SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
has discovered and learnt about grief.
Matthew Lewis The History Hit Guide to Medieval England Hodder & Stoughton, 27 June, hb, £16.99, 9781399726139
General History “Fascinating” exploration of
the fractious relationship between England and France during the Medieval Period from the “History Hit” podcast.
July Lara Maiklem
Eve Smith How Was It for You? Picador, 20 June, hb, £16.99, 9781035024513
Biography & Memoirs
Taking a rare, punchy and provocative peep
behind the scenes of the sex industry, this memoir by a sex worker looks back on her 20-year career in a brothel, as an escort in a strip club, online and as a dominatrix.
Katherine Bucknell Christopher Isherwood Inside Out Chatto & Windus, 20 June, hb, £35, 9780701186388
Biography & Memoirs
This new biography, authorised by
Isherwood’s partner Don Bachardy, shows how Isherwood achieved a uniquely rewarding, inspiring personal life and “changed literature and the wider culture”.
Jean-Martin Bauer The New Breadline Profile Books, 27 June, hb, £20, 9781800812147
Current affairs
Said to be a ground- breaking analysis of the world’s hunger
crisis and its solutions, from a senior adviser to the World Food Programme.
Torsten Bell Great Britain? Bodley Head, 27 June, hb, £18.99, 9781847928146
Current affairs
Providing a much- needed antidote to the pervading sense
that Britain is going backwards rather than forwards, this rigorous diagnosis of the problems facing our country also provides a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future.
Kate Williams, James Oses (illus) The Royal Palaces Frances Lincoln, 27 June, hb, £25, 9780711269392
General History Spanning the last
500 years, Williams explores 30 buildings that have been occupied by the British monarchy, from Osborne House; to Hatfield House; to Glamis Castle, the inspiration for Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”.
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Mudlarking Seasons Bloomsbury Circus, 4 July, hb, £20, 9781526660756
Crafts, Hobbies & Pastimes
The author of the wonderful Mudlarking returns with a thoughtful
examination of her year.
Dean Atta Person Unlimited Canongate Books, 4 July, hb, £14.99, 9781838855659
Biography & Memoirs
This memoir by the award-
winning author of
the brilliant The Black Flamingo meditates on the power of reclaiming your body.
Vanessa Kisuule Human Nature Canongate Books, 4 July, hb, £16.99, 9781838857073
Popular Science The début work of
non-fiction by slam poet Kisuule is billed as a love letter to the musicians we adore and an unflinching look at the costs of hero worship.
Lucy Foulkes Coming of Age Bodley Head, 4 July, hb, £22, 9781847927293
Current affairs
In a “moving and empowering” book full of counter-
intuitive insights, Foulkes, an expert in adolescent psychology, draws on the latest studies and in-depth interviews to demystify adolescent behaviours.
Mark Hodgkinson Searching for Novak Cassell, 4 July, hb, £22, 9781788405164
Biography & Memoirs
Said to be an illuminating exploration into
the psyche of the sometimes controversial tennis player. From his war-torn beginnings in Serbia to rewriting tennis history, this book uncovers the player’s relentless pursuit for perfection.
Paula Akpan When We Ruled Trapeze, 4 July, hb, £22, 9781398719897
General History Historian Akpan
illuminates the reigns of 12 African queens and warriors from across the continent, explaining how they came to
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rule and influence the futures of their people.
Beth Lynch The Cove Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 4 July, hb, £18.99, 9781474606936
Travel Writing For more than 50 years the
author has been drawn back, over and again, to a rocky spot on the north Cornwall coast. This memoir is a lyrical meditation on returning; on change; on fear; on mortality, on haunting and being haunted; and on memory and love
Steve Johnson A Thousand Miles From Care William Collins, 4 July, hb, £20, 9780008592486
Biography & Memoirs
This “gripping and heartbreaking” story tells of the
author’s 30-year quest to uncover the truth about his brother Scott’s brutal murder.
Her Honour Wendy Joseph Rough Justice Doubleday, 4 July, hb, £22, 9780857529671
Law The author of Unlawful Killings, Old Bailey
judge Wendy Joseph KC asks questions of the institutions tasked to deliver what is right and fair, and looks at whether they are failing us.
