GENERAL FICTION


Greek Lessons Penguin, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241997062 Powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.


Joseph Kanon Shanghai Simon & Schuster, 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781398519770 Simon & Schuster Audio, 9th May, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398519800 From internationally bestselling author, a thriller set in Second World War Shanghai, a seductive and corrupt setting defined by wealth, crime and a dazzling nightlife.


Mary Karras One Night Beneath the Lemon Trees John Murray, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529345629 When the truth finally comes out it will have life-changing consequences for five Greek Cypriots in London.


Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (tr) The Kamogawa Food Detectives Pan, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035009596 Tender, heartwarming and deeply comforting, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the start of a beautiful series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.


Mieko Kawakami Ms Ice Sandwich Pushkin Press, 25th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781805331445 New edition of witty, moving story of adolescent love and loss from acclaimed writer of Breasts and Eggs.


Catrin Kean Lace Honno, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781912905744 Sequel to the prizewinning novel Salt, this is historical fiction based on the true- life experiences and struggles of Kean’s Jamaican great- grandfather and her Cardiff-born great-grandmother.


Jessie Keane Dead Heat Hodder & Stoughton, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399720946 Once, he loved her, now he is going to put her away for murder. Passion or duty? It's going to be a dead heat.


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Victoria Kielland, Damion Searls (tr) My Men Pushkin Press, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782279297 Darkly poetic, literary spellbinder plunges the reader into the inner life of America’s first female serial killer.


Ellie Keel The Four HQ, 11th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008580346 Powerful and sinister, this is the unmissable dark academia novel of the year. Fans of The Secret History and Mallory Towers.


Hans Keilson, Damion Searls (tr) Comedy in a Minor Key Pushkin Press, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782279761 Reissue of a masterfully taut modern classic about a young Dutch couple sheltering a Jewish man in their home during the Nazi occupation.


Marina Kemp The Unwilding Fourth Estate, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008637859 Muscular novel about power, family and things unsaid from the author of Nightingale.


Isabelle Kenyon The Dark Within Them Fly on the Wall Press, 28th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781915789174


Amber is hopeful about her new marriage and home in Mormon Lehi. But after the sudden death of her daughter, she discovers that the community will do anything to keep its secrets.


Yasmin Cordery Khan Overland Apollo, 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781801107389 Three young people join the hippy trail to India with devastating consequences. A study of 1970s youth, privilege and class from an exciting new voice in literary fiction.


Dame Fiona Kidman All the Way to Summer Gallic, 8th February, pb, £9.99, 9781913547646 Sometimes joyful, often devastating and always beautiful, All the Way to Summer is a searing account of love and loss from a pioneering feminist icon.


The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction


Angie Kim Happiness Falls Faber & Faber, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571371471 Heartwrenching, missing- person gripper about family, the pursuit of happiness and how far we go to protect the ones we love.


Crystal Hana Kim The Stone Home William Morrow, 23rd May, hb, £20, 9780063310971 Lyrical exploration of the legacy of violence and the complicated psychology of power.


Ijen Kim


In the Shadows Troubador, 28th February, pb, £12.99, 9781805143031 Compendium of topical stories offering different perspectives that transport the reader.


Kumi Kimura, Asa Yoneda (tr) Someone to Watch Over You Pushkin Press, 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781805330059 Unsettling short novel about strange connections fostered by the Covid pandemic. Part of Pushkin’s second Japanese Novella series.


Aline Kiner,


Susan Emanuel (tr) The Mirror of Simple Souls Pushkin Press, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782278320 Enrapturing story of love, jealousy and faith set in a community of independent women in medieval Paris.


Kimberly King Parsons We Were the Universe Atlantic, 4th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838951344 A young mother, in denial after the loss of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt and grief in much- anticipated darkly comic début.


Sophie Kinsella The Burnout Penguin, 20th June, pb, £9.99, 9781804990810 Unmissable standalone about the perils of burnout and the joy that


awaits someone who sets themself free.


