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GIANTS Heads You Win Jeffrey Archer
The Moon Sister Lucinda Riley
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• A captivating standalone novel from number one bestseller and sublime storyteller Jeffrey Archer Heads You Win sees its protagonist live two different lives in parallel in the US and UK after escaping communist Russia • Kane and Abel for the twentyfirstcentury
• The latest instalment in the internationally bestselling The Seven Sisters series • TV rights to The Seven Sisters series have been optioned by a Hollywood production company • Lucinda Riley’s books have been translated into over thirty languages and sold over ten million copies worldwide
The Clockmaker’s Daughter Kate Morton
Tombland C. J. Sansom
9781509848218 I September £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• The mesmerizing new novel from the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Lake House • Told by multiple voices linked across time, this is a story of murder, mystery and thievery; art, truth and beauty; love, loss and ghosts
9781447284499 I October £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• The next novel in the bestselling Shardlake series • C.J. has undertaken extensive research to form the plot and story in Tombland • One of the most anticipated novels of novels of the year
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TURNING POINT
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SILENT NIGHT
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BLESSING IN DISGUISE
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ACCIDENTAL HEROES
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THE CAST
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THE GOOD FIGHT
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PAPERBACK GIANTS Dead If You Don’t Peter James
The Fallen David Baldacci
9781509883417 I October £6.99 I A-Format Paperback
9781509874286 I September £6.99 I A-Format Paperback
• The fourteenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel • 19 million books sold worldwide • One of the most recognizable crime fiction brands writing today
• The fourth plot-twisting crime novel in the Amos Decker series to follow The Fix • David has sold over 110 million copies to date worldwide
The Great Alone Kristin Hannah
The Burning Chambers Kate Mosse
9781529013948 I January £6.99 I A-Format Paperback
• A gripping novel of family dynamics, heartbreak and hope which tugs at the heartstrings, set against the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness • From the author of the New York Times number one bestseller The Nightingale, which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 65 weeks and has sold 3 million copies worldwide
9781509806850 I March £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Set in southern France in the mid sixteenth century, The Burning Chambers tells the story of a young Catholic girl and a Huguenot believer entrusted with a priceless treasure, and a quest to solve a long-buried secret hidden in the mysterious Chateau de Puivert . . . • The start of a new epic historical series for fans of Ken Follett • Set across France, Amsterdam and South Africa
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ESCAPING A MONSTER IS HER PAST, CATCHING A KILLER IS HER PRESENT.
Introducing David Baldacci’s heart-pounding new novel, the first in a brand new series . . . Long Road to Mercy - 9781509874347 - Trade Paperback - £13.99 - November
FIRST FORMAT FICTION
Absolute Proof Peter James 9780230772212 I October £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• A breathless race against time to solve the greatest mystery of all: the existence of God • The third and most ambitious Peter James standalone novel to date
The new thriller starring Amos Decker David Baldacci 9781509874408 I April £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• The fifth plot-twisting novel in David’s bestselling Amos Decker series • 130 million copies sold to date worldwide
The Neighbour Fiona Cummins
The Butterfly Room Lucinda Riley
9781509876891 I April £12.99 I Trade Paperback
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• The Neighbour is a thrilling standalone novel by the author of Rattle, Fiona Cummins • A serial-killer thriller set in a suburban town
• A brand new standalone novel from bestselling author Lucinda Riley • Lucinda Riley’s books have been translated into over 30 languages and sold over 10 million copies worldwide
An Anonymous Girl Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen 9781529010725 I January £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• From the internationally bestselling authors of The Wife Between Us comes a mind-blowing thriller of betrayal, obsession and dangerous truths • Entertainment One has acquired the TV rights to develop as a series
Pandemic Robin Cook 9781509892945 I December £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• A taut and compelling medical thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook • Robin invented the genre ‘medical thriller’ in the 1970s with Coma
Something to Tell You Lucy Diamond
The Dream Daughter Diane Chamberlain
9781509851119 I January £12.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509808571 I October £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• Something to Tell You is a warm, heartfelt story of a family by bestselling author Lucy Diamond • Cosy, warm and witty women’s fiction
• A rich, breathtaking novel about one mother’s quest to save her child, unite her family and believe in the unbelievable • Breathtaking drama which explores a mother’s love for her unborn child
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The Root of Evil Håkan Nesser 9781509809387 I November £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• The second instalment in Håkan Nesser’s Inspector Barbarotti quintet • A series of letters detailing future murders arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s very own doorstep
Blood & Sugar Laura ShepherdRobinson
The Overnight Kidnapper Andrea Camilleri
9781509880782 I January £13.99 I Trade Paperback
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• 1781. An investigation into a gruesome murder on the Deptford Docks leads to a dark secret that could change the very core of British society . . . • Historical thriller that exposes the horrific history of the British slave trade
• The twenty-third book in the exquisitely crafted Inspector Montalbano mystery series • We have now sold over 1.5 million copies of Andrea Camilleri’s novels • This novel has been adapted for an episode of BBC4’s Inspector Montalbano series which aired in May 2018
The Mobster’s Lament Ray Celestin
I Thought I Knew You Penny Hancock
As Long As We Both Shall Live JoAnn Chaney
9781509838943 I March £13.99 I Trade Paperback
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• The Mobster’s Lament is the much-anticipated third instalment in Ray Celestin’s critically acclaimed City Blues quartet • New York is in the spotlight and this time mobsters, money and murder are at the heart of the investigations
• Who do you know best? Your oldest friend? Your child? And who do you believe when one accuses the other of something terrible? • For fans of He Said, She Said and Anatomy of a Scandal, Penny Hancock’s I Thought I Knew You is about secrets and lies – and whose side you take when it really matters
• Grieving husband? Or coldblooded killer? JoAnn Chaney examines the dark side of marriage in this startling thriller • A masterful and entertaining examination of a marriage gone very, very wrong . . .
