BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
27th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529094893 Compelling, drily witty and, at times, incredible account of life as a diagnosed sociopath from a music manager who retrained as a therapist.
What a Girl Wants Roxy Bourdillon 17th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781035037155 Warm and relatable, What a Girl Wants is a coming-of-age memoir by the editor of Diva, the world’s biggest magazine for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people.
Brazen
The Women Are Not Fine Hope Reese 13th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781840918403 The untold story of the women behind the greatest mass poisoning of the 20th century.
Bare Lorna Tucker 13th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781914240737 If A Million Little Pieces were entirely true and written by a woman.
Broadside Books
The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk Dennis Kneale 13th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780063381261 Admiring portrait of the entrepreneur from the former CNBC host and Forbes editor.
Calon
Loud Medicine James Kennedy 15th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781837600076 The music industry as never seen before—from the bottom. Kennedy takes the reader on a tour through the hidden lives of the everyday musician.
Raider: The Raymond Chester Story Jon Gower 27th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781915279941 The thrilling life of the Oakland Raiders legend.
Canbury Press
Ultra Women Lily Canter, Emma Wilkinson 22nd May, hb, eb, £20, 9781914487071 Women now often beat men in ultra-endurance events. Two journalists explore the physiological and psychological battle of the sexes and meet the gutsy women who
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triumph despite society’s expectations.
Canongate
Person Unlimited Dean Atta 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838855680 Intimate meditation on bodies, age and self- acceptance from the author of The Black Flamingo.
All of Us Atoms Holly Dawson 8th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781805301479 Urgent excavation of the self in a remarkable memoir of the moments of becoming that form a life. Heralds the arrival of a major literary voice.
The Dry Season Melissa Febos 5th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781837260096 Examination of Febos’ year of celibacy as well as the solitude, the freedoms and the feminist heroes she discovered. A wise and transformative look at relationships.
Your Wild and Precious Life Liz Jensen 13th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837260225 Beautiful and honest memoir about family grief and ecological breakdown.
3 Shades of Blue James Kaplan 13th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781837260379 The story of jazz, told through the journeys of three towering artists— Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans.
These Heavy Black Bones Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell 5th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837260652 Brave and beautiful memoir written by the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain reflects on race, identity, trauma and power with visceral vulnerability.
The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews Adam Biles (ed), Sylvia Whitman, Adam Biles 5th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781837260690 Illuminating collection of interviews between the prestigious Shakespeare and Company bookshop and the best writers of our time.
Homework Geoff Dyer
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
22nd May, hb, eb, £20, 9781837261987 First memoir from author of Yoga for People Who Can’t be Bothered to Do it recollects his childhood and coming of age in postwar Britain.
Bitter Crop Paul Alexander 13th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837262434 Revelatory look at the tumultuous life of jazz legend and American cultural icon Billie Holiday.
The Acid Queen Susannah Cahalan 5th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781838857424 Previously untold story of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who played a critical role in bringing psychedelics into the mainstream until her audacious exploits forced her into the shadows.
Casemate
The Battlin’ Bastards of Bravo Melissa Ziobro 15th February, hb, £29.95, 9781636244839 In their own words, the men of Bravo Company, 1/506th, 101st Airborne, share their Vietnam War.
Leatherneck Warrior Richard D Camp 1st April, hb, £29.95, 9781636245065 From platoon commander at Belleau Wood through the Pacific War and Korea to becoming the 20th commandant of the Marine Corps in 1952, Lemuel Shepherd was the consummate Leatherneck.
Exterminating Isis Brennan S Deveraux 1st May, hb, £29.95, 9781636245225 Personal memoir of deployment with the strike cell that hunted America’s enemies in Iraq using cutting-edge technology.
The Loyalist Experience and Aftermath in Revolutionary Philadelphia Kimberly Nath 15th March, hb, £29.95, 9781955041102 New narratives on the lived experience of the Revolutionary War through five case studies that explore the spectrum of loyalist experiences in Revolutionary Philadelphia.
