GENERAL FICTION


The hilarious début of two siblings who navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and the tendency of their love interests to flee: Maori-Russian- Catalonian, as passionate as they are eccentric: Greta and Valdin.


Erich Maria Remarque, Brian Murdoch (tr) All Quiet on the Western Front Vintage Classics, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784879716 The anti-war novel to end them all.


Cathy Rentzenbrink Ordinary Time Phoenix, 11th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781474621175 An Anna Karenina for modern life, Ordinary Time is Retzenbrink’s wise and emotional new novel.


Stephen Reynolds The Afterthoughts Book Guild Publishing, 28th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781916668652 Unnamed narrator wakes suddenly to find himself in a compartment of a train he cannot remember boarding. His fellow passengers are both strange and familiar.


Diane Richards Ella Amistad Press, 20th June, hb, £20, 9780063338654 Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the greatest singer of the 20th century. Compelling and rich in historical detail, Ella is a remarkable début novel about an extraordinary woman.


début voices an unforgettable narrator.


Hugo Rifkind Rabbits Polygon, 2nd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781846976704 Long-awaited novel from columnist is a story of drugs, aristocracy, death and disputed inheritance in the 1990s.


Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison (tr) My Heavenly Favourite Faber & Faber, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571375493 A 14-year-old makes friends with the local vet who looks after her father’s cows in this electrifying work from a winner of the International Booker Prize.


Lia Riley Mister Hockey: A Hellions Hockey Romance Avon, 9th May, pb, £9.99, 9780063377530 Sparks fly between a hockey player with a dirty mouth and an awkward bookworm in this spicy hockey romance.


Len Rix (tr), Antal Szerb The Pendragon Legend Pushkin Press, 27th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805330660 Reissue of this riotous literary pastiche about a young Hungarian scholar who travels to an enchanted Welsh castle.


Tara Karr Roberts Wild and Distant Seas WW Norton, 9th February, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781324064886 Gorgeous debut laced through with magic that follows following four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures.


Zoe Richards The Garden of Her Heart UCLan, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916747043 After a brutal attack, Holly visits a retreat to work on her mental and physical scars and discovers an inner strength as her secrets are revealed.


Senta Rich Hotel 21 Bloomsbury, 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526650481 Sharp yet warm-hearted


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MJ Robotham The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux Aria, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781035901104 Fun and gripping faux- memoir book club read from an internationally bestselling author of historical fiction. Likely to win over fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.


Alexandra Roesch (tr), Stefanie vor Schulte Boy With a Black Rooster Te Indigo Press, 6th June, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781911648772 Can an 11-year-old boy succeed where others have failed? Can he recover a kidnapped child, disprove a false accusation or win a sleep- deprivation competition that has driven others mad?


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Monique Roffey Passiontide Harvill Secker, 16th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787303188 Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island. Exciting novel from Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.


Montserrat Roig, Julia Sanches (tr) The Time of Cherries Daunt, 14th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914198298 Spring, 1974. After 12 years abroad, Natàlia Miralpeix returns to Barcelona and her family. Change is in the air with revolution— sexual, political and artistic—simmering.


Domenica De Rosa One Summer in Tuscany Quercus, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529434361 Perfect holiday reading from author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway series written under the pen name Elly Griffiths. Previously published as Summer School.


Janine Rosche The Road Before Us Revell, 9th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780800742966 How far would you go to fix the mistakes you’ve made and regain the trust you lost? For Jade Jessup, the answer is 2,448 miles.


André Rostant The Muffin Man Palavro, 27th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781912092376 George is a Big Issue vendor in London’s Soho. He shares a unique insight into the local people and a stark analysis of social attitudes.


Hannah Rothschild High Time Bloomsbury, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526656834 Novel about high stakes and high jinxs set in the world of high art and finance. From the author of The Improbability of Love.


Bee Rowlatt One-woman Crimewave Renard Press, 24th April, pb, eb, £10, 9781804470763 Fast-paced, witty and scalpel-sharp, One-Woman Crimewave examines the limits of what money can buy and how easily the fragile web of middle-class privilege can be torn.


Jan Rozner, Julia Sherwood (tr), Peter Sherwood (tr) Seven Days to the Funeral


Karolinum, 19th April, pb, £19, 9788024656335 Fictionalised memoir of a leading Slovak journalist, critic, dramaturg and translator is a dissident’s deeply personal and unflinching view of Soviet oppression in Czechoslovakia in the wake of the 1968 invasion.