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The Glovemaker Ann Weisgarber 9781509889914 I February £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• Utah, 1888. As one woman awaits her husband’s return home, a stranger arrives on her doorstep . . . • For fans of Cold Mountain
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason 9780330533737 I September £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• Set during the First World War, The Winter Soldier is the story of one man who is thrust, utterly unprepared, into a remote medical outpost in the Carpathian mountains, and the woman who is set to save him • Historical mystery with a subtle romantic theme throughout
PAPERBACK FICTION
Long Road to Mercy David Baldacci
Wild Fire Ann Cleeves
An Unsuitable Match Joanna Trollope
Ghosted Rosie Walsh
9781447278269 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509823505 I October £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509897520 I April £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• The last novel in the acclaimed Shetland series • DI Jimmy Perez’s most personal case to date
• Two families. One proposal. A decision that could pull them apart • Joanna is back, focusing on the family and relationship drama her fans love her for
• An unashamed love story with a difference: a couple who are meant to be, but a past that may well make it impossible . . . • Jojo Moyes meets Liane Moriarty
The Collector Fiona Cummins
Capture or Kill Tom Marcus
Dead Girls Abigail Tarttelin
Only Child Rhiannon Navin
9781509812721 I October £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509863594 I November £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509852765 I January £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Chilling follow-up to Rattle • Rattle was nominated for the Dead Good Reader Award for Most Exceptional Debut • Taut psychological thriller which can also be read as a standalone
• Capture or Kill is the first thrilling novel from the bestselling author of Soldier Spy, Tom Marcus
• When her best friend is killed, eleven-year-old Thera turns detective – but has no idea what she’s getting herself into . . . • For fans of Chris Cleave
9781509855605 I October £7.99 I B-Format Paperback I
9781509874354 I March £6.99 I A-Format Paperback
• An explosive novel in a brand new series featuring FBI agent Atlee Pine • Number one international bestseller in paperback and now hardback
• An ordinary little boy. An extraordinary journey. A story to pull at your heartstrings • For fans of The Lovely Bones and Room
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The Christmas Lights Karen Swan 9781509838080 I November £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Set in the scenic fjords of Norway, The Christmas Lights by internationally bestselling author Karen Swan is a moving Christmas tale of love and heartbreak • Karen is a master at picking the most snowy, festive locations for her Christmas novels. With this book, she takes us to Norway and the Northern Lights
The Good Sister Morgan Jones 9781447233633 I January £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• A young woman leaves her life in London behind to fight for the only cause she truly believes in. But what happens when she discovers that it’s not everything she dreamed it would be? • Author will use a pseudonym – Morgan Jones
Death at Sea Andrea Camilleri
Little Big Love Katy Regan
9781509809134 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509898329 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Camilleri’s previous short story collection Montalbano’s First Case & Other Stories sold 11,700 copies (TCM) and was shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger • Stories from this collection have been adapted for BBC4’s Inspector Montalbano series (aired 2017)
• An engrossing story about love and family secrets, told from the perspective of ten-year-old Zac • For fans of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell
Wolves of Rome Valerio Massimo Manfredi 9781509878994 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an archaeologist and scholar as well as an internationally bestselling author, who has sold over 12 million copies worldwide • New, enticing packaging that brings Valerio right up to date with the historical-thriller market
The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane Liz Trenow 9781509879816 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• An evocative historical novel set against the rich tapestry of the silk trade in London during the 1760s • Liz Trenow is a much-loved and well-respected historical fiction author
A Simple Favour Darcey Bell
A Dog’s Way Home W. Bruce Cameron
9781529004052 I September £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
97815290026901 I January £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Acquired at auction in the UK following a pre-empt in the US and a $1m film deal with Fox 2000 within 36 hours of submission. Foreign sales now total 24
• Film adaptation of a heartwarming and uplifting tale of the unbreakable bond between man and dog
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GENRE / SPECULATIVE
A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 9781529001587 I April £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• 2019’s biggest sci-fi debut • Gripping political intrigue in space: Le Carré meets Iain M. Banks • ‘All around brilliant space opera. I absolutely loved it’ Ann Leckie, author of awardwinning phenomenon Ancillary Justice
The Hyena and the Hawk Adrian Tchaikovsky 9781509830299 I October £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Book three in this gripping fantasy trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time and the Shadows of the Apt series • An ever-popular coming-of-age story in a fantasy setting, featuring tribal loyalty, twisted politics, warfare and invasion
The True Queen Zen Cho
The Ruin of Kings Jenn Lyons
A Time of Blood John Gwynne
9781509801107 I March £13.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509879496 I February £14.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509812998 I April £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• A magical adventure set in Regency London, fairyland and an enchanted island • War looms in the lands of fairy as two sisters are separated, plots thicken and there are rumours of a new contender for the throne of fairy . . .
