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Canongate, 11th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838851347 From the author of the bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a collision of cultures between a small African village and an American oil company.


James McBride Deacon King Kong Doubleday, 25th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857527585 About a community under threat and the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten.


Colum McCann Apeirogon Bloomsbury, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526607898 Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020, the novel of a lifetime about two men and their daughters divided by conflict yet united in grief.


Jesse McCarthy The Fugitivities Melville House, 10th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781612198064 Bold début examines expat life and the significance of race, nation and community across a globalising world through the eyes of two African-American acquaintances.


Helen McClory Bitterhall Polygon, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781846975493 A story of obsession told by three unreliable narrators reveals the ways in which our subjectivity tampers with the notion of an objective reality.


Holly McCulloch Just Friends Corgi Books, 4th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552177252 Feelgood “will they, won’t they?” love story. Great pick-me-up from an exciting new voice in women’s fiction.


Holly McCulloch The Mix-up Corgi, 8th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552177269 Funny and charming romcom about a woman who finds love via a case of mistaken identity.


Tiffany McDaniel Betty Weidenfeld & Nicol- son, 8th July, pb, £8.99, 9781474617543 Lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life.


Andy McDermott Rogue Asset Headline, 8th July, hb, £20.99, 9781472263834 From the international bestseller a pulse- racing thriller about a government assassin betrayed by his superiors.


Mhairi McFarlane Last Night HarperCollins, 1st April, pb, £7.99, 9780008169534 Two best friends, one missed chance and a night that changes everything.


Jarred McGinnis The Coward Canongate, 1st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838851538 Startling and intimate novel that explores masculinity, family, disability and love.


Patrick McGrath Last Days in Cleaver Square Hutchinson, 20th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786332745 It is 1975 and an old man, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, is beset with sightings in his garden of his old nemesis, General Franco.


Jon McGregor Lean Fall Stand 4th Estate, 29th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008204907 “Beautiful. It leaves the reader moved and subtly changed as if she had become part of the story”—Hilary Mantel. The new novel from the three- times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13.


Ian McGuire The Abstainer Scribner, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471163623 From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th-century Manchester.


Lisa McInerney The Rules of Revelation John Murray, 13th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781473668904 Third novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies.


Kelsey McKinney God Spare the Girls William Morrow, 8th July, hb, £20, 9780063020252 Mesmerising début set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover a dark secret about their father, the head pastor of an Evangelical megachurch.


Alan McMonagle Laura Cassidy’s


Walk of Fame Picador, 18th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509829903 Darkly comic story of one woman’s determination to make it from her small hometown to fame on the silver screen.


Tessa McWatt The Snow Line Scribe, 8th June, hb, £16.99, 9781911617952 Four seemingly unrelated people from around the world arrive in India for a wedding. Together, they climb a mountain but see very different things at the top.


Jonathan Meades Pompey Unbound, 18th March, pb, £10.99, 9781783528547 Paperback reissue of Meades’ savage masterpiece.


Colin Mellor Through a Fractured Door Matador, 28th February, pb, £7.99, 9781800461703 A novel about the power of redemption that also shows the, often unknown, impact of dyslexia on day-to-day life.


Pauline Melville The Master of Chaos Sandstone Press, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913207540 Richly humorous and poignant collection ranges across continents and peoples, its diverse characters caught up in wars or revolution, escaping the past or finally returning to confront it.


Paul A Mendelson Must Have GSOH Book Guild, 28th February, pb, £8.99, 9781913551223 To get the girl of his dreams he needs a good sense of humour. To get a good sense of humour he needs a miracle. “Bloomin’ marvellous”—Brooks Pinner.


Wyl Menmuir Fox Fires Salt, 15th March, pb, £9.99, 9781784632335 An iconic photograph, an ever-expanding map of a strange city and a girl who is profoundly lost.


Sandhya Menon Of Princes and Promises Hodders, 8th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529325348 From bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the second instalment in a brand- new series set at an elite boarding school.


