Highlights of the Season General History
Simon Jenkins A Short History of America
Viking, 6 November, hb, £25, 9780241747599
The USA celebrates its 250th birthday in 2026. How did this vast land, long inhabited by diverse indigenous cultures, come to be dominated by English speakers? How has it grappled with the stark contradictions between its ideals of liberty and the grim reality of genocide and slavery? Jenkins tackles these questions and more.
Hugh Sebag Montefiore Battle of the Arctic William Collins, 6 November, hb, £25, 9780008335779
Account of the conflict and naval battles that unfolded while Allied naval and merchant seamen, airmen, soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on the wartime commitment to Russia, passing through storms, snow, ice and Arctic mirages.
Dan Cruickshank The English House Hutchinson Heinemann, 13 November, hb, £25, 9781529152456
Cruickshank blends architectural and social history to create a series of “brilliantly observed” portraits of eight fascinating buildings that tell the history of the English house.
Tharik Hussain Muslim Europe Viking, 20 November, hb, £25, 9780241742822
Exploring the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, this ambitious history reveals that Islam is no sideshow to Western culture – but rather has been integral to its development over 1,400 years.
Social & Local History
John Davie Greek to Us Bloomsbury Continuum, 6 November, hb, £14.99, 9781399424790
“Learned but always entertaining” journey through the world of the Ancient Greeks, their extraordinary language and how it has shaped our own understanding of the world today.
Alistair Moffat The North Sea Canongate Books, 6 November, hb, £20, 9781837261222
Moffat traces the windswept story of the
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North Sea throughout British history and examines how it has shaped who we are and how we see ourselves.
Robert Elms Blitz Faber & Faber, 6 November, hb, £20, 9780571394180
The radio broadcaster and writer presents a history of the short-lived Blitz Club in London’s Covent Garden (which he himself frequented) and explains how it was the catalyst for a “countercultural blast against all that Thatcher’s leadership had ushered in”.
War & Military History
Mikhail Zygar The Dark Side of the Earth Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 11 November, hb, £25, 9781399609050
Billed as a monumental new narrative of the collapse of the USSR, showing how the great forces of history worked through individual lives to “condemn Russia to its present fate”.
Geoffrey Robertson Eyeless in Gaza Biteback Publishing, 13 November, hb, £20, 9781785909771
This “urgent and accessible book cuts through legal jargon to expose the truth”: atrocities are being committed daily in Gaza, with little fear of accountability, Robertson argues.
Humour, Novelty & Gift
John Crace The Bonfire of the Insanities Guardian Faber Publishing, 6 November, hb, £16.99, 9781783353156
This new serving of satire from Guardian columnist Crace “lights up a new chapter of governmental absurdity with mordant wit and caustic humour”.
Popular Science
Christine Webb The Arrogant Ape Abacus, 6 November, hb, £22, 9781408717721
Leading primatologist Webb challenges our belief in human superiority by revealing underappreciated wonders of non-human life – from the language of songbirds and prairie dogs, to the cultures of chimpanzees and reef fishes.
Susie White The Gardener and the Moth
Saraband, 6 November, pb, £8.99, 9781916812468
Learn how to create a garden that works both day and night for moths and butterflies, attracting stunning species and helping them to thrive.
Health, Self-Help & Parenting
Gareth Southgate Dear England Century, 6 November, hb, £25, 9781529958294
The most successful England men’s football manager of the past 50 years shares his thoughts and leadership secrets from his career in charge of the national team.
Mind, Body & Spirit
Frankie Castanea Ancestral Magic Orion Spring, 6 November, hb, £16.99, 9781398718814
This guide aims to help you discover the abundant energy that flows from tapping into the magic of folklore and
Andy Hall Warhammer Video Game Art
DK, 6 November, hb, £40, 9780241770986
“Definitive” celebration of the art that has defined Warhammer video games for three decades, for fans who want to delve into the creative process behind their favourite games.
Music
Evan Dando Rumours of My Demise Faber & Faber, 6 November, hb, £20, 9780571368600
From the clubs, the drugs and the ringing ears, to the fun, the fame and the fall – a “heady, candid” trip into the grunge- filled 1990s from the Lemonheads frontman.