• A powerful new epic fantasy for fans of Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss and Robin Hobb • Prophesy and magic combine in a powerful epic of imperial politics, dragons, gods and demons. And a young man discovers his fate will determine the future of an empire
• A stirring follow-on to book one – where loyalty, truth and courage will be tested. And new heroes will be forged in the flames of war • John Gwynne’s stirring epic fantasy trilogy reaches new heights, as demons rise up, angels fall and heroes are forged in the fires of war
Bloodwitch Susan Dennard
The Consuming Fire John Scalzi
The Mortal Word Genevieve Cogman
9781447288848 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Book three in a brilliantly imagined coming-of-age story about two witches destined to save their world from tainted magic • This fantasy has YA crossover appeal
9781509835164 I October £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• A battle for hearts and minds begins as a civilization faces destruction – yet some won’t even acknowledge the threat • Perfect for fans of James S. A. Corey, Ann Leckie and Ian McDonald
9781509830725 I November £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• This is the fifth title in Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library series, but can also work as a standalone mystery adventure • The magical library set-up strikes a perfect chord with bookshops and book-lovers and can carry this speculative fiction title to the mainstream
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PICADOR
The Age of Light Whitney Scharer
The Doll Factory Elizabeth Macneal
The Ditch Herman Koch
Gingerbread Helen Oyeyemi
9781509889136 I February £12.99 I Trade Paperback
9781529002416 I May £12.99 I Trade Paperback
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9781447299431 I March £13.99 I Trade Paperback
• A model, a muse, a lover to surrealist Man Ray and a pioneering artist in her own right • This is the story of Lee Miller, the most extraordinary woman of the twentieth century, and her battle to determine her own life • Mrs. Hemingway, Villa American and The Paris Wife are all brilliant comps
• For fans of The Miniaturist, The Doll Factory is Picador’s lead fiction debut of 2019: an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession • Set in London in the 1850s, The Doll Factory is both a historical and thrilling novel
• From the author of The Dinner, which has sold 2.5m copies around the world and has been translated into 41 languages • A return to form, as Koch subtly investigates racism and the fear of ‘the Other’ in a Europe haunted by the ghost of nationalism, from UKIP to Le Pen
• The new novel from the Granta Best Young British Novelist • Helen Oyeyemi is one of our most exciting and interesting British writers, beloved by the literary establishment
The Braid Laetitia Colombani
Lovecraft Country Matt Ruff
Homeland Fernando Aramburu
9781509881093 I March £12.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509883356 I May £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
The Order of the Day Éric Vuillard
• The huge international bestseller: three women forced by circumstance to rebel against their fate – a story spanning three different continents • Rights sold in 28 languages; already a bestseller in Italy and Germany
• Lovecraft Country is being adapted for HBO by Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele • Critically acclaimed as a literary novel, Lovecraft Country has also been recognized by the sci-fi community and was a finalist in the World Fantasy Awards. Like Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and Andrew Michael Hurley’s The Loney, Matt Ruff takes the tropes of genre fiction and reworks them into a modern literary classic
9781529001471 I September £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt, longlisted for the Prix Femina and the European Book Prize (Le Prix du Livre Européen) • The title has been an international bestseller, has sold approximately half a million copies in France since it was published in April 2017, and translation rights have sold in 25 languages
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9781509858033 I March £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• Homeland has won prizes in the Basque Country, in Spain and internationally: the Premio de la Crítica 2016 de narrativa, the Euskadi Prize for Literature (the most important literary prize in the Basque Country) and the Strega Europeo Prize
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Evening in Paradise Lucia Berlin
From the Wreck Jane Rawson
9781509882298 I November £14.99 I Hardback
9781529006551 I April £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• The publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women signalled the rediscovery of a lost great American writer • A Manual for Cleaning Women (TCM 26k copies across all formats) attracted support from authors such as Jackie Kay, Maggie O’Farrell and Helen Oyeyemi, as well as critical acclaim
• The first novel ever to be nominated for both the ‘Australian Arthur C. Clarke’ and the ‘Australian Booker’ • Richard Flanagan meets China Miéville in a uniquely original novel of history and imagination
The Long Take Robin Robertson
The Luckiest Guy Alive John Cooper Clarke
9781509846887 I February £14.99 I Hardback
• Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2018 • A powerful genre-defying work from award-winning poet Robin Robertson which follows a D-Day veteran as he goes in search of freedom and repair in post-war America
9781509896059 I November £14.99 I Hardback
• The first new collection of poems from Britain’s best-loved ‘people’s poet’ in twenty-five years • John regularly appears on BBC radio and television, and tours the UK and the world throughout the year
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Andrea Lawlor 9781529009996 I April £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• Transposing Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to 90s San Francisco, this novel of transgender metamorphosis is a wild, sexy, funny and moving story of living on the edge
The River in the Sky Clive James 9781509887231 I September £14.99 I Hardback
• Clive James’s recent work in verse has been critically acclaimed and very commercially successful • Picador has sold over 20,000 copies of James’s translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy across all formats; it was a top ten Sunday Times hardback non-fiction bestseller • A new book-length poem from one of the great literary intelligences of the age
The Spirit of Science Fiction Roberto Bolaño 9781509851928 I February £14.99 I Hardback
• Roberto Bolaño is one of the stars of the Picador list in terms of his literary reputation; he is often cited as an influence by new writers we acquire • This title, found in Bolaño’s archive and prepared for publication after the author’s death, is for Bolaño completists: those readers with a keen interest in reading everything the author produced
Running Upon the Wires Kate Tempest 9781509830022 I September £9.99 I Trade Paperback
• Kate has been twice-nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and received the Ted Hughes Award and a Herald Angel Award for Brand New Ancients • Kate’s first collection Hold Your Own has sold over 20,000 copies through the TCM to date • Kate’s total combined physical sales across three books with Picador is 39,000
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Dear Mrs Bird AJ Pearce
The Melody Jim Crace
Give Me Your Hand Megan Abbott
Ponti Sharlene Teo
9781509853922 I January £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509841370 I February £13.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509855698 I March £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509855339 I April £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• An irresistibly funny, charming and moving debut from a sensational talent • For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Crooked Heart, Call the Midwife and Love, Nina
