GENERAL FICTION
described as a Norwegian Anne Tyler.
David Fletcher The Radio Ham Matador, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781805142454 In the 22nd century, Sidney is one of the few people in the world with access to ham radio.
Susan Fletcher The Night in Question Bantam, 18th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787637412 When life becomes a mystery it’s never too late to turn detective. Absorbing whodunnit which also looks at and celebrates one woman’s extraordinary and inspiring life.
David Foenkinos, Megan Jones (tr) Second Best Gallic, 11th July, pb, £9.99, 9781913547745 Playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish we had led might not be all they are cracked up to be.
Christine Anne Foley Bodies John Murray, 4th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781399807203 Sharp and subversive début about a young woman navigating complex and coercive relationships with men and fighting to regain control in any way she can.
Carlos Fonseca, Megan Mcdowell (tr) Austral MacLehose Press, 25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529422610 Dazzling meditation on memory by one of the most innovative and powerful new voices in contemporary Latin American literature.
Theodor Fontane, Hugh Rorrison (tr) Effi Briest Pushkin Press, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805331599 Exceptional translation of Fontane’s masterpiece about a woman torn between her heart and social convention. A great 19th-century novel of adultery to stand beside Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary.
Hanako Footman Mongrel Footnote Press, 8th February, hb, £16.99, 9781804440438 “Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise”— Wiz Wharton. A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling.
Rebecca Frayn Lost in Ibiza whitefox Publishing, 18th April, hb, £14.99, 9781915635761 Offers an intimate meditation on family dynamics, set against the larger canvas of an island
Richard Ford Be Mine Bloomsbury, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526661784 From Pulitzer Prize winner the final excursion into the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature.
Kate Forster The Honeystone Village Diaries Orion, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398717855 For fans of Helen Rolfe and Heidi Swain The Honeystone Village Diaries is an enchanting novel about the lives and loves of a sleepy English village.
Nev Fountain The Fan Who Knew Too Much Titan, 28th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803365527 Launching a new series, a podcaster and cult science fiction superfan stages a documentary to solve her friend’s murder and a 40-year-old disappearance.
Megan Frampton Her Adventures in Temptation Avon, 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063224292 “Make Megan Frampton your next read"—Sarah MacLean. Frampton’s deliciously tempting School for Scoundrels series continues and Simeon Jones has a secret.
Mariel Franklin Bonding Picador, 27th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035016570 Addictive, shrewd and devastating début novel about the unlikely consequences of a uniquely modern love triangle.
utopia that teeters on the brink of environmental catastrophe.
Hideo Furukawa, David Boyd (tr) Slow Boat Pushkin Press, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805331414 Startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez. Part of our Japanese novella series showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing.
Alan Garner The Voice That Thunders Fourth Estate, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780008672201 Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area that has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas in his books.
Alan Garner Strandloper Fourth Estate, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780008672232 No information at time of going to press.
Helen Garner Monkey Grip Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399606783 The novel that launched the career of one of Australia’s greatest writers follows the doomed infatuations of a young, single mother enthralled by the excesses of Melbourne’s late-’70s counterculture.
Helen Garner The Children's Bach Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399606820 Sparkling family novel set against the bohemian underground of 1980s Melbourne from one of Australia’s greatest writers.
Ewan Gass Clinical Intimacy Doubleday, 25th July, hb, £16.99, 9780857529602 Told through a dozen distinct voices circling around an elusive man, this books asks if we are the story we tell about ourselves or the tales others narrate?
Gauz, Frank Wynne (tr) Comrade Papa MacLehose Press, 4th July, pb, eb, £12, 9781529414455 Utterly absorbing, panoramic novel spanning two centuries and shining light on French colonialism in Cote d'Ivoire.
Mike Gayle
A Song of Me and You Hodder, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529344806 Emotions you will never forget, stories you will want to share.
