Highlights of the Season
Simon Weisz Himmler’s Curtains Hutchinson Heinemann, 19 March, hb, £22, 9781529154849
Written under a pseudonym, this memoir tells of how the Jewish author’s family grappled with trauma and identity in the wake of the Holocaust. His parents revealed nothing of the past for the first 18 years of his life: only later did his mother reveal that she had experienced the horrors of Nazi persecution.
Serena Kutchinsky Kutchinsky’s Egg Simon & Schuster, 26 March, hb, £20, 9781398532847
By an assistant editor at Sky News, this “gorgeous, heart- stopping” memoir charts the author’s search for the object that consumed her jeweller father’s dreams and spelled her family’s downfall: namely the world’s largest jewelled egg. His ambition to create it obsessed him, but then nobody would buy it.
Margaret Busby Part of the Story Hamish Hamilton, 26 March, hb, £22, 9780241686782
Pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Busby co-founded publishing house Allison & Busby when she was still in her early 20s and became Britain’s first Black woman publisher. This many-splendoured self-portrait is her first book as an author and collects her selected writings from the past half-century into sections devoted to place, people and publishing.
Marc Bennetts The Descent Bloomsbury Continuum, 26 March, hb, £20, 9781399421690
Bennetts had lived in Russia for 25 years as a Times and Sunday Times foreign correspondent before he was forced to leave in May 2022. Weaving memoir with on-the-ground reporting, he charts the changing realities of Putin’s long and bloody rule and Russia’s march to full- scale invasion of Ukraine.
Current Affairs
Gary Slutkin The End of Violence Torva, 12 March, hb, £22, 9781911709121
“Violence is a contagion that infects a society
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like a disease.” Through compelling stories ranging from the war-torn streets of Syria to mass shootings in suburban America, Slutkin offers a hopeful alternative to the failed strategies of deterrence and incarceration when dealing with violence.
Rebecca Solnit The Beginning Comes After the End
Granta Books, 12 March, hb, £14.99, 9781803513300
The latest from the always-essential Solnit is an optimistic call to arms for our turbulent times, which maps the extraordinary revolution in politics, thinking and human rights that we have experienced over the past 50 years. She aims urgently to remind us that the power to change the world is within our reach.
Andrew Cockburn Washington Is Burning Verso Books, 17 March, hb, £22, 9781836741770
Billed as “the perfect book to start new conversations about Washington in the second Trump era”, an account of American military folly, political dysfunction and corruption during the war of 1812, by the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine.
Jack Watling Statecraft Macmillan, 19 March, hb, £22, 9781035059034
Why did Russia struggle in the early months of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Why does Israel repeatedly ignore international pressure re Gaza? How do smaller states shape world events? These and other questions are considered in this exploration of how states collaborate, by a leading defence and security analyst.
Ibram X Kendi Chain of Ideas The Bodley Head, 19 March, hb, £25, 9781847929365
“A penetrating history of how reactionary ideas have been repackaged as common sense.” The author of How to Be an Antiracist returns with an “urgent, authoritative and unflinching” global history of our authoritarian age, in which he issues a powerful call to defend democracy before it is too late.
Christopher Lamb American Hope Headline Press, 26 March, hb, £25, 9781035440573
Alexander Lee Ghetto Picador, 5 March, hb, £30, 9781529066500
From the first Jewish arrivals in the 14th century to the horrific story of a family bound for Auschwitz, a fascinating, detailed history of the world’s first Jewish “ghetto” and how it became the prototype for ghettos in other European cities, paving the way for a more vicious and enduring form of antisemitism.
By CNN’s Vatican correspondent, this “revelatory” portrait of Pope Leo XIV brings the first American pontiff to life and explores the consequences of his election for the Catholic Church and the world.
Rory Carroll A Rebel and a Traitor Mudlark, 26 March, hb, £22, 9780008696931
The author of the excellent Killing Thatcher returns to tell the story of rogue imperial consul Sir Roger Casement, a decorated diplomat who turned his back on the British Empire and instead joined the rising Irish cause at the turn of the 20th century. At the book’s heart is the manhunt for Casement led by intelligence officer Reginald “Blinker” Hall, a legendary British spy chief.
General History
Ian Buruma Stay Alive Atlantic Books, 5 March, hb, £22, 9781805462897
Providing an intimate angle on the Second World War with a thread of family memoir, this charts the daily lives of those living in Berlin, including the author’s own father. It is an “astonishing” account of the “human capacity for survival amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilation”.