• Jim Crace’s Harvest was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize • A standout author on the Picador list, Jim is a brilliant, awardwinning literary writer
• Her last novel You Will Know Me was a national bestseller in the US, received rave reviews and was shortlisted for the CWA Silver Dagger Award • For fans of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Louise Doughty and Emma Cline
• Set in Singapore and spanning fifty years, Ponti is a sweeping story of three women and the guilt that ties them to one another • For fans of Zadie Smith and Elena Ferrante
Crudo Olivia Laing
The Piranhas Roberto Saviano
The Long Forgotten David Whitehouse
9781509892846 I March £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509879236 I April £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509827527 I March £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
If Cats Disappeared From the World Genki Kawamura
• The debut novel from awardwinning non-fiction writer and critic Olivia Laing • A literary sensation on its first publication, receiving extraordinary critical acclaim • In the vein of Ali Smith’s project of reflecting the contemporary moment in fiction, this satirizes the dumpster fire that was 2017
• The Piranhas has been an instant phenomenon in Italy • Published for Christmas, the book far outsold both Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and the new Carlos Ruiz Zafón • Over 500,000 copies have been sold to date
• David Whitehouse is the award-winning author of Mobile Library and Bed, which was published in 18 languages • Highly promotable author who has several film and TV projects in development and writes regularly for the Guardian, The Times and Shortlist
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9781509889174 I September £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• The book has been a phenomenal bestseller in Japan, where it has sold over 1.3 million copies • The author is a well-known Japanese film producer, and has received a number of offers for adapting the book into Hollywood film • A Japanese-language film was released in 2016
NON-FICTION
Help Me! Marianne Power
War Doctor David Nott
Why We Dream Alice Robb
9781509888528 I September £13.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509837038 I February £14.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509836260 I November £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• Picador’s lead non-fiction title for autumn 2018 • UK rights were pre-empted quickly before it became an international sensation, with publication deals now agreed in over twenty countries • For fans of Mad Girl; Eat, Pray Love; How to Be a Woman, and The Happiness Project
• David Nott is constantly front-page news for his humanitarian work and his ceaseless campaigning on behalf of medical personnel serving in danger zones, whether international volunteers or local medics
• The new science behind dreams, why they are good for us and why they matter • The Power of Dreams will explore fascinating new discoveries about the function and meaning of dreams that have been made due to brain-imaging techniques
Welcome Home Lucia Berlin
Dominion Peter Ackroyd
Lotharingia Simon Winder
9781509882342 I November £16.99 I Hardback
9781509880027 I September £14.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509803286 I March £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• Reproductions of letters and photographs taken from the Berlin family archive will be used to illustrate this memoir • Much of what critics responded so positively to in Berlin’s fiction was informed by experiences in her own life; this illustrated memoir will be a perfect gift for anyone who enjoyed A Manual for Cleaning Women
• Combined sales of the four books in the series thus far across all formats stand at a whopping 245,000 copies • ITV’s Victoria has been a huge success, spiking interest in Victoria’s reign. Series three will be broadcast for eight weeks in the autumn of 2018
• Following on from Danubia and Germania, Lotharingia is the third and final part of Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winder’s European historical trilogy • For fans of Bill Bryson, these are Horrible Histories for adults, as the wittiest and most erudite guide takes the reader across the most fought-over battleground of Europe • For fans of The Shortest History of Germany
It’s Not About the Burqa Mariam Khan 9781509886388 I February £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• The brainchild of Mariam Khan, a twenty-four-year-old activist determined to create a new narrative in which Muslim women write about their lives outside the parameters of the expectations projected on them • Contributors include Mona Eltahawy, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Amena Khan and Coco Khan
The Map of Knowledge Violet Moller 9781509829606 I February £20.00 I Hardback
• In 2016 Violet Moller was one of the three winners of the prestigious RSL Jerwood Award, given to help writers complete their books • A debut from a young historian with a bright future, comparable to Catherine Nixey, whose The Darkening Age has sold 12,000 copies across first formats (HB, TPB and ebook)
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The Skripal Files Mark Urban
A World on Edge Daniel Schönpflug
Full Disclosure Stormy Daniels
9781529006896 I October £14.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509818495 I November £25.00 I Hardback
9781529013771 I October £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• The first account of events that led to the poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripal in Salisbury in spring 2018 • The Skripal Files will provide the full context to the new war between Russia and the West that has resulted in mass expulsion of Russian diplomats around the world, asset freezes on Russian oligarchs and threats from the Kremlin to those who consider betraying their country
• Coincides with the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, for which there will be a great deal of news and other media coverage • Published to great acclaim in the author’s native Germany, where it was a bestseller • Vividly written and told through a wide range of relatable characters
• Stormy Daniels makes front-page news around the world – for the fact she is standing up to the President, for the secrets she can tell. She is a modern-day Erin Brockovich – an ordinary woman who found the strength to stand up for herself and inspire others to do the same
The River of Consciousness Oliver Sacks
Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden
A Higher Loyalty James Comey
9781509890088 I November £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781529000863 I April £9.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Moving and intimate – a portrait of a terrible family tragedy in the midst of the moment the enormously popular Vice President of the US has to decide whether he will run for President • Behind the scenes of power – surprising vignettes of Obama, Putin and other world figures • Opposition to trump – A tantalizing portrait of the kind of President we could have had, rather than the one we do have
• The HB was a Sunday Times number one bestseller • The searing inside account of Trump’s White House from the man he fired, James Comey, the ex-director of the FBI
9781447263654 I October £9.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Oliver Sacks was a multi-awardwinning author, including honours from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Royal College of Physicians • ‘The poet laureate of medicine’ New York Times
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Good to Go 9781509827567 I March £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• Perfect for runners of any level and ability who want to learn more about how best to recover and look after themselves • A light-hearted debunking of the various myths and legends about what to do and not do between training from ice-baths (no!) to drinking beer (yes!)
