GENERAL FICTION


locals talking—and with good reason.


Monica McInerney Spin the Bottle Welbeck, 20th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781787397118 Lainey Byrne is juggling a hectic job, a boyfriend and a family with more than its fair share of dramas. A funny story about love, letting go, friendship and families.


Phoebe McIntosh Dominoes Chatto & Windus, 7th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784744892 Tender, smart, conversation-starting love story that explores questions of identity and the legacy of the slave trade in 21st-century Britain.


Erica McKeen Cicada Summer WW Norton, 26th July, pb, eb, £13.99, 9781324073819 A woman, her grandfather and her lover quarantine in the remote lakeside wilderness— where their world splits apart at the seams.


Oisin McKenna Evenings and Weekends Fourth Estate, 9th May, hb, £16.99, 9780008604172 Are you just living for the evenings and weekends?


Elizabeth McKenzie The Dog of the North Fourth Estate, 15th February, pb, £9.99, 9780008561451 Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.


Andrew McMillan Pity Canongate, 8th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838858957 Début novel from award- winning poet explores community, masculinity and post-industrialisation in northern England.


Luna McNamara Psyche and Eros Orion, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398712867 Hotly anticipated retelling in which the god of love is pricked by his own cursed arrow and falls for a spirited mortal woman.


Fiona McPhillips When We Were Silent Bantam, 2nd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787637375 Upmarket thriller about a woman who finally gets the chance to speak out against her elite Dublin school to expose a culture of silence, corruption and abuse of power.


Rachel McRady Sun Seekers Verve, 28th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308634 Six-year-old Gracie Lynn breaks her grandfather out of his nursing home on a quest to chase the sun. Illuminating début about memory, storytelling and a family uniting in crisis.


Coco Mellors Blue Sisters Fourth Estate, 23rd May, hb, £16.99, 9780008622992 From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein.


Paul Mendelson Any Lengths to Please Te Book Guild, 28th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916668119 Entertaining compendium by Bafta-nominated screenwriter and acclaimed novelist, humorous and often touching stories to whet any appetite.


Dinaw Mengestu Someone Like Us Sceptre, 27th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781444793796 The son of Ethiopian immigrants seeks to understand a hidden family history and uncovers a past coloured by loss, addiction and an enduring emotional pull towards home.


Elvin James Mensah Small Joys Scribner, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398514911 Sensational début novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places.


Emily Merrill The Dating Equation HarperNorth, 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008621858 Penny Webber has never had a boyfriend but she’s about to launch a new dating app with her best friend. What could possibly go wrong?


Gabrielle Meyer For a Lifetime Bethany House, 25th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764239762 Grace and Hope are twins born with the ability to cross time between 1692 and 1912. They know in which timeline they will settle until an unthinkable tragedy complicates things. A Timeless novel.


Olivia Milburn (tr), Jicai Feng The Enemies of Art Sinoist, 2nd February, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781838905521


Rare story of friendship in the overlooked artistic environment of China at the end of the 20th century.


Kirsten Miller Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books HQ, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008654269 Gripping and inspiring contemporary novel. From the author of The Change comes a yarn about banning books and those brave enough to stand up against censorship.


Meredith Miller Fall River Honno, 21st March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781912905980 Mesmerising smalltown drama packed with intrigue. Past and present relationships collide in multiple narratives.


David Mitchell Cloud Atlas Sceptre, 7th March, hb, eb, £30, 9781399725996 New edition of evergreen bestseller celebrating 20 years of a groundbreaking achievement in storytelling.


Akira Mizubayashi, Alison Anderson (tr) Fractured Soul HarperVia, 23rd May, pb, £10.99, 9780063093676 Awarded the Prix des libraires by France's booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss.


Eugenio Montale, Oonagh Stransky (tr), Marla Moffa (tr), Jonathan Galassi Butterfly of Dinard NYRB Classics, 14th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781681378169 Fifty autobiographical short stories about childhood, life in Italy around the Second World War and growing old in Milan by the celebrated winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature.


Suzie Miller Prima Facie Hutchinson Heinemann, 14th March, hb, £16.99, 9781529153644 From Suzie Miller, the Olivier Award-winning playwright of Prima Facie, this is her first novel, where power, patriarchy and morality diverge.


