GENERAL FICTION


talent, a first novel about two women in a small Irish community in 1994, the year before divorce was made legal.


David Musgrave Lambda Europa Editions, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781787704657 Chilling dystopia exploring AI technology and migration.


Ola Mustapha Other Names, Other Places Fairlight, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914148316 Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie is caught between cultures. Years later, as she seeks independence and a new life, she must reflect on her dysfunctional childhood.


Jenny Mustard Okay Days Sceptre, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399713504 Naoise Dolan meets “500 Days of Summer” in this smart, sexy and spiky modern love story, from début novelist and influencer.


Iris Mwanza The Lion's Den Canongate, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838859923 Remarkable first outing from Zambian American writer. In 1990s Lusaka a young lawyer must fight for a teenage sex worker accused of crimes “against the order of nature”.


Benjamin Myers Cuddy Bloomsbury, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526631466 Triumphant novel from the Walter Scott Prize-winning author of The Gallows Pole and The Offing.


Vladimir Nabokov Pale Fire Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 30th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781474620871 “Such a beautiful and mysterious book”—Zadie Smith. Nabokov’s 999-line poem written by the reclusive genius John Shade.


Joanna Nadin My Teeth in Your Heart UCLan, 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916747142 Cyprus, 1974. With war on the horizon and tensions brewing, can Anna navigate her complex relationship with George or will her family continue to seek answers forever?


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Shi Naian, JH Jackson (tr), Edwin Lowe The Water Margin: The Outlaws of the Marsh Tuttle, 12th April, pb, £24.99, 9784805317877 Epic tale set in 12th-century Imperial China and one of the earliest and greatest masterpieces of Chinese fiction.


Cho Nam-joo Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories Scribner, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398522930 Stupendous new work from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. Eight women, eight stories, one reality.


Ann Napolitano Hello Beautiful Penguin, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241998496 Can love make a broken family whole?


Shi Naseer The Cry of the Silkworm Allen & Unwin, 6th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838959661 Tight coming-of-age tale of a grief-stricken girl in turn-of-the-century China that reveals the devastating consequences of the one-child policy.


Caleb Azumah Nelson Small Worlds Penguin, 16th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241996041 Exhilarating and expansive story about fathers and sons, faith and friendship, from the writer of Open Water.


Dawn Nelson Stories of the Sun Te History Press, 7th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781803990958 Ways to connect with the sun through story, folklore and journal extracts to inspire a deeper connection with the earth.


Tom Newlands Only Here, Only Now Phoenix, 13th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399607896 Formidable fresh talent chronicles the brilliant mind of a teenage girl with ADHD as she navigates family and opportunity in post- industrial Scotland.


Catherine Newman Sandwich Doubleday, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780857529923 From the author of We All Want Impossible Things a humorous novel with an unexpected punch about being sandwiched between growing children and ageing parents and the power of change.


The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction


Sandra Newman Julia Granta, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781783789160 Bold retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four that goes beyond Winston Smith's story to finally reveal what life in Oceania was like for women.


David Nicholls You Are Here Sceptre, 23rd April, hb, eb, £20, 9781444715446 A story of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.


Jesse Norman The Winding Stair Biteback, 16th May, pb, £9.99, 9781785908606 Epic tale of jealousy and intrigue in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.


Freya North The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne Welbeck, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781802793000 Eadie travels to where she once lived for a funeral. As she journeys from present to past, she contemplates all that was then and all that is now.


Rodrigo Maltez Novaes (tr), Leonardo Garzaro The Guardian of Names SRL, 30th April, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781915073365 Originally published in Brazil, a novel focusing on the first of human activities: naming.


Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman The Warlock Effect Hodder, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529364811 Creators of the international smash-hit play and film “Ghost Stories” return with a playful thriller.


Joyce Carol Oates Zero-sum Fourth Estate, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008609801 Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America’s most acclaimed writers.


Tea Obreht The Morningside Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781399619899 The author of The Tiger’s Wife with a story about a young girl and the mysterious residents of a luxury tower block in a dying world.