The Wizard and the Prophet Charles C. Mann 9781509884186 I January £12.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Differs from other environmental books as it examines a series of environmental challenges together, rather than looking at each issue in isolation, valid as books on global warming, species extinction, water supply, etc. may be, we will not, as a species, be able to solve any of these problems on their own
BUSINESS
Creative Selection Ken Kocienda 9781529004717 I September £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• From 2001 to 2017 Ken Kocienda was a software engineer and designer at Apple • Tells the story of demoing products for Steve Jobs to helping create software for products like the iPhone, the iPad and WebKit, the most popular software in the world for browsing the web
The Formula Albert-László Barabási 9781509843541 I November £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• The world’s leading expert in networks and complexity uses powerful storytelling and big data to reveal the universal laws that govern success
Success Habits Napoleon Hill 9781529006476 I January £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• Genre-defining author: Credited as one of the founders of the self-help and personal success genres, Napoleon Hill’s bookshave sold millions of copies around the world
Bad Blood John Carreyrou
Rebel Talent Francesca Gino
Side Hustle Chris Guillebeau
9781509868087 I January £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509860630 I February £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509859085 I January £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• A real-life and real-time The Bonfire of the Vanities, a stellar work of investigative journalism in the tradition of The Smartest Guys in the Room, Conspiracy of Fools, and Den of Thieves • Film rights to the book were sold and green-lit within days of the proposal being sent out in the US, with Jennifer Lawrence slated to star
• ‘Francesca Gino is one of the smartest and most insightful decision researchers in the field. Her clever research informs every page of this book and it will change the way you think about decision making.’ Chip Heath, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business; coauthor, Made to Stick and Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
• Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times and The Wall Street Journal bestselling author • $100 Startup has sold over 113,000 copies across all formats in the UK & Commonwealth • Chris had a new Slate.com podcast which started in January 2017 called ‘Side Hustle School’, which is built-in marketing for the book
Adventures with a Risk Economist Allison Schrager 9781509878956 I April £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• The author is a serious, wellrespected journalist who has worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists • This book will help you understand financial risk in an interesting way without sending you to sleep • A lively, entertaining read about a serious subject that can help you make better decisions in work and life
New Power Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms 9781509814206 I February £9.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Set to be the bible for a new global movement, one with the power to transform the structure of our politics and our businesses and usher in a more equitable, democratically empowered world • New Power will show how mass participation is shifting the balance of power in our highly connected world
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BLUEBIRD
The Moment of Lift Melinda Gates 9781529005509 I April £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• Melinda is the third most powerful woman in the world (Business Insider) • The latest Nielsen presentation showed that feminism (one of the groups this book will publish into) grew from 3.7m to 6.7m in value and more than doubled in sales volume over the past year • Social media: Melinda: 2.37m Twitter, 1.5m Facebook, 314k Instagram. Gates Foundation: 1.93m Twitter, 32k YouTube, 156k Instagram
Stress Less, Accomplish More Emily Fletcher 9781509876167 I February £14.99 I Trade Paperback
• An easy fifteen-minute meditation practice to recharge, revitalize and boost productivity – for busy people who think they can’t meditate • Emily has run meditation courses for the likes of Google and Barclays, and spoken at organizations from Harvard Business School to the Omega Institute
Wandering Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov
The Path Made Clear Oprah Winfrey
Russell Brand Untitled Russell Brand
9781529005424 I March £18.99 I Hardback
9781509850884 I January £12.99 I Hardback
• The Path Made Clear follows on the heels of the huge success of The Wisdom of Sundays with nearly half a million copies sold in the US since publication in October 2017 • This book includes a number of new and current voices. Figures such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brené Brown, Stephen Colbert and many more share lessons from their lives
• Russell Brand shares what he has learned on his fifteen-year path to recovery from his addictions • Each chapter will focus on conversations with guests from his award-winning podcast, including Naomi Klein, Jordan Peterson and Brian Cox
Solve For Happy Mo Gawdat
How to: Be a Better Leader Stefan Stern
How to Negotiate Christopher Copper-Ind
9781509821266 I March £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509814633 I March £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Published with the How to: Academy, who present an unparalleled public programme of live events and courses
• Part of a ten-book series covering modern work and business topics
9781509809950 I January £9.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Mo is Vice President of Business Innovation at Google • He applied his engineering expertise and creative problemsolving skills to create an algorithm for human happiness
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9781529015164 I May £12.99 I Trade Paperback
• Mingyur Rinpoche is the author of New York Times bestseller The Joy of Living, which has been translated into 20 languages • Strong social media presence of 88k YouTube, 35k Facebook and 11.1k Twitter followers
BLUEBIRD
Happiness in This Life Pope Francis 9781509886586 I April £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Second fully authorized book by Pope Francis • Follows on from the successful The Name of God is Mercy (9k hardbacks through the TCM)
