INTRODUCTION
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction Autumn/Winter 2021
A preview of new titles published between August 2021–January 2022
Using the Buyer’s Guides
The titles listed in the Autumn/Winter 2021 Buyer’s Guide are divided into categories, with sub-divisions according to format and age range where appropriate. Within each category, the entries are listed under the publishers’ imprints, which have been ordered alphabetically. All the books included
were submitted by publishers via the online database (Bookseller
BuyersGuide.co.uk). Regardless of size, publishers were restricted to submitting 10 titles and/or series per category/imprint, and given a 30-word limit to describe each title. If a title is an audiobook or has an audio edition, it is stated in the title’s metadata. Other formats are as
follows: hb (hardback); pb (paperback); tpb (trade paperback); pbo (paperback original); mmpb (mass-market paperback); eb (e-book).
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hat has got you through the pandemic? For me, largely, it has been novels (and full disclosure, quite a bit of pale ale): a blend of some old comfortable favourites—I’ve re-read about 10 Agatha Christie Poirots—and many débutants (I’ve been pushing A K Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches on everyone I meet) as a lot of stellar fiction has come out over the past 18 months. I’m not alone, as Nielsen research has shown the British public almost doubled their fiction reading time during the lockdowns. Here’s hoping that this trend continues—and there
is every reason that it will do so, for as Alice O’Keeffe demonstrates in her preview (pp08–16), there is a titanic mouth-watering schedule spanning literary and commercial coming in the next half year. Crime is particularly strong and you don’t have to be Nostradamus to predict that Richard Osman’s second outing will be a monster hit. But many fans will also be looking forward to the two godfathers of Scottish noir, Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney, “teaming up” with the Rebus creator writing a new Laidlaw book from the late McIlvanney’s notes. I can’t wait.
Editor Philip Jones 64 Charts & data analyst Kiera O’Brien 75 Books editor Alice O’Keeffe 72 Managing editor Tom Tivnan 73 Associate editor Caroline Sanderson Children’s book previewer Fiona Noble
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