Donald McRae The One We’ve Been Waiting For Simon & Schuster Non-Fiction, 4 July, hb, £22, 9781398504189
Sports & Gaming
The award-winning sportswriter tries to reconcile the
contradictions of hope and despair, salvation and ruin which lie at the murky heart of boxing: a sport he has followed for 50 years.
Tom Rosenthal Around the World in 80 Favours Coronet, 4 July, hb, £16.99, 9781399723817
Travel Writing After being told often that
he doesn’t live in the real world, actor and comedian Rosenthal embarks on a quest to make it all the way around the world just by trading favours.
Patrick Bishop Paris ’44 Viking, 4 July, hb, £25, 9780241492963
General History A heart- stopping
countdown narrative re-creating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic “hinge moments” of the Second World War.
Daniel Tammet Nine Minds Wellcome Collection, 11 July, hb, £20, 9781800811119
Biography & Memoirs
From one of Hollywood’s most beloved
comedians to a homicide detective, a pioneering surgeon
to a bestselling novelist, this new book by the author of Born on a Blue Day delves into the unique lived experiences of nine neurodiverse men and women.
Marianne Power Love Me! Picador, 11 July, hb, £16.99, 9781529057881
Psychology By the author of Help Me, a
“hilarious, eye-opening and honest” account of her quest to explore love in all its forms.
Jen Hadfield Storm Pegs Picador, 11 July, hb, £18.99, 9781529038026
Social & Local History
From the acclaimed poet, a love letter to Shetland and to a wilder way of living.
Kathryn Faulke Every Kind of People Fig Tree, 11 July, hb, £18.99, 9780241672488
Biography & Memoirs
Wonderful memoir of a home care worker, told
through her encounters with the overlooked and often marginalised people she cares for. Winner of the Mslexia Memoir Competition in 2021 for which I was a judge. Hurrah!
Grace Mortimer My Family Meals HQ, 18 July, hb, £20, 9780008647100
Food & Drink Delicious, affordable,
five-ingredient recipes perfect to feed your family is the billing for this latest book from Instagram favourite and author of My First Meals.
Michael Nott Thom Gunn Faber & Faber, 18 July, hb, £25, 9780571362523
Biography & Memoirs
In this authorised biography of the poet, the co-editor
of The Letters of Thom Gunn draws on letters, diaries, notebooks, interviews, and Gunn’s poetry to create a portrait of a maverick queer icon “as vital as the man himself”.
Jeroen De Bruyn, Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl Last Secret of the Secret Annex Simon & Schuster Non-Fiction, 18 July, BA, £9.99, 9781398518247
General History Written by her son, this is
said to be the extraordinary, never-before-told story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank’s closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex.
Lindsay Nicholson Perfect Bound HarperCollins, 18 July, hb, £20, 9780008685270
Professional & Careers
Part memoir, part how-to guide for living
from a former high-flying magazine editor who has
Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson Victor & Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium 404 Ink, 25 July, hb, £12.99, 9781912489930
Biography & Memoirs
Cumming and Masson reminisce about their years
as Victor and Barry on the 1980s comedy scene through never- before-seen photos and musings. Foreword by former Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Ipsita Agarwal With a Whistle in the Dark Seven Dials, 25 July, hb, £22, 9781841883571
Biography & Memoirs
The stories of three women central to the building of
India’s space programme. “They got Indian rockets to Mars, but faced cultural and gender barriers so immense, that by pursuing a life of science, they started a rebellion.”
Ralf Webb Strange Relations Sceptre, 25 July, hb, £22, 9781399713214
Biography & Memoirs
An investigation of masculinity, bisexuality and
queerness, routed through the lives and works of four mid-century writers: Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, John Cheever and James Baldwin.
Danny Sriskandarajah Power to the People Headline Non-Fiction, 27 July, hb, £20, 9781035414239
Current affairs
A call-to-arms for more active global citizenry by the
former c.e.o. of Oxfam. Diagnosing problems and proposing solutions, the book profiles instances of citizen power in action.
endured more than her fair share of tragedy and challenge.
Bel Hawkins, Lucy Blakiston Make It Make Sense Quercus Publishing, 18 July, hb, £16.99, 9781529434699
Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle
“Shit You Should Care About” was
launched as a WordPress blog by three friends in the back of a political science lecture. Today it has two podcasts and 3.5 million Instagram followers. The platform’s first book is a collage of cultural analysis, anecdotes, essays, poems and lists.
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