Highlights of the Season
Mind, Body & Spirit
Theresa Cheung Moon Power Thorsons, 26 February, hb, £16.99, 9780008798987
In this illustrated gifty guide, dream decoder and astrologer Cheung explores the science of the moon’s impact on thoughts, emotion, sleep and energy levels with the aim of helping you “embrace the power of the moon to manifest your best life”.
Art & Antiques
Katharine Stout, Jennifer Higgie, Frances Morris Rose Wylie Royal Academy of Arts, 9 February, hb, £30, 9781915815224
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy, London in 2026, this book brings together leading authorities on Rose Wylie’s work and many of her distinct images.
Thames & Hudson, 26 February, hb, £25, 9780500031018
In which Tracey Emin talks about painting: what it is, why she does it, why it matters.
Cinema & Television
Scott Meslow A Place Both Wonderful and Strange Faber & Faber, 24 February, hb, £20, 9780571393886
The first complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, told through “fascinatingly detailed” reporting and exclusive interviews with the show’s cast and creators.
Dance, Drama & Theatre
Sir Roger Deakins Reflections Cassell, 12 February, hb, £40, 9781788406659
One of the most lauded cinematographers of all time returns with a “truly unique” visual memoir in which he tells his life story through his most famous films, including The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Fargo, Blade Runner 2049 and No Country for Old Men.
Photography
Martin Parr Global Warning Phaidon Press, 15 February, hb, £34.95, 9781837291540
Sarah Howgate (ed), David Dawson, Bella Freud, Tanya Bentley, Catherine Lampert, Isabel Seligman, Colm Tóibín Lucian Freud National Portrait Gallery, 12 February, hb, £40, 9781855148154
Published for a major National Portrait Gallery exhibition, this traces Freud’s lifelong focus on the human face and form, tracing the intimate dialogue between his sketches and paintings from the 1930s to the early 21st century.
The late, great Parr “puts the world to rights” in this comprehensive catalogue of five decades of his photographs, published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition at Jeu de Paume in Paris.
Poetry
Karen McCarthy Woolf Unsafe Bloomsbury Poetry, 12 February, pb, £12.99, 9781526666994
The third collection from firebrand poet, essayist and editor McCarthy Woolf, whose volumes Bittersweet and Kin introduced a generation of readers to Black British poets in the 1990s.
Conservation & Environment
Fred Pearce Despite It All Granta Books, 12 February, hb, £14.99, 9781803513621
Martin Gayford My Heart Is This
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Environmental journalist and author Pearce has been reporting from the frontline of climate change for more than four decades and what he has seen has “given him
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reason for cautious hope”. In this new book he offers us seven reasons to feel a bit more positive about the future of the planet.
Jeevan Vasagar The Surge Mudlark, 26 February, hb, £22, 9780008766450
Highlighting both the devastating impacts of humanity’s battle against rising waters and the hope to be found in innovative solutions, a “timely, gripping” account of our responses to flooding over the centuries and how we can adapt and survive in future.
Computers & The Internet
Keza MacDonald Super Nintendo Guardian Faber Publishing, 12 February, hb, £20, 9781783353057
Written with access to the senior team at Nintendo, an enjoyable and nostalgia-provoking exploration of the game company and cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon.
Gender Studies
Alev Scott Cash Cow HarperCollins, 26 February, hb, £22, 9780008724948
Nancy Birtwhistle Clean Magic One Boat, 26 February, hb, £15.99, 9781035084739
This latest book of household tips from the ever-excellent Birtwhistle includes budget and environmentally friendly advice for dealing with everything from stubborn sun-cream stains to slippery-path cleaning.
Business & Economics
The global fertility industry is rapidly growing, hugely profitable and morally complex. So says the author of this penetrating three-part investigation into how desire, desperation and commerce intersect and the impact this has on individual women. The book stemmed from Scott’s own experience of the murky world of black-market breastmilk.
Sociology
Kaf Okpattah Scam Nation William Collins, 12 February, hb, £16.99, 9780008603076
“Rising star” investigative journalist Okpattah presents a “revelatory” look into the seedy world of cybercrime, revealing how scamming has become Britain’s most prevalent crime. He also explains how to be prepared when the scammers come for you.
