GENERAL FICTION


something that promises nothing and the tumultuous journey we take in deciding who we want to be.


Chris Green Takeout Sushi Neem Tree Press, 2nd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915584311 Collection of illustrated, quirky short stories exploring the trials and tribulations of daily life in contemporary Japan. Written by a first-time British author living there.


Jocelyn Green The Hudson Collection Bethany House, 30th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764239649 Fate takes an unexpected turn when Elsa Reisner is assigned to catalogue a bequest to the American Museum of Natural History and find a missing relic.


up in smalltown New England fight to protect their home, their bodies and their dreams as the Civil Rights movement sweeps the nation.


Virginie Grimaldi A Good Life Europa Editions, 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781787705098 Sisters Emma and Agathe have not spoken for five years. Will a week be enough to fill the void between them? An emotional, uplifting novel.


John Grisham The Exchange Hodder, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399724869 Riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of the world's bestselling author.


Serkan Görkemli Sweet Tooth and Other Stories University Press of Kentucky, 14th May, pb, £23, 9781985900202 Görkemli weaves together interconnected narratives of four Turkish characters searching for clarity, love and acceptance amid social change. Queerness, labels and allyship are central themes in this moving collection.


Paul Gregg Backstage Without a Pass Whitefox, 7th March, hb, £24.99, 9781915635723 Unique insight into the inner workings of the colourful world of live entertainment.


Xanthe Gresham-Knight Herba Mythica Te History Press, 23rd May, hb, eb, £20, 9781803995724 Compendium of myths, legends and folk tales celebrating the power of herbs and plants from a range of contributors across the world of storytelling.


Anne Griffin The Island of Longing Sceptre, 8th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529372052 Haunting, exquisitely written story of enduring love that asks the reader: Would you ever give up on trying to find your child if they vanished without a trace?


Rachel Eliza Griffiths Promise John Murray, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399809832 Two Black sisters growing


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Guy Gunaratne Mister, Mister Tinder Press, 29th February, pb, £10.99, 9781472250254 From the Booker Prize- longlisted author of In Our Mad and Furious City comes an explosive exploration of British identity.


Priya Guns Your Driver is Waiting Atlantic, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838954284 An electrifying battle cry against the gig economy and a fierce début on love, privilege, anger and revenge from a blazing, unstoppable talent.


Huzama Habayeb, Kay Heikkinen (tr) Before the Queen Falls Asleep MacLehose Press, 15th February, pb, eb, £10, 9781529415650 Daring drama about a Palestinian family, told with love, wisdom and black humour.


Munir Hachemi, Julia Sanches (tr) Living Things Fitzcarraldo Editions, 19th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804270875 Genre-bending, literary


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eco-thriller follows four graduates whose summer plans to work abroad take a sinister turn.


Garth Risk Hallberg The Second Coming Granta, 4th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781803511078 Intimate epic about a teenage girl and her father as they navigate love, grief, addiction and rebirth. From the author of City on Fire.


Louisa Hall Reproduction Scribner, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398522466 A Frankenstein for the 21st century, the Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted author of Trinity and Speak.


Anne Hamilton The Almost Truth Legend Press, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915643704 When Alina’s son Fin traces his long-absent birth father it is the catalyst for decades of secrets to implode in Alina’s neatly ordered life. Compelling yarn.


Jo Hamya The Hypocrite Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 25th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399613224 From the author of Three Rooms comes a novel about a father and a daughter, about generational divides and whether one should bite one’s tongue out of love.


Yeji Y Ham The Invisible Hotel Atlantic, 7th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781805460336 A literary horror about the consequences of the Korean War, a woman’s quest to find the truth about her country, and an inheritance that she is just beginning to understand.


Rosie Hannigan The Sunrise Swimming Society Avon, 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008599140 Heather, Niamh and Lauren are estranged best friends. Will their return to sunrise swimming heal each of them?


Griffin Hansbury Some Strange Music Draws Me in Daunt Books Originals, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914198762 Hansbury explores the dangerous forces that often must be escaped to survive.