The Estate of Bridget O'Connor After a Dance


Sparks of Bright Matter Leeanne O’Donnell Eriu, 11th April, hb, eb, audio, £16.99, 9781804184127 In Georgian London alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious book, the Mutus Liber. When it is stolen by light-fingered Sukie, so begins a thrilling, dangerous hunt.


John O'Farrell Family Politics Doubleday, 14th March, hb, £20, 9780857529770 Very funny political satire for voters of any hue. O’Farrell explores a divided household in a divided country that has to learn to live together.


Andrew O'Hagan Caledonian Road Faber & Faber, 4th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780571381357 From the author of Mayflies an irresistible, state-of-the-nation novel and the story of one man’s epic fall from grace.


Chioma Okereke Water Baby Quercus, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781529425406 Beautiful coming-of-age tale based on the real settlement of Makoko in Nigeria. For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.


Joseph O'Neill Godwin


Picador, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035024896 Visceral and entertaining collection of stories from celebrated author and screenwriter.


Aiwanose Odafen We Were Girls Once Scribner, 25th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781398506169 Scribner Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398506206 From the author of Tomorrow I Become a Woman, an ambitious, moving novel that charts three women’s shifting relationships against a volatile Nigeria in the 1990s and beyond.


Fourth Estate, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008284046 The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African football prodigy who might change their fortunes.


Tommy Orange Wandering Stars Harvill Secker, 21st March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787304550 Deeply moving novel about the pain of generational trauma and the ways in which beauty might still be found.


George Orwell Burmese Days HarperCollins, 9th May, pb, £12.99, 9780063344365 Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, Orwell’s first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule.


Sharon Dodua Otoo, Jon Cho-Polizzi (tr) Ada's Realm MacLehose Press, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529419047 Playful, immersive and highly imaginative début in which the stories of four women in four centuries converge in the here and now.


Helen Oyeyemi Parasol Against the Axe Faber & Faber, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571366620 New from Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author, a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague in a story as dazzling as it is effortless.


Nicolas Padamsee England is Mine Serpent's Tail, 11th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800819511 Urgent first novel set in multicultural London which takes the reader on a frightening journey into online radicalisation.


Libby Page The Lifeline Orion, 25th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781398708457 Fans of Page’s smash debut, The Lido, will love this follow-up novel about two women who find solace in wild swimming, friendship and community.


Mia Page Bookishly Ever After Avon, 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008587345 Sick of dating apps, Lexi turns to the classic novels on her bookshelves for inspiration. Will she find her perfect boyfriend?


Bobby Palmer Small Hours


Headline Review, 14th March, hb, £18.99, 9781035402656 Eagerly awaited novel from author of critically acclaimed début Isaac and the Egg.


Soraya Palmer The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts Serpent's Tail, 8th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788168410 Dizzying début weaving together Caribbean myth and the contemporary story of multiple generations of one immigrant family.


Erin Palmisano The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna Headline Accent, 23rd May, pb, £10.99, 9781035407262 Charming first outing about good food, friendship and unexpected love has a touch of magical realism about it.


Helen Paris The Invisible Women's Club Penguin, 14th March, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781804991084 Ignored. Overlooked. But they are about to prove everyone wrong. One woman’s journey from invisibility to being seen once more as she strives to save her beloved community allotment.


Chris Parker The Celebrant Chiselbury, 1st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916556027 Jack Morgan is a celebrant, quizzer, joke- writer and psychic medium who shares his home with the ghost of a murdered prostitute. He commits to hunting down her killer.


Chris Parker Protector Chiselbury, 15th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781916556256 Raphael Ward is protecting the real Shroud of Turin, imprinted with the image of the resurrected Mary, Jesus’ mother. The Church needs to reclaim it and maintain this secret.


Suzanne Park One Last Word Avon, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780063216099 Empowering and laugh- out-loud funny, a remarkably relatable story about a woman in tech who learns to fight for what she wants in life and love.


Ioana Parvulescu, Alistair Ian Blyth (tr) Jonah and His Daughter


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