Alexander Kluge, Alexander Booth (tr) Circus Commentary Seagull, 5th June, hb, £19.99, 9781803093246 Explores the madcap, multifaceted world of the circus through a global, geopolitical lens.


Eliza Knight The Queen's Faithful Companion William Morrow, 11th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063281011 Endearing story told from the unique viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth, the Keeper of the Queen’s dogs, and the Queen’s corgi.


Eliza Knight, Denny S Bryce Can't We Be Friends William Morrow, 25th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063282902 Brilliant novel uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the queen of jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe.


Ariane Koch,


Damion Searls (tr), Jonathan Pelham Overstaying Pushkin Press, 4th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781805330165 Isolated woman clashes with enigmatic visitor in this funny, jagged parable about alienation, difference and hospitality.


Dorothy Koomson Every Smile You Fake Headline Review, 15th February, hb, £16.99, 9781472298102 Don't believe everything you see in the heartstopping thriller from the grand dame of the big reveal.


Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet (tr) A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East Tuskar Rock, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800814592 Exquisite novel from one of the world’s greatest living writers, now in paperback.


Daniela Krien, Jamie Bulloch (tr) The Fire MacLehose Press, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529421408 In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Krien explores a marriage


where everything hangs in the balance.


Carolyn Kuebler Liquid, Fragile, Perishable Melville House, 9th May, pb, eb, £17.99, 9781685891091 Vivid and touching portrayal of the intricate web of relations and fate in a small New England town, told with interlocking storylines in a mesmerising début novel.


Damilare Kuku Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow Simon & Schuster, 18th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781398529564 Simon & Schuster Audio, audiobook, £14.99, 9781398529748 In this polyphonic family story Kuku continues to shine a light on Nigerian society, gender politics and the pressures put upon women, especially in the age of social media.


Hari Kunzru Blue Ruin Scribner, 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781398528918 Scribner Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398528932 From one of the sharpest voices in fiction a profound and enthralling novel about beauty, power and capital’s influence on art and those who devote their lives to creating it.


Aimee LaBrie Rage & Other Cages Leapfrog Press, 29th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781948585927 LaBrie offers lessons on grief, loneliness and relationships that examine what it means to be female in America. “Mordantly funny, eerily discomforting and unexpectedly wise”— Joyce Carol Oates.


Brianna Labuskes The Lost Book of Bonn William Morrow, 9th May, pb, £10.99, 9780063259287 Literary, themed historical novel from the author of The Librarian of Burned Books. In Germany in 1946 Emmy Clarke is a librarian, not a soldier.


Michael Ladner Mrs Woodbine's Prejudices EnvelopeBooks, 1st July, pb, £12.95, 9781915023193 Gentle satire in which the cultural assumptions of American suburbia in the 1960s are quietly pulled apart by encounters with outliers from very different backgrounds.


Tom Lamont Going Home Sceptre, 2nd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399727495 From award-winning journalist comes an exciting and tender début novel set in a Jewish community in North London that explores male friendship and fatherhood.


Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhoun (tr) The Leopard Vintage Classics, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784879648 Quarterbound Classic, bound to be beautiful.


Sarah Langan A Better World Titan, 2nd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781835410325 Absorbing and astute satirical thriller about a family’s odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it seems.


Alison Langley Budapest Noir Dedalus, 23rd February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915568427 The years 1945, 1956 and 1974 merge into 1991 and a nation is allowed to remember the dark days of its past and come to terms with its history.


Oliver K Langmead Calypso Titan, 2nd April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781803365336 Mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in SF. A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden.


Eirinie Lapidaki The Wives of Halcyon Legend Press, 15th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781915643193 Deceived and isolated by the husband they share, three women are forced to unite as danger mounts within their secluded religious community in Scotland.


Eric LaRocca The Trees Grew Because I Bled There Titan, 12th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803363776 The stories collected here are by turns confident, brutal and breathtaking. “Must-read horror”—New York Times.


Nella Larsen Quicksand Sterling, 2nd April, hb, £14.99, 9781454953074 A journey rife with autobiographical parallels


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