Grave Dealings Tim Dewysockie 15th July, pb, £19.95, 9781955041126 A history of the secret
cadaver trade in America’s first capital city of Philadelphia.
Cassell
Bitch Invasion Karen Dobres 31st July, hb, eb, £22, 9781788405881 Female-focused NFL memoir from a model who disrupted the whole ethos of the football patriarchy.
Century
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe James Patterson 31st July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529928471 Drawn from rigorous research, this true crime title tells the story of Monroe’s extraordinary life and explores the shocking circumstances of her death.
Big Dunc Duncan Ferguson 8th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781529939286 They don’t make footballers—and football autobiographies—like this any more: the brutally honest, riotously enter- taining story of the Everton legend and Premier League bad boy.
Take Care Lindsey Burrow 27th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781529941333 Memoir full of love and hope from the wife of a Leeds Rhinos star and fundraiser for MND.
Chatto & Windus
I Want to Talk to You Diana Evans 6th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781784744243 Crafted over 25 years, I Want to Talk to You invites readers into a conver- sation about literature, art, identity and every- thing in between.
Firstborn Girls Bernice L McFadden 6th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781784744427 Astonishing, intimate and powerful memoir by the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Sugar.
Chiselbury
Ascent of a Woman Mhairi Blyth 1st March, hb, eb, £20, 9781916556652 Tells of one woman’s life, littered with trauma and abandonment, and her journey through over- coming immense personal loss.
With All My Soul Pamela O’Cuneen 15th April, hb, eb, £18, 9781916556676 Australian woman who fell in love with an Irish Catholic priest against a backdrop of 1970s England. A story of faith in God, forbidden love and choices that define our lives.
Christian Focus
Helen Roseveare Helen Roseveare 13th May, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781527111394 All three volumes of Roseveare’s autobiography combined for the first time. With a foreword by John and Noel Piper and an introduction and afterword by Betsy Childs Howard.
C Hurst
Russia’s Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark 20th February, hb, eb, £25, 9781911723943 Intrepid reporter’s fast- paced investigation into the extraordinary life of Viktor Bout, the much- mythologised Russian fixer known as the “Merchant of Death”.
Coronet Books
Greedy Guts Gina Tonic 6th March, hb, £20, 9781399728690 Irreverent and candid memoir about growing up fat, working class, queer (and Welsh) from Polyester editor.
Cranthorpe Millner
Dear Mr Snippet Roseanna Rolph 15th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803782751 Wartime conversation chronicles a newlywed couple’s parallel yet contrasting lives during the Second World War through handwritten letters, diary entries and photographs.
Quacks
Ahmed Handy 20th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803782867 Shining a light on the eccentricities of junior doctors in the NHS, Quacks is filled with stories that will elicit laughs and gasps in equal measure.
Crown
Enough Melissa Arnot Reid
What a Fool Believes Michael McDonald, Paul Reiser 3rd July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780063357570 Evocative sweep of a story from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer McDonald.
Duckworth
Understorey Anna Chapman Parker 1st May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780715655689
1st April, hb, £25, 9780593594087 Searching memoir by celebrated climber reflects on a journey of over- coming Everest only by traversing the dark crevasses of the soul.
Dalkey Archive Press
Dead as Doornails Anthony Cronin 19th June, pb, £14, 9781628974676 First published in 1976, Cronin’s story brings back into print a true classic of Irish memoir that analyses the frustrations and anthologies of this generation.
Daunt Books
I Remember Joe Brainward, Olivia Laing 3rd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781917092234 An enduring gem, this autobiography is a literary and artistic cult classic.
Daunt Originals
Lifeblood Mina Holland 19th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917092081 Touching memoir of caring for a baby with a rare and life-threatening illness. A profound story of learning to look beyond the normal and cherish the precious present.
Dey Street Books
American Girl, American Dreams Jane Petty 8th May, hb, eb, £25, 9780063046191 For the first time, music legend Tom Petty’s spouse and muse of 25 years opens up about their intimate, shared lives.
Life’s Too Short Darius Rucker 17th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780063238756 Raw and heartfelt memoir from three-time Grammy– winning, Diamond-selling lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish.
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