Many new book publication dates have been postponed until now because of lockdown. This is always a busy time in publishing but this year we are seeing an avalanche of new titles--approximately 600 will be published on or around Super Thursday (3rd September). We are bracing ourselves for the influx. We can't list them all, so we've made a selection of highlights in different categories. We have also included some titles you may have missed as they were published mid-lockdown.
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NEW FICTION
Islands of Mercy
by Rose Tremain
£18.99
We start with a very special and delicious offer for Rose Tremain's new novel. Thanks to the publisher Random House and the Cragg Sisters we are offering a free slice of Emma's delicious lemon drizzle cake with every copy ordered. Books and Cake can be collected on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September.
Every novel by Rose Tremain is a treat. This moving exploration of love and its sacrifices is set in Bath in 1865. There are many strands but one in particular has inspired this offer: the indomitable Mrs Morrissey's High Class Tea Rooms.
Inside Story
by Martin Amis
£20.00
A 'novelised autobiography' or an autobiographical novel.
The Lying Life of Adults
by Elena Ferrante
£20.00
A new novel by the author of My Brilliant Friend.
Jack
by Marilynne Robinson
£18.99
A return to the world of Gilead.
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
£14.99 hardback
Spell-binding, mysterious, Gothic. From the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
Daddy
by Emma Cline
£14.99
The first short story collection from the author of The Girls.
People from my Neighbourhood
by Hiromi Kawakami
£12.99
A collection of playful Japanese micro-fiction.
V for Victory
by Lissa Evans
£14.99
Another tender, witty novel featuring some of the same characters as Evans' Old Baggage.
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Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
£14.99
Will this win the Booker Prize this year?
Summerwater
by Sarah Moss
£14.99
Family tensions on a staycation.
Death in Her Hands
by Ottessa Moshfegh
£14.99
PAPERBACK FICTION
The Confession
Edited by Jessie Burton
£8.99
There's a certain Schadenfreude in listing this title: this is probably the only time we can read it, what with air travel being off the agenda for the time being. It's a collection of in-flight stories, from white knuckle rides to the ultimate double locked room murder (in the loo in the plane in mid air ...). As Stephen King writes in his introduction: 'ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents'.
Grandmothers
by Sally Vickers
£8.99
Fabulous
by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Paperback, £18.99
Lucy Hughes-Hallett's first collection of short stories takes fables, myths and ancient legends from fairytales, the Bible and Greek legends and gives them a fresh modern twist. Stand out highlights include the story of Diana and Actaeon with estate agents, Pasiphae and the minotaur with seaside gangsters, and adding further complications and some pink pills to the story of Tristan and Isolde. We particularly like the Pied Piper of Halesworth.
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
£8.99
Joint Booker Prize Winner last year
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
£8.99
In Love with George Eliot
by Kathy O’Shaughnessy
£8.99
CRIME AND THRILLERS
Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
£20.00
Fiendishly clever Agatha Christie style whodunnit within a whodunnit.
Set in Suffolk.
Troubled Blood
by Robert Galbraith
£20.00
Another cracking case for Cormoran Strike
The Readers’ Room
by Antoine Laurain
£14.99
Life starts imitating art when a series of murders seem to follow the pattern of an anonymous bestseller.
Box 88
by Charles Cumming
£14.99
Cold War spy thriller
Agent Running in the Field
by John Le Carré
£8.99
Another classic tale of espionage set in the modern world of Trump and Brexit.
Missing Presumed
by Susie Steiner
Missing Presumed £8.99
Persons Unknown £8.99
Remain Silent £14.99
Gripping Manon Bradshaw police detective novels set in Cambridgeshire
V2
by Robert Harris
£20.00
1944 and the V2 bombs are about to be launched against London.
Eight Detectives
by Alex Pavesi
£14.99
One of the year's most entertaining crime novels.
The Darkest Evening
by Ann Cleeves
£18.99
Another Vera Stanhope novel
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
£14.99
A comic crime caper from the host of Pointless.
Signed copies available
The Kingdom
by Jo Nesbo
£20.00
Standalone Scandi-crime
House of Correction
by Nicci French
£14.99
This brilliant husband-and-wife writing team never get it wrong.
The Guest List
by Lucy Foley
£8.99
Dark goings on at a posh celebrity wedding.
The Night of the Flood
by Zoe Somerville
£18.99
Atmospheric literary thriller set in Norfolk in the shadow of the Cold War.
NON FICTION
English Pastoral: An Inheritance
by James Rebanks
£20.00
Insightful study of one farmer's corner of the northern Fells: a study of the rural past and the future legacy of the countryside.
Signed copies available.
Beyond the Secret Garden
by Anne Thwaite
£9.99
The life of Frances Hodgson Burnett
With a signed bookplate
Spirit of Place:
Artists, Writers and the British Landscape
by Susan Owens
£25.00
Entangled Life
by Merlin Sheldrake
£20.00
How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our future
Agent Sonya
by Ben Macintyre
£25.00
To her neighbours she looked like an unremarkable Oxfordshire housewife. She was in fact a colonel in the Red Army who organised assassinations across the world.
This Golden Fleece
by Esther Rutter
£9.99
To her neighbours she looked like an unremarkable Oxfordshire housewife. She was in fact a colonel in the Red Army who organised assassinations across the world.
