My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
When a break-up sends Anna into a minor midlife crisis, she finds herself swapping her glamorous life in Manhattan for one of small Irish town gossip – and an encounter with an old flame named Joey Armstrong. Funny, wise, and quintessential Keyes.
Penguin, £9.99
Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan
Campbell Flynn, a 52-year-old celebrity academic, and Milo Mangasha, his student sidekick, are at the heart of this Dickensian read with a sprawling cast-list. Exploring power, scandal, crime, and privilege, it’s a state-of-the-nation novel for our times.
Faber, £9.99
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
In Sydney, 20-something Hera’s first job as a comment moderator for a news outlet is exceptionally boring – until she meets and falls in love with Arthur: the older, married journalist who works there. This novel about growing up and making mistakes was one of the funniest books of last year.
W&N, £9.99
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
A take on the classic locked room murder mystery – which features a welcome return from private investigator Jackson Brodie – this novel is set in a crumbling country house during a snowstorm. Few do literary thrillers quite as well as Atkinson.
Penguin, £9.99
Pity by Andrew McMillan
Three generations of a South Yorkshire mining family contemplate authenticity, resilience and our capacity to change – all while their lives fall apart in very different ways. The poet’s fiction debut is as lyrical and evocative as you would expect.
Canongate, £9.99
The Household by Stacey Halls
The titular household is a new refuge designed for “fallen” women – whether they are former petty thieves, prostitutes or financially destitute, this cottage offers the girls a second chance. But is everything as it looks? Another atmospheric historical novel from the author of The Familiars.
Bonnier Books, £16.99
James by Percival Everett
A reworking of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn couldn’t be in better hands than with Percival Everett. Told from the enslaved Jim’s perspective, James is a funny and furious read which was a worthy 2024 Booker nominee (and could well have won it).
Picador, £9.99
Nero by Conn Iggulden
In first-century Rome, Nero, our hero-come-tyrant and the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors is born. This pacy, bloody and impeccably researched novel will have you on tenter-hooks throughout (if you’ve got the stomach for the Roman methods of violence).
Penguin, £9.99
Girls by Kirsty Capes
In this searingly good novel about family and fame, sisters Mattie and Nora embark on an American road trip to scatter their mother’s ashes: a celebrated artist who was at the helm of their tumultuous childhoods. In doing so, they interrogate both their memories of mum and their relationship with each other.
Orion, £9.99
Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
This surreal, whimsical novel is narrated from the perspective of the city of Prague, where a hen do has descended and where one of the group has a book whose text changes every time it is opened. Oyeyemi does storytelling like no other.
Faber, £9.99
The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd
A military historian’s definitive account of the Eastern Front during the First World War – and a terrific follow up to the acclaimed 2021 volume The Western Front – this book is told through eyewitness reports and diary entries, many of which have never been translated into English before.
Penguin, £12.99
Revolutionary Acts by Jason Okundaye
Chronicling the lives of seven older Black gay men, with all their private struggles and intimate joys, this is a vital piece of British social history – on a subject which has been all too overlooked. By turns enraging and compelling.
Fourth Estate, £10.99
Me and Mr Jones by Suzi Ronson
A genuinely worthy addition to the many, many books on Bowie, this memoir from his former hairdresser (the one responsible for that red spiky Ziggy Stardust coiffure) gives insight into the highs and lows of her life with the star with refreshing honesty.
Faber, £10.99
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
You may have an idea of what it means to be a “sociopath”, but this memoir from someone with that very diagnosis is likely to change your mind. Gagne’s journey to understanding herself makes for an illuminating, addictive read.
Bluebird, £10.99
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