Ten to Zen Owen O’Kane 9781509893676 I December £10.99 I Trade Paperback
• 43% of the UK workforce report feeling stressed more than half of the time at work. 20% feel their workload is unmanageable. 44% feel demotivated. 45% of all working days lost due to ill health are caused by stress • 27 productive work days per employee are lost every year due to stress, depression and anxiety. This costs the economy up to £20 billion every year
The Orchid and the Dandelion W. Thomas Boyce MD 9781509805136 I January £14.99 I Trade Paperback
9781529010817 I December £16.99 I Trade Paperback
• Dr Boyce explains the powerful, positive and groundbreaking research into the difference between those who succeed with ease and those who struggle to thrive • Foreign language rights sold in 23 territories
• The original book How Not to Die is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller • Dr Michael Greger has 250,000 subcribers to his daily email list and 550,000 fans on Facebook • Dr Michael Greger is founder of Nutritionfacts.org, one of the most influential and widely read health websites in the world
The Dirty Dishes Isaac Carew
Just Eat It Laura Thomas PhD
Veggie Lean in 15 Joe Wicks
978150989391 I November £12.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509856152 I December £16.99 I Trade Paperback
9781509841004 I March £20.00 I Hardback
• A vegetarian take on Lean in 15: The Shift Plan, the bestselling diet book of all time, with 100 all-new recipes and workouts • Joe posted two of the three mostviewed vegetarian videos of 2017 with views of nearly 2 million on social media • Books in this area can really succeed: Delia’s veggie book has sold over 250k and BOSH! has topped the charts in 2018
• 275k Instagram followers and 8.8k Twitter followers with high engagement • Isaac is a professionally trained chef who has worked in the kitchens of Angela Hartnett, Gordon Ramsay and Michel Roux Jr
• An anti-diet book with an incredible voice and a feminist slant written by a highly respected nutritionist • Taps into two major (related) trends: body positivity and books on feminism • Laura’s hugely popular podcast Don’t Salt My Game calls out diet trends and myths
The How Not To Die Cookbook Michael Greger, MD, with Gene Stone
The 28-Day Vegan Plan Kim-Julie Hansen 9781509874934 I December £16.99 I Trade Paperback
• Kim-Julie runs several popular vegan Instagram accounts including bestofvegan (1.1m followers), brusselsvegan (162k followers), veganchallenge (64.6k followers), idontwantsalad (14.5k followers) • Not just for people who want to go fully vegan – a 28-day guide that is perfect for tackling veganuary/ one month vegan goals
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TEEN
Enchantée Gita Trelease
The Stars Below David Baldacci
Archenemies Marissa Meyer
Field Notes on Love Jennifer E. Smith
9781509895977 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781529013290 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509888870 I November £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781529014563 I March £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Historical fantasy is the next big thing – this is the French Revolution with magic! Author lived and studied in France so feels very authentic • Taps into zeitgeist of rebellion and revolution – comp to Hamilton (Thomas Jefferson puts in an appearance in Enchante!) • 230 years since the start of the French Revolution in 2019
• The jaw-dropping conclusion to the internationally bestselling Vega Jane fantasy series by master storyteller David Baldacci
• Archenemies is the eagerly awaited sequel to Renegades; a story of heroes, villains, vengeance and forbidden love
• A delicious summer romance from the author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and Windfall • A boy and a girl (who have only just met) cross the US on a train trip that will change both of their lives in this gorgeous YA novel about luck, love and serendipity
Fierce Fragile Hearts Sara Barnard
Almost Midnight Rainbow Rowell,
9781509852888 I February £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781529003772 I October £6.99 I Paperback
• Contemporary YA that beautifully and sensitively deals with mental health issues, the uplifting power of female friendship and kindness, and recovery • The sequel to Beautiful Broken Things
• Two festive short stories by bestselling author Rainbow Rowell • Beautiful paperback package with flaps and brand new additional illustrations from Simini Blocker
Lady Smoke Laura Sebastian
Two Dark Reigns Kendare Blake
978152901447 I December £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509876495 I October £7.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Second in the New York Times bestselling Ash Princess trilogy • Sweeping fantasy epic for fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen
• The third instalment in the bestselling Three Dark Crowns quartet
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illustrated by Simini Blocker
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MIDDLE GRADE
Snowglobe Amy Wilson 9781509885800 I October £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Third standalone novel from the critically acclaimed and Carnegienominated Amy Wilson, author of A Girl Called Owl, a top-fifteen MG fiction debut in 2017 • Gorgeous wintry package, perfect for Christmas gifting
The Darkdeep Brendan Reichs and Ally Condie 9781529003956 I October £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
• Goosebumps meets Stranger Things in this thrilling first book in the middle-grade suspense series The Darkdeep, by New York Times bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs • ‘The stakes are huge, the action high-throttle, but what readers will remember most is its big, emotional heart . . . A truly spectacular adventure’ Soman Chainani
Y E R O T S 104 E S U O H E E R T
The Lotterys More or Less Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksono
• The second book in this warm and funny middle-grade fiction series from the international bestselling and Oscar-nominated author of Room • With gorgeous line and tone illustrations by Caroline Hadilaksono throughout
The 52-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton 9781447287575 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton 9781509833771 I August £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
Join Andy and Terry in their now 104-storey spectacular treehouse. They’ve added thirteen new levels, including a never-ending staircase, a burp bank and even a mighty fortress.
