GENERAL FICTION
the romantic lives of others. Persuasion 2930
Filled with Jane Austen’s trademark wit, this is both a delightful romantic comedy and a surprisingly subversive exploration of our need to persuade, and be persuaded by, others. Sense and Sensibility 2954 The Dashwood sisters spar good-naturedly over the merits of full-blown emotionalism versus reticence and self- discipline in matters of the heart.
Jane Austen Lesley Castle Renard Press, 24th April, pb, eb, £5, 9781804470961 Written when Austen was just 16, these pages are stuffed with the wit and biting satire associated with her name. With an introduction by GK Chesterton.
Emily Austin Interesting Facts About Space Atlantic, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781805460848 Warm, witty and wise novel for anyone who has ever worried that they might be a terrible person.
Uchenna Awoke The Liquid Eye of a Moon Scribe, 13th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781915590077 Début novelist’s funny and rich coming-of-age story that explores a taboo yet still practised Nigerian caste system. For readers of We Need New Names.
SERIES
Te Lillys Xio Axelrod Sourcebooks Casablanca, 6th February, pb, £8.99, 9781464219 Follows an all-female band on the brink of breaking out. This diverse cast of characters play hard and love harder—no matter the price.
2: Girls With Bad Reputations 603
Babas, Katherine Gregor (tr) How to Train Your Human HarperVia, 23rd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780063336483 Winsome new way of looking at the complex relationship between cats and people through the eyes of one erudite and attentive Italian gatto.
Tessa Bailey The UK Au Pair Affair Avon, 18th July, pb, £9.99, 9780063374195 Number one New York Times bestselling author returns with another sports romcom about a giant, surly single dad who falls head-over- hockey-stick for his quirky, live-in nanny.
Tessa Bailey Fangirl Down Avon, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063374201 Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance duology with a story about a bad boy professional athlete who falls for his biggest fan.
Ekta Bajaj, Vini Bhati (ed) Let the Fish Fly One World, 3rd April, pb, eb, £12.50, 9781739221454 Ten short, mystical, and profoundly transformative stories interwoven across diverse global settings, all enveloped within a larger narrative.
Gerbrand Bakker, David Colmer (tr) The Hairdresser's Son Scribe, 13th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781914484728 From the award-winning Dutch author a novel about a barber’s quiet life disturbed by his mother’s volunteer work and a writer who prods him to consider his past.
Emma Bamford Eye of the Beholder Simon & Schuster Fiction Audio, 6th June, audiofile, eb, £14.99, 9781398519725 Modern reimagining of Hitchcock’s classic “Vertigo”.
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Isabel Banta Honey Zaffre, 4th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781804184165 Début novel reimagines the pop stars of the millenium, who we idolised and hated, oversexualised and underestimated, giving them the fresh, multifaceted story they deserve.
One Hour of Fervour Muriel Barbery Gallic Books, 16th May, hb, £16.99, 9781913547608 From the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a family story with a difference, a novel about the decisions one makes and the fate they determine.
Eleanor Barker-White My Name Was Eden HarperNorth, 14th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008586935
HarperNorth lead début for 2024, this high- concept book-club thriller is inspired by the author’s own experience of Vanishing Twin Syndrome.
Zahra Barri Daughters of the Nile Unbound, 13th June, pb, £9.99, 9781800183124 Bold multi-generational début exploring themes of queerness, revolution and Islamic sisterhood.
Ada Barume Love Overboard Avon, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008686307 When feisty chef Sophia and strait-laced captain Jack are thrown together as the crew for a luxury yacht it is anything but smooth sailing.
Maria Bastaros, Kevin Gerry Dunn (tr) Hungry for What Daunt Books Originals, 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914198687 Exceptional collection of feminist, darkly comic short stories, from a voice new to the English language, focusing on the terror and claustrophobia of normality.
Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (tr) Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird Pushkin Press, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782279037 From the author of the viral hit Tender is the Flesh ferociously powerful short fiction about the
darkest aspects of human nature.
Jonathan Bazzi, Alice Whitmore (tr) Minor Bodies Scribe, 8th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915590466 From the author of Fever a striking coming-of-age novel about a young gay man that honours homosexual love with all the complexity that is so often reserved for heterosexual narratives.
Amy Beashel Spilt Milk HarperNorth, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008526467 What is the worst thing a mother could say? What if the husband found out about it in the national press? And what if the mother did not regret it?
Sophie Beaumont The Paris Cooking School Ultimo Press, 4th April, hb, £16.99, 9781761152863 For two women one April will change the course of their lives. A delectable novel about love, hope and the perfect strawberry tart, this is a treat for the soul.
Anton Du Beke The Royal Show Orion, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398710177 New historical novel from a favoured entertainer.
Alice Bell Displeasure Island Corvus, 2nd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838958435 Delightful follow-up to Grave Expectations. Another playful, contemporary, cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Ben Aaronovitch.
Andy Bell Sovereign Territory Biteback, 4th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781785908699 Political thriller set in the heart of Westminster by the ITN political editor.
Celia Bell The Disenchantment Serpent's Tail, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788169936 Two women in 17th-century Paris are drawn into the volatile and mysterious Affair of the Poisons after a bid to keep their passionate romance a secret results in deadly violence.
Celia Berggreen Counting in Danish Cranthorpe Millner, 28th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781803782133
Months after her twin sister’s tragic death, Jess makes the brave decision to travel to Denmark in search of their birth father, a journey they had dreamed of making together.
Ella Berman Before We Were Innocent Aria, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035900381 Electrifying, coming-of- age story about the intense friendships and mistakes of youth. Upmarket reading group at its best—beautiful to read with a suspenseful mystery at its heart.
Maeve Binchy Scarlet Feather Orion, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398721159 They have a shared dream but not everyone wants them to succeed. “I literally could not put the book down”—Sunday Express.
Estelle Birdy Ravelling Te Lilliput Press, 9th May, pb, eb, £16, 9781843518648 Explosively original début novel set in Dublin’s Liberties channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city.
Katie Bishop The Girls of Summer Penguin, 23rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529177060 Conversation-starting début from an incredible new talent explores themes of consent and power, abuse and victimhood, memory and how victims can reclaim their voices.
Sarah Bernstein Study for Obedience Granta, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803510019 Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, a powerful, compressed masterwork that explores questions of complicity, power and devotion from one of Granta magazine's Best of Young British Novelists 2023.
Sophie Berrebi The Sharing Economy Scribner, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398515581 Frank and fresh literary début about the dawn of dating apps in Amsterdam.
Maylis Besserie, Cliona Ni Riordain (tr) Jessie Lightfoot: La Nanny De Francis Bacon Te Lilliput Press, 13th June, pb, eb, £14, 9781843518884 In the final of Besserie’s Irish-French trilogy Francis Bacon confronts the boundaries between the real and the imagined.
Katharine Beutner Killingly Corvus, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838959258 Gothic, historical thriller about female ambition, based on the unsolved, real-life disappearance of a university student in 1897. For fans of Camilla Bruce, Stacey Halls and Sarah Waters.
Sharon Blackie The Long Delirious Burning Blue September, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914613463 Soaring début novel about breaking free from the past and learning to live truly in the present from the author of word-of- mouth bestseller If Women Rose Rooted.
Louise Soyara Black Darkness Falls in Jakarta Muswell Press, 4th July, pb, £10.99, 9781739471644 Virginia Prize winner’s third novel offers family secrets, guilt and absolution. Can revisiting the past ever lead to redemption?
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Stephanie Bishop The Anniversary Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781474626156 With a stay-up-all-night plot and breathtaking prose this is the story of a marriage and a death.
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