Biography & Memoirs
Long-awaited autobiography from one of Britain’s most talented writers. Elton has lot of stories to tell and he tells them unvarnished and uncensored because that is who he is.
A deeply moving story—and the hard- earned life lessons—of Holocaust survival as well as the joy, hope and tolerance that can still blossom from within.
Manchester University Press
She Played and Sang Gillian Dooley 2nd September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781526192301
Explores the music books of Jane Austen’s family, granting us a deeper understanding of the writer’s artistic prowess and the influences that shaped her literary masterpieces.
Frankly
Nicola Sturgeon 14th August, hb, eb, £28, 9781035040216
Intimate memoir from Scotland’s first female first minister and former leader of the SNP reflects on her life at the forefront of Scottish and British politics.
Youngs at Heart Ben Youngs 25th September, hb, eb, £25, 9781035069200
Fascinating life and career of England’s most capped player, Leicester Tigers’ legendary scrum half.
Hope in Action Sanna Marin 6th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781035060979
Marin, the world’s youngest prime minister when she took office in Finland, shares her inspiring path to leadership and her vision for a new way of running a country.
Shot Ready Stephen Curry 11th September, hb, eb, £40, 9781035012596
Remarkable memoir encapsulating Curry’s philosophies for life, work, basketball and the nature of high performance and success.
Semi-well-adjusted Despite Literally Everything Alyson Stoner
14th August, hb, eb, £22, 9781035086559
Actor-dancer’s revelatory memoir will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose and mental health in a digital age.
Let’s Make Things Better Gidon Lev, Julie Gray 15th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035044023
Autumn/Winter 2025 Mariner Books
Only God Can Judge Me Jeff Pearlman 4th December, hb, eb, £25, 9780063304574
Pearlman turns his sharp eye and meticulous storytelling to one of pop culture’s most enduring and enigmatic figures— Tupac Shakur—to give the definitive retelling of his life. Complete with explosive, new details.
Jules Verne and the Invention of the Future Laurence Bergreen
28th August, hb, eb, £25, 9780063320543
Exploration of the life and influence of Verne, whose daring and prescient imagination sparked a lasting transformation of modern society and technology.
Water Mirror Echo Jeff Chang 23rd October, hb, eb, £28, 9780358726470
Cultural biography, both sweeping and intimate, of the legend Bruce Lee, set against the extraordinary, untold story of the rise of Asian America.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard Martyn Bond 16th September, pb, £31, 9780228026297
Timely and capitivating, this biography explores a remarkable life and revisits the impetus and origins of a unified Europe.
McNally Jackson Books
The Diaries of Felix Platter Felix Platter, Stephen Greenblatt
15th January, pb, £12.99, 9781961341685
Peaky Blinders 6th November, hb, £25, 9781789298376
Official companion volume to the show
Platter’s journals from 1552-1557 vividly reveal Renaissance life through his experiences as a medical student as they capture the era’s texture, intimacy and charm in rare detail.
Mercier Press
Somewhere Cold Geraldine Osborne 26th September, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781781178775
In 1989, an Irish doctor, her husband, and their three young children moved to the Arctic. Somewhere Cold recounts their year facing -40°C temperatures, polar bears and months of darkness.
Meyer & Meyer Sport)
The Lionel Messi Story Luciano Wernicke 20th November, pb, £16.95, 9781782552901
A dive into Messi’s background examines his beginnings, his struggles to reach the top and his thoughts on his soccer career.
Michael O’Mara Books
with new and exclusive interviews and insider access over all six series.
Mirror Books
Slave Girls: Hanna Louise Allen 28th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439091
Reveals the shocking, modern-day scandal of County Lines—the single most dangerous form of systematic child abuse prevalent today. Hanna’s story is the second in the series.
Behind the Scenes Cheryl Fergison 28th August, hb, eb, £22, 9781917439251
EastEnders actress brings her extraordinary life to paper for the first time, detailing the highs and lows.
Undefeated Samantha Walker- Roberts, Ann Cusack
14th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439299
Walker-Roberts was abused all her life but never gave up hope. Devastated at the failures of the judicial system, she launched the “You have not defeated me” campaign for grooming victims.
For My Boys Claire Throssell, Michelle Rawlins
9th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439329
Heartbreaking story of a mother who lost her sons to an abusive husband. This is her fight to save countless others.
Winston and the Windsors Andrew Morton
9th October, hb, eb, £25, 9781789297041
Rich narrative of not only how Winston Churchill befriended kings, queens, princes and princesses but also how his association with the crown shaped Britain.
Wild At Heart Jules Hudson 23rd October, hb, eb, £22, 9781917439343
A familiar face on TV for decades, Hudson has appeared in Escape to the Country and Countryfile. This is her first memoir.
I’m Still Here Amanda Barrie 11th September, hb, eb, £22, 9781917439367
The Cleo in Carry on Cleo and the ever popular Alma in Coronation Street tells her whole story for the first time in a book released to coincide with her 90th birthday.
That English Girl Stevie Chaplin 25th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439381
Colourful history by a former district nurse paints a portrait of rural Wales in the 1980s.
Hear Me
Liz Hubbock 25th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439404
A memoir about childhood neglect, sexual abuse and living in care. But it is also a rousing story of resilience and survival.
War Babies Chris Manby, Simon robinson
6th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917439480
Gives voice to the children who survived a war and tells their stories.
Monoray
White Male Stand-up Alan Davies 9th September, hb, eb, £25, 9781800962576
Startlingly honest memoir by comedian and the author of Just Ignore Him.
Mountain Leopard Press
27 Beats Per Minute Henk Proepper, Emma Rault (tr)
28th August, pb, £12.99, 9781035426843
Dazzling ode to life, literature and Paris, a city that even during the emptiness and desolation of the pandemic will always be magnificent.
Muswell Press
Told through essays of one woman’s experiences undergoing fertility treatment and how she finds solace in writing, art and the world around her.
New York Review Books
East of Dreams Nastassja Martin, Sophie Lewis (tr)
13th January, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781681379340
Displaced after the fall of the Soviet Union, an indigenous family works to reclaim their former self-sufficient way of life. Lyrical work of anthropology and colonial Russian history.
Northwestern University Press
Selected Stories Alexander Fomich Veltman, James J Gebhard (tr) 15th November, pb, £21.99, 9780810149328
Five tales of social satire from a forgotten sensation of 19th-century Russian literature.
Foxes for Everybody Catherine Pierce 15th January, pb, £18.99, 9780810149533
Gives voice to the marvels, fears, absurdities and astonishments of parenthood.
Notting Hill Editions
The Threshold and the Ledger Tom McCarthy
9th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912559671
Exploration of a single poem by Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann published on the eve of the centenary year of her birth.
NUS Press
Queer Life, Queer Love Karen McLeod (ed), Matt Bates (ed), Kate Beal (ed), Sarah Beal (ed), Paul Burston
6th November, pb, £12.99, 9781738452859
The best of queer writing from around the globe. Humorous, serious, autobiographical and revelatory—all aspects of the queer experience are reflected in this sparkling collection.
Neem Tree Press
Palingenesis Sue Hann, Becky Purton (illus) 18th September, pb, £10.99, 9781915584366
In the Shadow of the Khmer Rouge Muy Lang Lim, David Chandler 24th September, pb, £21.99, 9789813253049
Compelling memoir written by a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia.
NYRB Classics
Borges Adolfo Bioy Casares, Valerie Miles (tr), Daniel Martino (ed)
2nd December, pb, eb, £23, 9781681377544
The two titans of Latin American letters, Casares and Jorge Luis Borges, discuss their shared
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