Elinor Cleghorn A Woman’s Work Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 12 March, hb, £22, 9781399605427
I enjoyed this refreshingly radical history of motherhood by feminist historian Cleghorn, which begins in the ancient world with a figurine made for a childbirth ritual, through to unmarried mothers on the streets of London in the 17th century, and pioneers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, who laid the foundations for the liberation of motherhood.
Antony Beevor Rasputin Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 12 March, hb, £25, 9781399617628
“How on earth could a barely literate peasant from Siberia have had such a devastating effect on the course of history?” Acting on a long-time fascination, the distinguished historian sets out to answer this question and discover the truth about “the great seducer of the Romanovs”.
Social & Local History
John Grindrod Tales of the Suburbs Faber & Faber, 12 March, hb, £18.99, 9780571382866
From Addlestone to Wilmslow, this moving, companionable and deliciously revealing book draws on many original interviews and some remarkable archive material to explore the relatively untold 20th-century story of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people in suburbia.
Law
Penny Parkes How to Talk So Your Doctor Will Listen Octopus Publishing Group, 26 March, pb, £16.99, 9781804193303
“Expert patient” Parkes has long navigated an array of chronic health conditions alongside her novel-writing career. From preparing for appointments, to keeping your own healthcare records, this warm and invaluable hand-holding guide provides the words, prompts and confidence to advocate for yourself and help the doctor to help you.
Popular Science
Maria Popova Traversal Canongate Books, 12 March, hb, £30, 9781837265619
Anna Nyburg The Art of the Book Thames & Hudson, 12 March, hb, £50, 9780500028063
Celebrating 75 years of publishing at the renowned illustrated publishing house, this lavish survey of Thames & Hudson’s history and titles ranges across art, archaeology, architecture, history, design, photography and fashion.
Rowan Williams Solidarity Bloomsbury Continuum, 26 March, hb, £20, 9781399431514
The former Archbishop of Canterbury explores the major and timely idea of solidarity; from its roots in the French revolution to resistance against the Nazis and Communism, to its potential today for providing a model of real community and care.
What makes a planet a world? How do we safeguard our love of truth from our lust for power? What slakes our longings and redeems our losses? These and other questions are considered in this “bold exploration” of what makes a meaningful life by the US writer and creator.
Psychology
Leanne ten Brinke Poisonous People Simon & Schuster, 10 March, hb, £22, 9781398535602
Offering a “brilliant” new perspective on dark personalities, the psychopathy expert author aims to help us identify such personalities and dramatically reduce their impact on our relationships, workplaces and on society at large.
Dr Nicole LePera Reparenting the Inner Child Orion Spring, 26 March, hb, £22, 9781398725430
The holistic psychologist author of How to Do the Work presents a guide to healing your inner child through Four Pillars of Reparenting, which aims to help us achieve a greater sense of connection with ourselves and the world around us. LePera has more than nine million followers on Instagram.
Food & Drink
Edd Kimber Chocolate Baking Quadrille, 5 March, hb, £28, 9781837833535
From chocolate and whipped caramel cake to pistachio tiramisu, this “definitive” baking guide is also Kimber’s love letter to chocolate.
Rhiannon Lambert The Fibre Formula DK, 12 March, hb, £20, 9780241803318
Goodbye high-protein, hello fibre! That is the billing for this new book by nutritionist Lambert, who advocates a formula of 30g of fibre a day and 30 plants a week, alongside 60 minimally processed recipes for breakfasts, nutritious lunches and more.
Kate Young Dinner at Mine? Apollo, 12 March, hb, £25, 9781788545303
In this delightful new cookbook, the food writer, novelist and author of the Little Library Cookbooks takes 15 familiar ingredients and suggests six ways to transform each one into such delectable dishes as pan con tomate, spring onion rarebit scones, almond chicken, and blackberry rice pudding.
Shelina Permalloo What to Cook When Everyone’s Hungry
Ebury Press, 12 March, hb, £25, 9781529966435
“Fun and filling”, these 100 recipes from the TV chef are billed as your answer for what to cook when you next hear the words “I’m hungry!”
Ed Smith Peckish Quadrille, 19 March, hb, £22, 9781837833610
This collection of 80 straightforward chicken recipes is arranged by the different cuts of chicken (drumstick, thighs, breast, wings, etc), and also includes suggestions for using the whole bird.
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