A Short History of the World According to Sheep
by Sally Coulthard
£16.99
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame
by Sally Coulthard
£35.00
The Second Volume
Work: a History of How We Spend our Time
by James Suzman
£25.00
Relevant study of work. Essential reading as we examine our lives post Covid
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021
by Lia Leendertz
£10.99
Be sure to order your copy of this seasonal guide - it runs out every year
Old Homes, New Life
by Clive Aslet
£50.00
Be sure to order your copy of this seasonal guide - it runs out every year
The Secret Barrister
Fake Law: The Truth about Justice in an Age of Lies
£20.00
The Wild Silence
by Raynor Winn
£14.99
Signed copies available
God’s Shadow
by Alan Mikehail
£25.00
Sultan Selim, the Ottoman sultan who shaped the modern world
Burning the Books
by Richard Ovenden
£20.00
A history of knowledge under attack, by the director of the Bodleian Library
Shakespearean
by Robert McCrum
£14.99
Why does the work of an Elizabethan writer still speak to us so directly today?
More than a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
£20.00
Signed copies available
Rage
by Rob Woodward
£25.00
Another unflinching account of the Trump presidency from the veteran political journalist
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price
£30.00
The world of the Vikings explored in full historical detail.
The White Ship
by Charles Spencer
£25.00
The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 was one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered.
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
by Gideon Defoe
£12.99
The remarkable stories of 48 nations that fell off the map
Wagnerism
by Alex Ross
£30.00
How to Make the World Add Up
by Tim Harford
£20.00
Tim Harford's programme More or Less on Radio 4 has been one of the most reliable sources of information on statistics amidst recent confusion.
How Bad are Bananas
by Mike Berners-Lee
£9.99
The Carbon Footprint of Everything.
HUMOUR
Where’s Dom?
by Izzy Missing
£8.99
Can you find Dom and his friends as they travel around Britain on their lockdown adventures?
Where is he in Barnard Castle, Cheltenham Races, Downing Street and other locations
Funny Ha, Ha: 80 of the Funniest Stories ever written
Edited by Paul Merton
£15.00
Paperback edition.
From Anton Chekhov to Ali Smith, P.G. Wodehouse to Nora Ephron
The Nautical Puzzle Book
The National Maritime Museum
£14.99
COOKERY, CRAFT AND GARDENING
7 Ways
: Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week
by Jamie Oliver
Special Offer £21.00
(£5 off £26)
Flavour
by Yotam Ottolenghi
£27.00
Three factors to create flavour in these innovative vegetable dishes. Unpack your pomegranate seeds. Impress your guests.
My Garden World
by Monty Don
£20.00
A year in Monty's garden.
Secret Britain
by Mary-Ann Ochota
£20.00
Anthropologist Ochota delves into Britain's mysteries.
Jeoffry: the Poet's Cat
by Oliver Soden
£20.00
From the award-winning biographer of Michael Tippett comes this unusual treasure of a book about Christopher Smart's cat.
Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs
by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon
£45.00
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
1 - 3 Years Old
C is for Cat
£5.99 hardback
Third in the DK Animal alphabet series of illustrated non-fiction books for the very young. A is for Ant, B is for Bee are already out. D is for Dog comes out this month too.
Bedtime for Baby Shark
: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
by John John Bajet
£6.99
Far less tasteful, but probably more addictive, is this catchy story of a shark family's bedtime routine. Guaranteed not to make you sleepy.
3 + Years Old
Oi Aardvark!
by Kes Grey
£12.99
Latest in the fabulous Oi! series.
Mog’s Birthday
by Judith Kerr
£10.99 paperback
A special birthday story to celebrate fifty years of Mog.
Winnie and Wilbur around the World
by Valerie Thomas
Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur visit wild animals in all corners of the world. Brilliantly illustrated by Korky Paul.
Just One of Those Days
by Jill Murphy
£12.99
When Mr and Mrs Bear oversleep, it's just the beginning of a day when everything goes wrong. A welcome return to Jill Murphy's lovely, muddly Bear family.
Dog Gone
by Rob Biddulph
£12.99
Every Dog has his Dave: when Teddy the Pug loses his human in the park, all sorts of things happen.
2 - 4 Yeard Old
The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
£7.99
A board book version of the classic tale of the feisty princess first published in 1980.
4 - 6 Years Old
The Girl and the Dinosaur
by Hollie Hughes
£5.99
A board book version of the classic tale of the feisty princess first published in 1980.
6+ Years Old
Jumbo: The Most Famous Elephant Who Ever Lived
by Alexandra Stewart
£12.99
From the African plains to Victorian London
Stunning illustrations by Emily Sutton
5 - 7 Years Old
The Misadventures of Frederick
by Ben Manly
£7.99
Beautifully illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
Life Through Time: The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth
by John Woodward
£12.99
Wonderful graphic picture book; from mega marsupials to the first farmers
Luna
by Holly Webb
£8.99
8 - 12 Years Old
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
by Natasha Farrant
£8.99
Set in the aftermath of WWI, two brave children have to cross the Channel in a narrowboat to find their brother.
The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith
by Loris Owen
£6.99
Tilly and the Map of Stories
by Anna James
£12.99
Next in the book-themed series Pages & Co.
Riding Lessons: Taking the Reins
by Jane Smiley
£5.99
The Monsters of Rookhaven
by Padraig Kenny
£12.99
Kidnap on the Californian Comet
by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman
£6.99
Another amazing train mystery from the author of The Highland Falcon Thief.
October, October
by Katya Balen
£12.99