Biography & Memoirs
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From the Mountain’s Edge Ed Jackson
21st May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008735326
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lucky comes a harrowing true story about what it means to find strength in the face of adversity and lead life with courage.
Hutchinson Heinemann
Himmler’s Curtains Simon Weisz 19th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781529154849
Personal story about a family grappling with trauma and identity in the wake of the Holocaust.
The Make-believe Hannah Murray 28th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529155211
Staggering exploration of the vulnerability of womanhood and the psychological fissures that make someone a target.
IB Tauris
My Struggle for Syria Bassma Kodmani, Hala Kodmani (ed), Emma Playfair (ed), Barry Knight (ed) et al
19th February, pb, eb, £24.99, 9780755658213
The testimony of Bassma Kodmani (1959-2023) recounts her fight for democratic change in Syria.
Atatürk: Father of the Republic of Turkey George W Gawrych
19th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780755658305
Major reappraisal of the life and character of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his defining role in shaping the modern state of Tűrkiye.
Ithaka
The Countess Jehanne Wake, Katie Wake
4th June, hb, eb, £25, 9781804183717
Spellbinding biography of a Regency beauty turned Victorian power-broker.
John Murray
The Warrior Christopher Clarey 7th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781399811521
From the bestselling author of The Master an original biography of
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tennis legend and the first to cover his entire career.
Maybe I’m Amazed John Harris 9th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781399814058
Uplifting memoir charting the life of Harris’ autistic son and how music opened up the world to him, one song at a time.
The Undisputed King of Selstons Danny Scott
12th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399816809
Beautifully realised memoir about growing up in the Nottinghamshire mining village of Selston in the 1970s. Scott evokes well a hard place inhabited by hard people with hard lives.
I Think This Is What Happened Tom Conti
21st May, hb, eb, £25, 9781399825559
Legendary Scottish actor finally tells his side of the story. Well worth the wait.
The Little Book of Miriam Miriam Margolyes 2nd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399826648
A-Z of wit and wisdom, insights, jokes, stories and aphorisms guaranteed to touch the heart, kickstart the brain and leave readers in stitches.
Young Once Nigel Planer 4th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781399826730
The funnyman who burst into national prominence with The Young Ones opens up about his life.
Wild Fictions Amitav Ghosh 9th April, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529349405
From one of our most brilliant thinkers a scorching collection of essays about how we tell stories and our relationship with the world around us.
Johns Hopkins University Press
John Foster Dulles Bevan Sewell 21st April, hb, eb, £33, 9781421454016
Compelling biography of a towering yet misunderstood figure in American and international history and an under- examined architect of US foreign policy.
Jonathan Cape
My Cantopop Nights Emma-Lee Moss
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
11th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781787334540
Story of pop music, identity crisis and Hong Kong from the singer- songwriter known as Emmy the Great.
Leap
She Wanted More Poorna Bell 19th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781785122835
Part memoir and part exploration, She Wanted More is a call to arms for women and a radical rejection of the belief that we should be grateful for what we have been given.
We Are Each Other Jess Mills 5th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781785124709
Moving narrative about loss, grief and motherhood from the daughter of Tessa Jowell MP.
The Honeymoon Laura Murphy 2nd April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781785129513
The true story of the soul-searching quest of Murphy who embarks on her honeymoon alone after her fiancé’s death.
Legacy Lit
Who’s Watching Shorty? Reshona Landfair 17th February, hb, £25, 9781538776957
One of the most high- profile court cases of a generation laid out in print. Landfair was the 14-year-old-girl in the child pornography video that ultimately led to convictions for the R&B superstar R Kelly.
Little, Brown
The Sleep Room Jon Stock 5th March, pb, £10.99, 9780349128917
Disturbing true story of an all-powerful British doctor called William Sargant who in the 1960s and ’70s abused his female patients with the full blessing of the psychiatric establishment.
The Oracle’s Daughter Harrison Hill 9th April, hb, £22, 9780349136851
How one woman escaped from a cult that was led by her mother, a woman who called herself the Prophetess.
Liveright
After the Flood Robert Polito
17th March, hb, eb, £25, 9780871402936
Blending biography and archival history, After the Flood asks of Bob Dylan, “If your dreams are fulfilled at 20 what do you do with the rest of your life?
Lives and Letters
Among Communists Sinead Morrissey 26th March, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781800174061
The first communist memoir from Northern Ireland set against a backdrop of a vanished culture. From the winner of the TS Eliot and Forward prizes.
Luath Press
Whistlebare Helen Percy 30th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781804251911
In her follow-up to Skirly Crag Percy shares the challenges of rural life in Whistlebare. Blends anecdotes, resilience and humour in an evocative nature memoir.
Macmillan
The Showgirl and the Prince
Ruthie Henshall 16th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781035097685
Entertaining and bittersweet autobiography reveals how Henshall fell in love with a prince and with life in the musical theatre.
Knives and Spoons Alasdair Gill 9th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781037401435
Insider account of the burn of the kitchen and the bite of addiction. Gill is a London chef and son of the late food critic AA Gill.
The Essential Elizabeth Robert Hardman 9th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781035097302
From Sunday Times number one bestselling royal biographer comes an intimate and revealing portrait of Elizabeth II.
Wilderness Mum Kate Barron 12th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781035068517
Inspirational story about breaking free from society’s expectations, connecting with nature and raising an unconventional family.
Caroline Aherne David Scott 5th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526191922
Touching tribute to the work of the comic actress whose unforgettable characters and programmes remain loved years after her untimely death .
The Poetry of Suicide JT Welsch 21st April, hb, eb, £20, 9781526191991
Blending poets’ tragic stories with his own family history, Welsch shows how poetry offers meaning, solace and understanding in facing the profound grief of suicide’s legacy.
Eva Gore-Booth Sonja Tiernan 3rd March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781526196972
Anniversary edition revives the acclaimed biography of Gore-Booth, tracing her extraordinary journey from aristocratic roots to fearless author-activist for Irish independence and women’s suffrage.
Lying Abroad Carol Chillington Rutter 3rd February, hb, eb, £20, 9781526172068
Vividly reconstructs Henry Wotton’s turbulent diplomatic career in a rich back story dripping with daily intrigue.
Q Is for Garden: Tending the Histories of Queer Cultivation Jenny Chamarette 7th July 2026, hb, £18.99, 9781526197337 Explores the history of queer gardeners, botanists, artists and agriculturalists, revealing that the world of the garden is much more fluid and porous than we might imagine.
Mantra Books
Body and Grace Dami Roelse 31st March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781782797074
After losing her husband the author embarks on a transformational 2,650-mile hike to find wholeness.
Mariner Books
Western Star David Streitfeld 7th May, hb, eb, £28, 9780063234888
Written by his longtime friend and Pulitzer Prize– winning journalist, this is the definitive biography of Larry McMurtry, the legendary author and screenwriter of Lonesome Dove.
The Case for America Bret Baier 30th July, hb, eb, £25, 9780063360808
A celebration of the nation’s essential virtues timed to correspond to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
McNally Jackson Books
The Diaries of Felix Platter Felix Platter, Stephen Greenblatt
2nd April, pb, £13.99, 9781961341685
Vivid Renaissance diary of youth, medicine and survival reveal humour, fear and wonder in turbulent times.
Manchester University Press
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