AA Milne The Rabbits Farrago, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788424592 The adventures of a group of friends, pre-war, with far too much time on their hands.


Dolki Min, Victoria Caudle (tr) Walking Practice HarperVia, 14th March, pb, £9.99, 9780063258624 A radical literary sensation from South Korea about an alien’s hunt for food that transforms into an existential crisis about what it means to be human.


Yukio Mishima The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea Vintage Classics, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784879723 “A major work of art”—Time.


LM Montgomery The Blue Castle Union Square, 22nd February, pb, £9.99, 9781454951506 Valancy Stirling decides to stop listening to her nosy, small-minded relatives and start doing exactly as she pleases. A Rediscovered Classic with a bold, contemporary message.


Georgina Moore The Garnett Girls HQ, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008506377 Sunday Times bestselling début novel is powerful and big-hearted in its exploration of love, sisterhood and what it means to be a home.


Susanna Moore The Lost Wife Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399612548 Drawn partly from a true story, The Lost Wife is a searing novel about a devastating Native American revolt and a woman caught in the middle of the conflict.


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Hold Back the Night Manilla Press, 9th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781804181379 Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down. Then she receives a phone call which plunges her deeper into the past.


Jennifer Moorman The Magic All Around Harper Muse, 29th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781400240487 Sometimes a family treasure hunt unfurls new paths in life. This enchanting tale of mothers and daughters, home and love will open readers’ eyes.


Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus Vintage Classics, 4th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781784879662 A Vintage Quarterbound Classic.


Kate Morton Homecoming Pan, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529094084 Epic, multi-generational mystery novel from the author of The House at Riverton and The Lake House.


Greg Mosse The Coming Storm Moonflower, 24th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916678002 Hotly anticipated sequel to Sunday Times Thriller of the Year The Coming Darkness. Ex-special agent Alexandre Lamarque tackles an even greater global threat in this fast-paced, cli-fi nail-biter.


Tom Muir Scottish Folk Tales of Coast and Sea Te History Press, 4th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781803992051 Collection of Scottish coastal folk tales.


Neel Mukherjee Choice Atlantic, 4th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781805460497 From Booker-shortlisted author a devastating novel that exposes the myths of individual choice.


Niamh Mulvey The Amendments Picador, 18th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529079852 The story of three Irish women and their struggles to find love, meaning and freedom during enormous social and cultural change as Ireland invokes a series of abortion referendums.


Simon Mundy Flagey in Winter Hay Press, 24th February, pb, eb, £10, 9781804470930 Comedy of manners takes place in the European Parliament, in bars where love and politics rub shoulders and in the Italian Dolomites.


Ram Murali Death in the Air Atlantic, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781805460008 Atlantic Fiction’s lead début for summer, a deliciously sly whodunnit set in a world-class spa in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.


Kiyoko Murata, Juliet Winters Carpenter (tr) A Woman of Pleasure Footnote Press, 7th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781804440889 From Akutagawa Prize- winning author comes a sparkling historical novel about the courtesans whose strike brought down a red-light district.


Grainne Murphy Greener Legend Press, 18th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915643377 Novel exploring the changing dynamics of friendships. In finding a new identity as adults, can we hold on to the friends who knew us as we used to be?


Mike Murphy Witham 'N' Blues Cranthorpe Millner, 26th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803781952


Humour runs riot in this pleasing exploration of the music, history and other-worldly quirks of Lincolnshire. Artfully mixes elements of truth with fictional (and not so fictional) characters.


Monica Murphy Crave and Torn: The Billionaire Bachelors Club Avon, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063383012 Two spicy romances in the Billionaire Bachelors Club series in one volume.


Kate Murray-Browne One Girl Began Phoenix, 18th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399613651 Immersive, transporting narrative about three women connected by the same building across three different moments in time.


JF Murray Hitched Macmillan, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529098716 “Bridesmaids” meets “The Hangover” in the uproarious romcom of the year from the author of Fling.


Alan Murrin The Coast Road Bloomsbury, 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526663702 From an astonishing new


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