Biography & Memoirs
Peter Ackroyd Auden Reaktion Books, 1 March, hb, £25, 9781836391722
Tracing the poet’s influences, travels and intellectual engagements, this illuminating new biography by Ackroyd invites us to view Auden’s poetry through personal, political and philosophical lenses, and captures his genius both as a historical witness and an enduring poetic voice.
Andy Beta Cosmic Music White Rabbit, 5 March, hb, £30, 9781399626217
This first full-length biography of jazz musician and spiritual guru Alice Coltrane – widow of the more famous John – is based on extensive research and scores of new interviews. “One of the most forward-looking yet misunderstood artists of the last 50 years.”
Naz Shah Honoured Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 March, hb, £22, 9781399628471
The MP for Bradford West was forced into an arranged marriage at the age of 15. When she was 20, her mother was convicted of murdering her partner, and Shah was instrumental in securing her release from prison. In this remarkable, utterly admirable memoir, she relates how she found her voice and political calling against almost impossible odds.
Jess Mills We Are Each Other Leap, 5 March, hb, £18.99, 9781785124709
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Beth Gardiner Plastic Inc. Monoray, 26 February, hb, £22, 9781800962521
From the Gulf Coast of Texas to rural Indonesian villages, an “extraordinary” exposé of the plastic industry’s relentless growth, its huge profits, its toxic pollution and its hidden role in exacerbating climate change. Environmental journalist Gardiner also uncovers the hidden health crisis caused by chemicals in the items we use every day.
Academic History
Trevor Warmedahl Cheese Trekking Chelsea Green Publishing, 17 March, BA, £19.95, 9781645022985
Chronicling the author’s travels among pastoral communities and cheesemakers across the world, a guide to the global traditions of cheese, dairying and pastoralism, alongside one man’s quest to “make milk sacred again”.
Mills is a writer, campaigner, podcaster and musician. In the spring of 2017, she gave birth to her first daughter; 10 weeks later, her mother, the Labour politician Dame Tessa Jowell MP, was diagnosed with advanced brain cancer. This profoundly moving memoir charts the year that followed and is a beautifully expressed testament to the strength and depth of the maternal bond.
Nicholas Boggs Baldwin: A Love Story Bloomsbury Circus, 12 March, hb, £30, 9781526615626
Based on two decades of original research and access to unpublished
material, this absorbing biography by a leading James Baldwin scholar uncovers the writer’s work through the great loves of his life. Zadie Smith calls it “compulsively interesting and beautifully written”.
Rebecca Coxon Inconceivable Fourth Estate, 12 March, hb, £20, 9780008726355
When the author uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website, she discovered her father was not biologically related to her. In this compelling memoir – the launch title from Elizabeth Day’s imprint, Big Day – Coxon interweaves her own experience of IVF and infertility, with those of others, including Lena Dunham and Hilary Mantel.
James Hunt Love Needs No Words Gallery, 12 March, hb, £16.99, 9781398548589
Hunt is the founder of Stories About Autism (more than one million followers across his social media platforms) where he charts his life raising two autistic, non-speaking sons. Written with “warmth and understanding”, his honest first book reveals what it is really like to navigate the challenges and meltdowns as well as the breakthroughs, the joys and the moments of connection.
Han Kang
Light and Thread Hamish Hamilton, 19 March, hb, £12.99, 9780241817018
Containing poetry and essays, this landmark new book from from the 2024 South Korean Nobel Laureate provides “an illuminating insight into her creative practice”. “She opens our eyes and she opens our hearts. There is no other writer like her,” says her publisher.
Alan Bennett Enough Said Profile Books, 19 March, hb, £25, 9781805228981
This fourth collection of diaries by the inimitable Bennett covers the turbulent years from 2016 to 2024 (the year he turned 90) and take us through lockdown, Brexit, the rise of Trump and the death of the Queen. In between, he takes the train to and from Yorkshire, celebrates herons, newts and street fairs, and much more.
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