SECTION SPONSOR Flame Tree
Eugene Thacker (ed), Tariq Goddard (ed) The Repeater Book of the Occult Repeater, 9th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781913462079 Selection of Repeater authors choose their favourite forgotten horror stories for this new anthology and write a critical introduction for the story of their choice.
Paul Theroux Under the Wave At Waimea Hamish Hamilton, 22nd April, hb, £18.99, 9780241504444 pb, eb, £14.99, 9780241504451 From legendary writer comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer in Hawaii as he confronts ageing, privilege, mortality and the lives he chooses to remember.
Claire Thomas The Performance Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 4th March, hb, £14.99, 9781474616980 Breakout literary sensation of 2021 from the prize-winning author of Fugitive Blue.
Scarlett Thomas Oligarchy Canongate, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786897800 Power, privilege and peer pressure—the hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr Y.
Scarlett Thomas The End of Mr Y Canongate Canons, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786899163 Critically acclaimed novel of cursed books, quantum physics and the power of love.
Doug Thompson The Approaching Tide Matador, 28th March, pb, £8.99, 9781800462120 Released from jail, Will Crosby quits England for a new life in Queensland, hoping to regain self- confidence and the lost esteem of his former wife. His hopes are soon dashed.
Rachel Trezise Easy Meat Parthian, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912681242 Another day at the slaughterhouse for former reality TV star Caleb Jenkins. A glimpse of a man and a country on the verge of change.
David Trueba, Rahul Bery Rolling Fields
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 8th July, pb, £8.99, 9781474612883 David Nicholls meets Pedro Almodóvar meets “Little Miss Sunshine” in this moving and achingly funny novel of friendship and heartbreak by one of Spain’s most popular authors.
Lynne Truss Murder by Milk Bottle Raven, 22nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526609786 Latest instalment in Truss’ quirky and charming prize-winning series set in 1950s Brighton sees her trio of police detectives investigating a case with a most curious murder weapon.
Lynne Truss See the Bunny Run Raven, 24th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526609878 Our trio of redoubtable detectives are faced with a new mystery.
Gail Tsukiyama The Color of Air HarperCollins, 27th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062976208 Evocative historical novel set against the backdrop of Hawaii’s sugar plantations about a Japanese-American family learning to accept the past and step forward into the future.
Nancy Tucker The First Day of Spring Hutchinson, 24th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781786332387 Dark book club début with a compelling voice at its centre. When Chrissie was eight, she killed a child. Fifteen years later she has one of her own.
Lara Tupper Amphibians TSB, 11th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911673088 Tupper’s award-winning collection of short stories invites further contemplation of female physicality and celebrates home in a cross-cultural way.
Ilaria Tuti, Ekin Oklap Painted in Blood Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 27th May, pb, £8.99, 9781474609630 The second Inspector Teresa Battaglia novel. A woman fights for her life.
Linn Ullmann Unquiet Hamish Hamilton, 17th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241464625 Astonishingly beautiful work of autofiction from one of Norway’s most prominent literary writers.
Emma Jane Unsworth Adults Te Borough Press, 18th February, pb, £8.99, 9780008334635 Diverting story from the award-winning author of Animals that will make readers rethink their lives and how they live.
Various Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories Flame Tree, 13th April, hb, £20, 9781839644818 Deluxe edition of terrifying tales with new stories by modern writers merged with an outstanding collection of classics including AC Benson, Algernon Blackwood, MR James and Edith Wharton.
Laura Vaughan The Favour Corvus, 4th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838952013 “Cruel Intentions” meets “The Talented Mr Ripley” in this sumptuous début, laced with secrets, lies and dangerous obsessions.
Sarah Vaughan Little Disasters Simon & Schuster, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471165061 From the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal a thought- provoking novel exploring the complexity of motherhood and all that connects and disconnects us.
Vergil, Sarah Ruden, Susanna Braund The Aeneid Yale University Press, 23rd March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780300240108 Powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes.
Sandro Veronesi, Elena Pala
The Hummingbird Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 27th May, hb, £14.99, 9781474617468 Sophisticated and wise new novel by one of the masters of European literature.
Vendela Vida We Run the Tides Atlantic, 6th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786499585 Achingly beautiful and wickedly funny story of female friendship, betrayal and a mysterious disappearance set in the changing landscape of San Francisco.
