time Picador, 6th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529062977 From the acclaimed author of Immigrant, Montana, a one-of-a-kind
Daisy Lafarge Paul Granta Books, 5th August, PB, £12.99, 9781783786350 From an award-winning talent comes a mesmeric debut novel about a young woman falling under the spell of an older man.
Stephen Leacock Frenzied Fiction Renard Press, 27th October, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781913724085 One of Leacock’s later works, a collection from a master of the short-story genre who was considered the world’s best-known humorist in the early 20th century.
Mike Leaver Nork From Nowhere Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £8.99, 9781913913342
novel about fake news, memory and the ways in which truth gives way to fiction.
Hari Kunzru Red Pill Scribner UK, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471194504 From the author of White Tears comes a breathtak- ing, state-of-the-world novel about one man’s struggle to defend his values and create a reality free from the shadows of the past.
Andrey Kurkov, Boris Dralyuk Grey Bees MacLehose Press, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857059352 Ukraine’s most famous novelist, author of Death and the Penguin, drama- tises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild- mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling.
Sonya Lalli
A Holly Jolly Diwali Berkley, 7th October, pb, £14.99, 9780593100950 Arriving in India to celebrate Diwali, Niki is immediately drawn to London musician Sameer. At the wedding, the champagne flows and their flirtatious banter shows the attraction is mutual.
Louis L’Amour The Key-lock Man Bantam, 28th September, pb, £5.50, 9780593160138 Classic Western repack- aged as part of Bantam’s Louis L’Amour’s Lost Trea- sures programme—with never-before-seen mate- rial from Louis and his son, Beau.
Amy Lavelle Definitely Fine Orion, 5th August, pb, £8.99, 9781398703636 Hilarious and heart- breaking, this is a pain- fully funny début about muddling through adult- hood and learning to find yourself when you’ve just lost the person who always held everything together.
Marie Lavoie Notes on a Marriage Welbeck, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787394698 Comedy about what happens to a woman when she discovers her husband’s affair.
Jade LB Keisha the Sket Merky Books, 14th October, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529118919 Told with the heart and soul of the inner city, with an unforgettable heroine, Keisha the Sket is a revela- tion of the true and tender core of British youth culture.
Celia Laskey Under the Rainbow HQ, 9th December, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008481025 Incisive novel about what it means to be queer in modern America. A bril- liantly observed and timely literary debut.
Antoine Laurain, Le Sonneur (illus) Red is My Heart Gallic Books, 18th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913547189 Sharp, warm, whimsical and deeply Parisian, this is a must for all Antoine Laurain fans and a strik- ing addition to the litera- ture of unrequited love.
Shelly Laurenston Breaking Badger Kensington Publishing, 31st August, pb, £12.99, 9781496730145 Back with more sexy, shape-shifting antics, New York Times bestsell- ing author’s snarky, steamy, world-building Honey Badger Chronicles continue.
Upper-class teenager Sara flees her parents’ middle-England mansion after a disastrous party. She happens upon Nork, a mysterious, young orphan boy seemingly from nowhere. Together they go on the run.
Min Jin Lee Free Food for Millionaires Apollo, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781801105323 A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Acclaimed début novel.
Raven Leilani Luster Picador, 6th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529036008 Razor-sharp. provoca- tively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster is a painfully funny coming-of-age story told by a fresh new voice.
Donna Leon Transient Desires Arrow Books, 23rd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787467842 Donna Leon’s 30th Brunetti novel is as power- ful as any she has written.
Jonathan Lethem The Arrest Atlantic Books, 2nd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838952174 From the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn comes an utterly original postapocalyptic yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car.
Mario Levrero, Annie McDermott The Luminous Novel And Other Stories, 3rd August, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781913505011 Levrero’s touching and funny magnum opus about domestic life, the writing process, love, the fear of death, pets and a funereal pigeon.
Gabrielle Levy
The Insomniac Society Hodder Paperbacks, 14th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529327564 Five strangers, hundreds of sleepless nights.
Beth Lewis
The Origins of Iris Hodder Studio, 19th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529357684 “Wild” meets “Sliding Doors”. Following her critically acclaimed début The Wolf Road, Lewis returns with a novel about resilience, hope and the
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