There is nothing quite like seeing a book you have been wanting to read out in its new cheaper format, and this month brings with it plenty of great choices. From literary big hitters like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a decade, Dream Count, and Salman Rushdie’s spellbinding story collection The Eleventh Hour, to debut mysteries already being adapted for screen and gripping nonfiction, here is our pick of the best….
All the Way to the River by Liz Gilbert
In the latest memoir from the author of the hit Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert dissects a relationship she had which was shaped by addiction and grief. She writes openly about obsession, loss and the painful work of understanding how two lives became so deeply entwined.
Bloomsbury, £10.99
The Pie and Mash Detective Agency by JD Brinkworth
When local schoolteacher Dev Hooper’s girlfriend vanishes, she is the fifth woman with the same name to do so in 50 years. Brinkworth spins that eerie premise into a playful cosy crime caper with plenty of charm.
Penguin, £9.99
Will There Ever be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
As the pandemic unsettles ordinary life, a woman begins to feel her mind loosen from the world around her. The second novel from the Booker-longlisted author of No One Is Talking About This turns illness into a strange, vivid study of identity.
Bloomsbury, £9.99
Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
Serial killer Lottie Jones is getting older, more tired and dangerously close to exposure. When a journalist begins asking questions, Lottie must decide whether or not to kill again – and in this darkly funny read, you truly don’t know what to expect next.
Penguin, £9.99
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The acclaimed author of Americanah and Half a Yellow Sun follows four women as they face turning points in love, friendship and self-understanding. Intimate yet expansive, it is the kind of emotionally involving novel to lose yourself in completely.
Penguin, £9.99
Picture Imperfect by Jacqueline Wilson
Wilson returns to her beloved children’s book The Illustrated Mum with an adult sequel that finds Dolphin Westward now 33 and stuck in a life rut. It is a welcome return to a character many readers grew up caring deeply about.
Penguin, £9.99
Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman
Washed-up CIA operatives Skwerl and Cheese are dragged into a new mission that refuses to go smoothly. Ackerman keeps the espionage plot pageturning while letting just the right amount of absurdity creep into this already TV-bound thriller.
Penguin, £9.99
Wants and Needs by Roxy Dunn
Dunn’s witty and whip-smart second novel follows a woman adrift after a breakup as she navigates dating apps and ethical non-monogamy. The result is frank, readable and especially good on dependency in its messier forms.
Penguin, £9.99
Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon
The former Scottish First Minister looks back on her personal and political life, from her Ayrshire beginnings to the pressures of Holyrood. It is a revealing account of power from a politician used to scrutiny.
Pan, £11.99
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
Rushdie’s new collection moves between three continents in five stories circling loss, legacy and the approach of death. From quarrelsome elders to undead professors, it’s a meditation on mortality and meaning told with the author’s inimitable voice.
Vintage, £9.99
Off the Rails by Sally Gimson
Gimson investigates the collapse of HS2, once promised as a transformative rail project for Britain. Speaking to politicians, engineers and those whose lives have been disrupted, she builds a forensic account of ambition undone by failure.
Oneworld, £12.99
Interrupted Journeys by Adrian Potter
After retiring from teaching, Potter becomes the unlikely “Badger Man” of West Yorkshire, answering calls about injured wildlife. This unconventional memoir makes both a tender piece of nature writing and a moving meditation on finding purpose later in life.
John Murray, £12.99
The Quiet Girls by Dorothy Koomson
When profiler Dr Kez Lanyon is asked to help after a teacher is killed at a boarding school, and a pupil missing, she is drawn into a scandal the school can no longer contain. Koomson sends up secrets with her usual jaw-dropping twists.
Headline Review, £10.99
Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood
Greenwood’s debut follows an ambitious young journalist sent to cover war from Gaza’s Beach Hotel, where staff must cater to the every whim of the world’s media. A satire of the news industry’s moral compromises, it is also a coming-of-age story with a wonderfully spiky edge.
Europa Editions, £10.99
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