Kate Hardie This is Where We Live Fourth Estate, 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9780008559304 Astonishing, inventive début novel for readers of Daisy Johnson and Rachel Yoder's Nightbitch.


Iman Hariri-Kia The Most Famous Girl in the World Sourcebooks Landmark, 7th June, pb, £12.99, 9781728270616 How do you prove a glamorous fraudster’s guilt when sheis a popular influencer and your sources keep dying under mysterious circumstances?


Mary Liza Hartong Love and Hot Chicken William Morrow, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9780063304796 Début of a dynamite new voice, Love and Hot Chicken is a spicy hilarious Tennessee story about family, friendship and two girls in love.


Megan Hastings, SA Harrison A Referendum on Debra and Other Planets WriteSideLeft, 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781739699369 Sasha, Mike and shy young Jacob have a new home. All is well. Until 23 June 2016, when paradise is interrupted.


Lara Haworth Monumenta Canongate, 4th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781805301967 Groundbreaking début charting a diverging family’s reunion at their childhood home, requisitioned for demolition to make way for a monument to a massacre.


Lorraine Heath In Want of a Viscount Avon, 11th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063114715 How far would an abandoned son go to get revenge? Bestselling author’s next novel in The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction series where the price is always high.


Sue Heath The Secret Ingredient HarperCollins, 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008535681 She’s baking her way back to happiness one recipe at a time.


Mary Annaise Heglar Troubled Waters Harper Muse, 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781400248117


In heartfelt, lyrical prose, celebrated author weaves an unforgettable story of the enduring power of family, Black resistance and the climate crisis.


Katherine Heiny Games and Rituals Fourth Estate, 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008395179 Eleven glittering stories of love both ridiculous and sublime.


Cristina Henriquez The Great Divide Fourth Estate, 14th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008607982 Breathless historical novel following the incredible construction of the Panama Canal and casting light on the unsung people who lived and laboured in its shadow.


Sally Hepworth Darling Girls Pan, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035038879 Thrilling page-turner by New York Times bestselling author about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder.


Moa Herngren The Divorce Manilla Press, 4th July, hb, £16.99, 9781786583741 pb, £14.99,


Judith Heneghan Birdeye Salt, 15th May, pb, £10.99, 9781784633264 Shows us what the hippy dream looks like 50 years on when the secrets which were masked by free- spirited nonconformism force their way to the surface.


Rachel Heng The Great Reclamation Tinder Press, 28th March, pb, £10.99, 9781035406340 Set against a backdrop of a changing Singapore, this is a sweeping novel about one boy’s unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and country.


Calla Henkel Scrap Sceptre, 14th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399719339 An artist's commission turns into a hunt for a murderer as a struggling painter becomes obsessed with a wealthy family who seem to be hiding a violent secret.


David Henningham, Harpreet Kalsi (illus) Foulness Henningham Family Press, 31st May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781916932012 pb, eb, £12.99, 9781916932029 It is 1957 and a crewman aboard a Russian jet photographs Foulness island in Essex. The photograph starts a chain reaction that traces the trajectories from Victorian imperialism to the Cold War.


9781786583758 Together for 30-odd years, Bea and Niklas live a comfortable life in Stockholm.


Ronan Hession Ghost Mountain Bluemoose Books, 23rd May, hb, £17, 9781915693136 Fable-like novel about a mountain that appears suddenly and the way in which its manifestation ripples through the lives of characters in the neighbouring community.


Rosie Hewlett Medea Bantam, 21st March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787637290 Dark, feminist retelling that boldly reclaims the myth of the most formidable and feared witch in Ancient Greece.


Elin Hilderbrand The Five-star Weekend Hodder, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399710022 After tragedy strikes five unlikely friends at different stages in their lives gather in Nantucket to spend an unforgettable weekend together.


Victoria Hislop The Figurine Headline Review, 18th July, pb, £9.99, 9781472263940 Multimillion bestseller returns with the captivating tale of one woman's quest to come to terms with her family's brutal past.


Faith Hogan The Guest House by the Sea Aria, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803282558 People come to the guest house for the fresh air and scenic views. But if they’re


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