Aimie K Runyan The Memory of Lavender and Sage Harper Muse, 28th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781400237258 Dreamy escape into southern France tells the story of a young woman searching for a home and a family.


Salman Rushdie Victory City Vintage, 1st February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529920864 Epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence only to be consumed by it over the centuries.


Ian Russell-Hsieh I'm New Here Scribner, 1st February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781398522886 Scribner Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398530447 Hallucinatory thriller and masterclass in unreliable narration that positions Russell-Hsieh as one of the most exciting new authors in the UK.


Richard Russo Somebody's Fool Allen & Unwin, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838959616 Pulitzer Prize-winning author returns to the characters that captured the hearts and


imaginations of millions of readers in Nobody’s Fool and Everybody’s Fool.


Nawal El Saadawi Woman At Point Zero I.B. Tauris, 27th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780755651481 Firdaus, a female prisoner, tells a remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression.


Sunjeev Sahota The Spoiled Heart Harvill Secker, 25th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787304079 Sharp state-of-the-nation report with a deeply moving family mystery at its heart, set at the edge of the Peak District.


Celine Saintclare Sugar Baby Corvus, 2nd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838958206 From the high-rises of Canary Wharf to the turquoise pools of Miami Sugar, Baby is the most


shocking and intoxicating read of the summer.


James Sallis What You Were Fighting for No Exit Press, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798503 New collection of weird and intriguing tales from the author of Drive which reflect on his deep respect for classic science fiction, fantasy and crime stories.


Sasha Salzmann, Imogen Taylor (tr) Glorious People Pushkin Press, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781782279488 What did the disintegration of the Soviet Union feel like for those who lived through it? Award-winning Salzmann tells the story in a remarkable novel about two women.


Freya Sampson Nosy Neighbours Zaffre, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804182437 You can choose your home but you can’t choose who lives next door.


Julian Samuel Muskoka Guernica, 1st April, pb, £15.95, 9781771838771 A young man down on his luck meets the woman of his dreams in an adult education course.


Shannon Sanders Company One, 2nd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781911590989 Richly detailed, brilliantly woven début about the life and lore of one Black American family told in 13 distinct snapshots of their family gatherings.


George Sand,


Jane Minot Sedgwick (tr) François the Waif Renard Press, 26th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781804471029 Widely considered Sand’s masterpiece, this is the tale of a young orphan who is placed in rural foster care. Fresh edit of the original English translation.


Lydia Sandgren, Agnes Broome (tr) Collected Works Pushkin Press, 2nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781782278009 International bestselling début: a charged portrayal of gender roles and power in the guise of a tragicomic novel about marriage, friendship and family.


Lynsay Sands The Brat


Avon, 14th March, pb, £8.99, 9780063352148 In this classic medieval romance of sizzling passion, a loyal knight competes with a dangerous villain for the affections of King Edward III’s comely goddaughter.


Tony Santorella Bored Gay Werewolf Atlantic, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838957025 Directionless college dropout deals with sexuality, minimum-wage jobs, lunar cycles, toxic masculinity and the everyday perils of life as a modern werewolf.


Mohamed Mbougar Sarr The Most Secret Memory of Men Harvill Secker, 22nd February, hb, eb, £20, 9781787303713 The half-million-copy bestseller from a young Senegalese star, the first winner of the Prix Goncourt from sub-Saharan Africa.


Kate Sawyer This Family Coronet, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529340754 Ambitious novel of family life past and present from the author of the Costa Book Awards-shortlisted The Stranding.


Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Lisa Appignanesi (tr) Paradises Lost Europa Editions, 9th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781787704572 The beginning of a unique adventure—the tremendous challenge of recounting the history of humanity.


Genevieve Scott The Damages Verve, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308696 Sharp and propulsive novel set in motion by the disappearance of a student during an ice storm. Explores themes of memory, trauma, friendship and identity in a post-#MeToo world.


Manda Scott Any Human Power September, 16th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781914613562 For readers of Claire North and Neil Gaiman comes a groundbreaking novel about a family of activists at the centre of an uprising.


Francesca Segal Welcome to Glorious Tuga Chatto & Windus, 6th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781784745387 The destination read of 2024.


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