• Fast-paced, un-saccharine adventure with appealing characters – book two to follow January 2020 • Worst Witch meets Pegasus in this illustrated fiction for 7+ horselovers everywhere • Stories featuring Gods and mythology are enduringly popular
The 78-Storey Treehouse The 65-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton 9781509839162 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
The 104-Storey TREEHOUSE
illustrated by Lucy Eldridge 9781509885329 I March £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781509883844 I October £6.99 I B-Format Paperback
The 91-Storey Treehouse
The Winged Horse Race Kallie George,
9781509833757 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781447287599 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
The 39-Storey Treehouse The 26-Storey Treehouse The 13-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton 9781447281580 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
9781447279808 I Available £5.99 I B-Format Paperback
Also available in audio
9781509867752 I October £8.99 I B-Format Paperback
Campbell Books A perfect introduction to fairy tales for the very young Bestselling Busy Book format, with push, pull and slide mechanisms
My Magical Dragon Yujin Shin
9781529001754 I January £5.99 I Board Book
There Are 101 Animals In This Book Rebecca Jones
9781529002195 I March £7.99 I Board Book
Doctor Dolittle Jean Claude
9781529003727 I March £5.99 I Board Book
Dinosaurs
Tiago Americo
9781529002843 I March £6.99 I Board Book
Two novelties – a touch-and-feel patch and a large, die-cut flap to lift on every spread Gently educational with a simple guessing game and question to answer; the strong content makes it appealing to both babies and toddlers
Park
Marie-Noelle Horvath 9781509852543 I April £6.99 I Board Book
Farm
Marie-Noelle Horvath 9781509852536 I April £6.99 I Board Book
Zoo
Allison Black
9781509852581 I July £6.99 I Board Book
Sea
Allison Black
9781509852574 I July £6.99 I Board Book
Bestselling format with sturdy push, pull and slide mechanisms Rhyming text with lots to spot and talk about
Busy Holiday
Busy Zoo
Busy Halloween
9781509869329 I May £5.99 I Board Book
9781509883691 I May £4.99 I Board Book
9781509885749 I September £5.99 I Board Book
Sebastien Braun
Rebecca Finn
Louise Forshaw
Busy Elves
Lindsay Dale Scott
9781509869497 I October £5.99 I Board Book
PICTURE BOOKS
The Complete Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Snowball Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
9781509841851 I October £35.00 I Hardback
9781509827466 I October £6.99 I Paperback
• Beautiful and lavish gift book containing Kipling’s best-loved animal stories in one volume • As well as the two Jungle Book stories, the book includes extra material by Kipling: The Cat That Walked by Himself and Kipling’s most iconic poem, If • With illustrations in colour and in black and white by Stuart Tresilian, who first illustrated the books for Macmillan in the 1930s
• A brilliantly funny story told with Sue and Paul’s inimitable wit and charm and brought to life with their signature illustration style • Snowball is Sue and Paul’s second book for Macmillan, following on from the brilliant Cake, published in March 2018
Watership Down Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley Alex Haridi and Cecilia Davidsson,
9781509881635 I November £12.99 I Hardback
• Beautiful hardback gift picture storybook tying in with the brand new animated TV mini series consisting of 4 x 1 hour episodes • Adapted from the tv scripts by award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, a huge fan of the original story
illustrated by Filippa Widlund 9781529003628 I November £12.99 I Hardback
• A beautiful gift book with crossover appeal for several audiences
The Most-Loved Bear Sam McBratney,
illustrated by Sam Usher 9781529002096 I October £11.99 I Hardback
The Christmas Bear Sticker Book Ian Whybrow, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
9781509880638 I October £5.99 I Paperback
• A brand new edition of a littleknown story by bestselling author Sam McBratney, author of Guess How Much I Love You (28 m units sold worldwide, translated into 53 languages)
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs Paul Stickland
• A fun festive sticker book based on the bestselling The Christmas Bear, packed full of activities and over 400 stickers
Dinosaur Roar! 25th Anniversary Edition Henrietta Stickland,
9781529009477 I January £6.99 I Paperback
illustrated by Paul Stickland
• Wonderfully amusing and lively counting book, with a funny rhyming text • New edition, with re-originated artwork in vivid and glowing colours • Based on the characters from Dinosaur Roar!, which is now recognized as a modern classic
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9781509885398 I January £6.99 I Paperback
• 25th anniversary edition of this modern classic • Special anniversary edition with foiling on front cover
PICTURE BOOKS
I Am Bat Morag Hood
Aalfred and Aalbert Morag Hood
9781509834624 I September £6.99 I Paperback
9781509842940 I January £11.99 I Hardback
• This bold, bright and very funny story about a little bat plagued by cherry thieves will have the whole family giggling • Hilariously moody but cute main character that children will love (and perhaps identify with) • Specially printed with four deliciously bright and sumptuous pantone inks
• A funny, heart-warming story about two aardvarks falling in love • Warm gay romance makes the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day • Two very different worlds are cleverly intertwined in Morag’s signature bold, graphic style
Little Bear’s Spring Elli Woollard,
The Truth About Old People Elina Ellis
Where is Your Sister Puck Koper
9781509882268 I February £11.99 I Hardback
9781509867226 I March £11.99 I Hardback
