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Syracuse University Press, 30th September, pb, £19.95, 9780815611431 Through the eyes of Yunus, Mosbahi’s elegiac, literary novel explores life and death, love and writ- ing, and the relationship between puritanism and extremism in the Arab world today.
Sarah Moss The Fell Picador, 11th November, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529083224 Author of Summerwater returns with a witty and suspenseful novel that questions the place the world has become in quarantine.
Jason Mott Hell of a Book Trapeze, 10th August, hb, £14.99, 9781398704640 Resoundingly power- ful, endlessly quotable and funny as hell. Sets its sights on getting to the heart of racism in America.
Fiona Mozley Hot Stew John Murray, 16th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529327243 Set in Soho and featuring a group of sex workers, a Russian oligarch, a nearly over-the-hill actor, junkie vagabonds, a once far- right extremist and a very glamorous borzoi.
Bloomsbury, 20th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526611369 Unsettling and mordantly funny collection excavates and eviscerates the male psyche.
Vladimir Nabokov Pale Fire Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 6th January, pb, £10.99, 9781474620871 Part of the WN Essentials collection.
Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai (tr) The Cat Who Saved Books Picador, 16th September, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781529081473 International bestseller with over 500,000 copies sold in Japan. A heart- warming tale about the power of books, for all who love reading them.
Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water Viking, 27th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241448786 Shattering début about two black British artists falling in and out of love.
Jo Nesbo The Jealousy Man and Other Stories Harvill Secker, 30th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781787303126 Page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the interna- tional bestselling author of the Harry Hole series.
David Nicholls The Understudy Hodder Paperbacks, 31st December, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340935217 From the major author behind Starter for Ten and Us comes a new comedy masterpiece.
Robert Mullen Mustard Seed Itinerary EnvelopeBooks, 14th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781838172046 Wry satire about a modern-day Chinese schoolteacher who falls asleep and dreams himself back in medieval China where he rises to the giddy heights—then plummets.
Robert Musil Five Women riverrun, 11th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529405484 Amazing collection of Musil’s vivid and enticing stories looking at love, desire and the heart of humanity.
Benjamin Myers Male Tears
Owen Nicholls Perfect Timing Headline Review, 19th August, pb, £9.99, 9781472263230 A will-they-won’t-they love story following musician Tom and comedian Jess over the course of their careers as they realise that, when it comes to love, timing is everything.
Kathryn Nicolai
Nothing Much Happens Allen & Unwin, 7th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911630739 Deceptively simple, bril- liantly conceived collec- tion of brief fiction written with the precise intention of carrying readers off to a peaceful and restorative slumber. Based on the popular podcast.
Annie England Noblin St Francis Society
Freya North Little Wing Welbeck, 20th January, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787397606 A pregnant 16-year-old is banished to one of the remotest parts of the UK in the 1960s. Years later, Nell and Dougie, both at critical moments in their lives, cross paths.
Eva Nour, Agnes Broome The Stray Cats of Homs Black Swan, 16th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784164928 He refused to abandon his home, even under siege and even when everyone around him was leaving. For fans of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and The Tattoo- ist of Auschwitz.
Golnoosh Nour, Matt Bates, Sarah Beal, Kate Beal Queer Life, Queer Love Muswell Press, 4th November, pb, £8.99, 9781838110161 Timely celebration of the best writing from the global margins brought centrestage. Anthology features voices which offer a unique perspective of our world.
Maximillian E Novak (ed), Irving N Rothman (ed), Manuel Schonhorn (ed), Daniel Defoe et al The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Rutgers University Press, 30th October, pb, £39.50, 9781684483259 Complete with an intro- duction, line notes and full bibliographical notes, this is an edition like no other.
Kayte Nunn The Last Reunion Orion, 14th October, pb, £8.99, 9781398701144 Page-turning wartime love story from interna- tional bestselling author.
Alice is an artist and single mother. Her daughter Nell is her subject. She paints and photographs her obsessively. To escape, Nell moves to Brighton where she meets a host of beguiling characters and Scott whose violent rages engulf till she discovers her own strength. A story of love and darkness as seen through the eyes of a sharply observant, deeply innocent young girl.
HB £16.99 | July 29th 2021
for Wayward Pets William Morrow, 16th September, pb, £7.99, 9780063073692 If you love Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, you won’t want to miss this new novel of second chances, dogs and knitting from the author of Sit.
GENERAL FICTION
The best short stories to come out of lockdown! A playful, sensuous and gripping collection with a touch of darkness by masters of the genre, including Amanda Craig, A.L. Kennedy, D.W. Wilson, Alison Moore and Stephen Thompson.
HB £16.99 | September 2nd 2021
Kyle Halfpenny takes care of her father who is making careful preparations for their journey from their small Cheshire village to escape the end of the world. Kyle is fifteen but she has been the adult since she was ten years old. Perhaps a few weeks on Selny, a strange island off the coast close to Liverpool, full of rabbits and wild horses, will cure her dad’s madness. A powerful, lyrical and poignant piece of magical realism.
HB £14.99 | August 26th 2021
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