Poetry
Joelle Taylor Maryville Bloomsbury Poetry, 6 November, hb, £14.99, 9781526680488
From the TS Eliot and Polari Prize-winning author, an innovative collection exploring the “scars, hopes and potentialities of dyke
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Bronwyn Haslam (trans) Hidden Guests Greystone Books,Canada, 6 November, hb, £18.99, 9781778402661
Part mind-bending medical mystery, part cutting-edge science, this uncovers the astonishing phenomenon of microchimerism: the presence of foreign cells inside our own bodies.
Religion
Ana Garriga, Carmen Urbita Convent Wisdom Bloomsbury, 4 November, hb, £16.99, 9781526680709 This “edifying” guide inspired by 16th- and 17th-century nuns offers timeless advice for modern life, proving that “no matter the era, nuns always know best”.
Gardening
tradition, and to build a deeper relationship with your own craft.
Sports & Gaming
James Pearce Walk On: How Arne Slot Led Liverpool to Premier League Glory HarperNorth, 6 November, hb, £20, 9780008774721
The “definitive” chronicle of Arne Slot’s debut season as the manager of Liverpool FC, filled with exclusive interviews and “unparalleled insight”.
Art & Antiques
Katy Hessel How to Live an Artful Life Hutchinson Heinemann, 6 November, hb, £16.99, 9781529155204
Find daily inspiration for every day of the year in this “joyful” collection of quotes and ideas from artists, brought together by the author of The Story of Art Without Men.
Cinema & TV
counterculture and the queer underground”.
Conservation & Environment
Val McDermid Winter Hodder & Stoughton, 20 November, hb, £16.99, 9781399743136
McDermid has always had a soft spot for winter, apparently. So now she takes us on an adventure through the season, from the frosty streets of Edinburgh to the windblown Scottish coast, from Bonfire Night and Christmas to Burns Night and Up Helly Aa.
Natural History & Pets
Amelia Thomas What Sheep Think About the Weather Elliott & Thompson, 13 November, hb, £16.99, 9781783969234
Could we ever learn to listen and understand what animals are trying to say? Thomas pursues the answer, determined to better listen to her own menagerie (a horse, pony, chickens, dogs, cat, mice, goat and pigs) as well as the experts she interviews.
Katherine Parker, Christopher Parker The Mycelial Healer Chelsea Green Publishing, 18 November, pb, £26.95, 9781645022817
Said to be a groundbreaking and comprehensive exploration of ancestral and Indigenous medicinal uses of mushrooms and their cultivation, covering mycelial networks from the perspective of whole human health.
Travel Writing DK
Along the Ramayana Trail DK, 6 November, hb, £30, 9780241787847
An “unforgettable and transformative” cultural and spiritual journey across the heart of India and Sri Lanka, tracing the path of the epic Ramayana across sacred geographies.
Business & Economics
Mike Bird The Land Trap Hodder & Stoughton, 6 November, hb, £25, 9781399733670
In this book for “anyone who wants to see beyond markets and money
to the hidden game being played out on the ground beneath our feet”, the Economist’s Wall Street editor reveals how fortunes have been built - or destroyed - all on the bedrock of land.
Literature & Criticism
William Golding, Tim Kendall (ed) William Golding: The Faber Letters Faber & Faber, 6 November, hb, £60, 9780571374427
In 1953, Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies was rescued from a “slush pile” of unsolicited manuscripts by a new young editor at Faber & Faber. It went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Over the next 40 years, that editor, Charles Monteith, worked closely with Golding on each of his novels. These letters tell the story of their remarkable collaboration.
Ella Risbridger In Love with Love Sceptre, 6 November, hb, £16.99, 9781399749220
From Jane Austen to Jilly Cooper, regency romance to cowboys, vampires and fanfic, a “smart, funny, loving” defence and celebration of romantic fiction.
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War & Military History
Al Murray, James Holland World in Peril Headline Book Publishing, 30 December, hb, £25, 9781472296504
From Alamein to Barbarossa, the war on China to Stalingrad, Holland and Murray delve into the forgotten, hidden and little explained aspects of the war, in the first book to tie in with their podcast of the same name.
Humour, Novelty & Gift
Vex King Deep Meaningful Conversations with Yourself
Bluebird, 4 December, hb, £22, 9781035064243
Grow your self- compassion and
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