• A funny and lovable picture book tribute to grandparents and older people • A joyous and unapologetic celebration of old people in all their glory • Does away with stereotypes and clichés with humour and a lightness of touch
• A stylish and funny search-andfind adventure story with a twist • A stylish, funny and gorgeous take on Where’s Wally?, packed with brilliant details to spot • Debut Dutch illustrator with a completely unique and eyecatching style
illustrated by Briony May Smith
9781509807901 I February £6.99 I Paperback
• A little bear cub discovers the joys of spring and the wonders of friendship. A heart-warming nature based story – perfect for Easter • The natural world is a (silent) star character in this book, brought to life with breathtaking beauty by Briony May Smith via a changing landscape of mountains, forests and melting snow
Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea Morag Hood 9781509831449 I January £6.99 I Paperback
• The delicious story of an unlikely friendship between vegetables • Bold, bright colours and a heartwarming message of friendship • Wonderfully tactile embossing and spot UV highlight the vegetables on the front cover
The Steves Morag Hood 9781509834846 I March £6.99 I Paperback
• Very funny, silly story of childlike rivalry – will strike a chord with all readers • Two puffins compete to be the Number One Steve in this very funny, brightly illustrated story • Story is told entirely through dialogue and illustration, making a very direct impact
Ducktective Quack and the Cake Crimewave Claire Freedman, illustrated by Mike Byrne 9781509882403 I March £6.99 I Paperback
• Funny text by Claire Freedman, the award-winning author of Aliens Love Underpants, which has sold over 500k copies • Hilarious illustrations by rising star Mike Byrne, whose first book Sproutzilla vs. Christmas was a huge success in 2016
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The Gruffalo 20th Anniversary Edition Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler 978150989413I I January £6.99 I Paperback
• A brand new special anniversary format with the original story plus added play value and bonus content • Bonus content includes fun facts about The Gruffalo, a Gruffalo quiz, The Gruffalo Song, plus ideas for using the play scene and putting on a show
Animalphabet Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Sharon King-Chai
The Cook and the King Julia Donaldson,
illustrated by David Roberts
9781509801633 I October £14.99 I Hardback
9781509813780 I February £6.99 I Paperback
• Innovative die cuts and flaps accompany the gorgeous illustrations in this celebration of animals big and small • Perfect for reading aloud with children and interacting as they guess which animal will be next
• Brilliant rhyming text with gentle humour and distinctive detailed illustrations from the fantastic picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts • The first new title from this authorillustrator partnership since The Flying Bath in 2014
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The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes Julia Donaldson,
illustrated by Lydia Monks 9781447275985 I April £6.99 I Paperback
• From the author and illustrator of the What the Ladybird Heard series which has sold over 1.7 m copies worldwide across all formats, as of January 2018 • With a gorgeously glittery cover and glitter on every page
GIFT BOOKS
Children’s Classics Collection 9781509894741 I September £35.00 I Hardback
• Each bound in real cloth, printed on high-quality paper, featuring a ribbon marker and gilt edges • Contains individual volumes of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass & What Alice Found There, Best Fairy Stories, The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables
The Golden Treasury: Of English Verse Editor: Francis Turner Palgrave
The Moomin Craft Book
9781509810383 I October £25.00 I Hardback
• With a foreword by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy • The original Golden Treasury sold close to 100,000 copies • Original edition helped popularize Wordsworth and the other Romantic poets
• A beautiful and stylish gift book filled with unique handcrafted projects, inspired by Tove Jansson’s artwork and the world of the Moomins • Over twenty-six beautiful craft projects • A beautifully designed gift book with a range of craft projects suitable for young children, and more challenging projects for experienced adult crafters
Christmas: A History Judith Flanders
Sad Animal Facts: Baby Talk Brooke Barker
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? James Ball
9781529003567 I November £9.99 I Paperback
9780752266602 I October £9.99 I Hardback
9780752266527 I November £9.99 I Hardback
• Many compendia of ‘fun facts about Christmas’ have been published over the years, including last year’s A Christmas Cornucopia by Mark Forsyth. But it has been many decades since a serious historian has turned their attention to the story of how we have celebrated Christmas over the centuries
• Sad Animal Facts has 100k Instagram followers • Brooke’s previous book has sold just under 25k out of the warehouse and was a New York Times bestseller
• Based on a viral BuzzFeed article by the author • A book of hilarious and fascinating answers to the most famous questions posed in pop songs, using data, facts and science • The perfect Christmas gift for the music-lover with a sense of humour in your life • It’s Pop Charts (25k TCM) meets What If? (185k copies TCM)
9781509888764 I October £10.99 I Hardback
Sincerity 9781509893423 I November £14.99 I Hardback
• The hugely anticipated new collection from the multi-award winning, bestselling Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and her last as Laureate
Perpetual Disappointments Diary Nick Asbury 9780752266640 I November £9.99 I Paperback
• A hilariously downbeat diary for the pessimist in all of us
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