JA Mensah Castles From Cobwebs Saraband, 18th February, hb, £14.99, 9781912235766 After the death of her biological mother, Imani travels to Ghana and begins a journey of self- discovery that illuminates the stories we all tell to make ourselves whole.


Christopher Meredith Please Seren, 8th April, pb, £9.99, 9781781726167 Vernon Jones is a disappointed man. He’s trying to make sense of his marriage, his life and life itself. How could it have turned out the way it did?


Lina Meruane Nervous System Atlantic, 1st April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786499479 Story about the links and commonalities between the body, a disease and family ties.


Laura Imai Messina, Lucy Rand The Phone Box at the Edge of the World Manilla, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786580412 Novel that is becoming an international sensation. Based on an incredible true story.


Fern Michaels No Way Out Kensington, 30th March, hb, £21, 9781496731180 Blends Michaels’ rich, character-driven storytelling with a hint of suspense.


Fern Michaels Plain Jane Kensington, 23rd February, pb, £12.99, 9781496734464 Fan favourite classic beautifully repackaged.


Susan Mihalic Dark Horses Welbeck, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787395183


Lily Menon Make Up, Break Up Hodder, 15th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529344271 Sparkling, heartfelt romantic comedy début.


GENERAL FICTION


One girl’s escape from abuse, set in the world of high-stakes arena of Olympian horse-riding.


Catherine Miller The Archers: Ambridge At War Simon & Schuster, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471195501 Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the stalwart radio show, Ambridge at War takes readers back to before it all began.


Sue Miller Monogamy Bloomsbury, 10th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526618931 Quietly powerful novel about marriage, loss and betrayal by the international bestselling author of Richard & J udy Book Club pick The Senator’s Wife.


David Mitchell Utopia Avenue Sceptre, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781444799477 Mitchell turns his unique eye on the dark end of the 1960s in this enthralling story of music, dreams, drugs, madness, love, grief and stardom’s wobbly ladder.


Nadifa Mohamed The Fortune Men Viking, 27th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241466940 A murder, a miscarriage of justice, and a man too innocent for his times.


Antonio Munoz Molina, Peter Straus, Guillermo Bleichmar To Walk Alone in the Crowd Profile, 10th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788161947 The sheer energy of the digital metropolis—superb fiction from a Spanish master at the peak of his powers.


Francesca Momplaisir My Mother’s House Random House, 13th April, pb, £11.99, 9781984898012 Literary thriller about the complex underbelly of the immigrant American dream and the dangerous ripple effect one person’s damage can have on the lives of others.


Sophia Money-Coutts The Wish List HQ, 15th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008370572 Modern-day Cinderella tale with more fantastically bad sex.


Dantiel W Moniz Milk Blood Heat Atlantic, 4th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838950583


Collection explores relationships, faith and situational morality through the lenses of motherhood and friendship.


Sue Monk Kidd The Mermaid Chair Tinder Press, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780755307630 New York Times bestselling story of family secrets and passion by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings.


Sue Monk Kidd The Invention of Wings Tinder Press, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472212771 About an extraordinary woman who campaigned to end slavery.


Santa Montefiore Flappy Entertains Simon & Schuster, 4th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781398500334 audiofile, £14.40, 9781398501959


Filled with humour and heart about being in control and losing it. Flappy takes centrestage, more charismatic and competitive than ever.


Santa Montefiore Here and Now Simon & Schuster, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471169694 Faced with losing everything, all that matters is here and now. Evocative, emotional and full of life.


Margarita Montimore The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart Gollancz, 23rd February, pb, £8.99, 9781473227620 For fans of The Rosie Project and Where’d You Go Bernadette? comes a life-affirming story about a woman who lives every year of her life in the wrong order.


Liz Moore The Words of Every Song Windmill, 3rd June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786091147 Set in the New York music industry by the author of Long Bright River.


Meg Mitchell Moore Two Truths and a Lie William Morrow, 10th June, pb, £10.99, 9780062840103 Rebecca Coleman has been spending a lot of time with Sherri but she’s also been spending time with someone else she doesn’t want the Mom Squad to know about just yet.


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