Steven Vinacour, James Cottell Ted and His Time
Travelling Toilet: Tudor Tangle Award, 25th February, pb, £6.99, 9781782703853 Fun time-travelling adventure. Tudors, toilet humour, and learning— what’s not to love?
Lucy Vine Bad Choices Orion, 10th June, pb, £8.99, 9781409180913 One Day for female friendship. Funny and deliciously relatable fiction about female friendship and growing up from the number one ebook bestselling author of Hot Mess.
Heimito von Doderer, Vincent Kling (tr) The Strudlhof Steps NYRB Classics, 27th July, pb, £19.99, 9781681375274 The first English translation of an essential Austrian novel about life in postwar Vienna as seen through a wide cast of characters ranging from Prussian aristocrats to working- class folk.
Martin Vopenka My Brother the Messiah Barbican Press, 11th February, pb, £9.99, 9781909954472 New from a top Czech novelist. Set a century from now, the older brother of a messiah figure is left to spread his message in a drought- stricken Europe.
Tom Vowler Every Seventh Wave Salt, 15th February, pb, £9.99, 9781784632397 Gripping gothic thriller that evocatively sets its protagonists in a wild Cornish landscape.
Rebecca Wait Our Fathers riverrun, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529400069 Tender novel about fathers and sons. What kind of man kills his own family?
Alice Walker Meridian Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 8th July, pb, £8.99, 9781474622370 Moving story about one woman’s personal revolution as she joins the Civil Rights Movement. With a new introduction from Tayari Jones.
Harriet Walker The New Girl Hodder, 10th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529304046 She’s borrowed your life. But what if she decides to keep it?
GENERAL FICTION
Harriet Walker The Wedding Night Hodder & Stoughton, 8th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529304053 What do you do when the wedding of your dreams turns into a nightmare?
Karen Thompson Walker The Dreamers Scribner, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471173592 Imagine a world where sleep could trap you for days, for weeks, for months. From acclaimed author of The Age of Miracles comes a novel of family, secrets and sleep.
Ericka Waller Dog Days Doubleday, 11th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780857527233 Uplifting yarn about turning points, new beginnings and unexpected friendship. For fans of The Authenticity Project, Saving Missy and “Aferlife”.
Robert Walser, Tom Whalen Little Snow Landscape NYRB Classics, 16th February, pb, £12.99, 9781681375229 Collection of previously unpublished short prose by one of the most influential figures of 20th-century fiction.
Chris Walsh The Dig Street Festival Louise Walters, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781999630591 Surreal but poignant comedy about three men who set out to discover the meaning of life without leaving a fictional London borough.
Laura Maylene Walter Body of Stars Hodder Studio, 18th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529349191 Vox meets The Immortalists in this bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world where women own the future but not their own bodies.
Dawnie Walton The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Quercus, 20th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529414493 Poignant fictional oral history of a rock ’n’ roll duo who shot to fame in 1970s New York and the secret that lies at the peak of their stardom.
Mukoma wa Ngugi Unbury Our Dead With Song Cassava Republic Press,
18th May, pb, £15.95, 9781911115984 A love letter to African music, beauty and imagination.
Jack Wang We Two Alone HarperVia, 8th July, hb, £18.99, 9780063081789 Bold, and modern début short story collection in the vein of The Refugees, already praised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors.
Alan Warner Kitchenly 434 White Rabbit, 18th March, hb, £18.99, 9781474619530 Wistfully charming spin on the classic English Country House novel transposed to the late 70s. Comic fiction at its very finest by one of Scotland’s most celebrated literary figures.
Sylvia Townsend Warner Mr Fortune’s Maggot Penguin Classics, 25th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241476093 One of six novels from the author of Lolly Willowes, a droll and deeply affecting story of love and disillusionment on a remote tropical island.
Kawai Strong Washburn Sharks in the Time of Saviours Canongate, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786896513 Powerful début novel blends Hawaiian myth with the broken American dream.
Mark Watson Contacts HarperCollins, 22nd July, pb, £8.99, 9780008346997 Funny, wise, tender and deeply moving, Contacts is a beautiful story about the weight of loneliness, the importance of kindness and how it’s never too late to reach out.
Madeleine Watts The Inland Sea One, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781911590255 Fierce and beautiful novel about coming of age in a dying world.
Robert Webb Come Again Canongate, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786890153 Début novel—a time- travelling story of love and adventure—from the number one bestselling author of How Not To Be a Boy and star of “Peep Show”.
Alison Weir Six Tudor Queens:
February 2021–July 2021 37
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84