Jessie Gaynor The Glow Tinder Press, 6th June, pb, £10.99, 9781035404209 Desperate publicist tries to save her career by turning a retreat centre and leader into the hot new self-care brand. Début comic novel about the wellness industry.
Brett Gelman The Terrifying Realm of the Possible Dey Street, 9th May, hb, £22, 9780063315976 Daring, hilariously neurotic literary début from the acclaimed actor and comedian of Stranger Things, Fleabag and Twin Peaks.
Jessica George My Name is Maame Hodder, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529395617 Funny, honest and heartbreaking, My Name is Maame is the most moving début with a heroine readers will never forget.
Louisa Ghevaert The Gene Editors Troubador, 28th February, pb, £10.99, 9781805142416 Fiction based on the result of four years’ research into biotechnology, genetics and genomics, the creation of the world’s first gene-edited babies, infectious diseases and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Alessandro Giardino, Joyce Myerson (tr), Alessandro Giardino (tr), Ara Merjian The Caravaggio Syndrome Rutgers University Press, 12th April, pb, £14.99, 9781978839496 Leyla is a Brooklyn-born art historian at a prestigious upstate college. She meets young technician Pablo and quickly becomes pregnant. There is only one problem: she cannot stand him.
Sarah Gilmartin Service One, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911590828 New in paperback: the conversation-starting novel about power and consent in the pressure cooker of a high-end restaurant.
Jennie Godfrey The List of Suspicious Things Hutchinson Heinemann, 15th February, hb, £14.99, 9781529153293
A beautiful and poignant début novel which follows the journey of Miv as she collates a list in an attempt to catch the Yorkshire Ripper.
Nikolai Gogol, Oliver Ready (tr) And the Earth Will Sit on the Moon Pushkin Press, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805330332 Iconic short stories from the Russian master of satire in a strikingly modern translation.
James Goodhand The Day Tripper
Natalia Ginzburg, Beryl Stockman (tr) Family and Borghesia Daunt, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914198847 Novellas that feel like a departure from Ginzburg’s portrayal of postwar Italy as they grapple with the domestic pressures of a country’s loosening of social rules.
Sinead Gleeson Hagstone Fourth Estate, 11th April, hb, £16.99, 9780008626648 Haunting début novel from popular Irish bestseller.
Eva Glyn The Dubrovnik Book Club One More Chapter, 14th March, pb, £9.99, 9780008648114 In a tiny bookshop in Dubrovnik Old Town a book club begins.
Kara Gnodde The Theory of (not Quite) Everything Pan, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529096385 Utterly delightful reminder that the bonds of family and calculations of the heart are determined to follow a logic all of their own.
Black and White, 21st March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781785305931 The right guy, the right place, the wrong time.
Victoria Gosling Bliss & Blunder Serpent's Tail, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788165020 Breathtakingly fresh retelling of the King Arthur legend for the 21st century.
Georgi Gospodinov The Story Smuggler Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 15th February, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781399623117 Some smuggle cigarettes or alcohol, others weapons, but for the International Booker Prize-winning novelist Gospodinov, the most dangerous contraband is carried by writers as they move stories across borders.
Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Rodel (tr) The Physics of Sorrow Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399623131 Author of Time Shelter presents a kaleidoscopic “novel of beginnings” in which a man can wander uninvited into other people’s memories.
Andrew Goss Cold Coffee in Asmara Te Book Guild, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668300 Traumatised aid worker arrives in north-east Africa in the hope of finding a sense of peace among a gentle people rebuilding their lives after a prolonged war.
Janet Gover Lawson Sisters HarperAus, 11th April, pb, £10.99, 9781867218395 Family, fortune and holding on to what counts. Compelling story of family, secrets and second chances from an award-winning new voice in Australian fiction.
Holly Gramazio The Husbands Chatto & Windus, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784745356 Brilliantly original and astute début examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options.
Madeleine Gray Green Dot Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399612760 A story about the terrible allure of wanting
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