2022 Releases

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the...

Joan Chang-Hunt has no idea she's part monster until she's thrust into a battle between the boy she has a crush on and one of the most ruthless monster families...

She found magic in the most unlikely of places. Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic, keep your head down, and stay away from other witches. Mika is good...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEMrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel.Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from an eternity of her...

Aja Barber wants change.In the 'learning' first half of the book, she will expose you to the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile...

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside — the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble...

When ghosts talk, she will listen . . .Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker — and she now speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to the living....

The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine EvaristoBernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win — the first by a Black woman — was a revolutionary moment...

Essays on crisis and responseThe body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress.In this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political...

The Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will 'undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come' (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri's...

The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author — a haunting portrait of a woman, her decisions, her conversations, her solitariness, in a beautiful and lonely Italian...

These are the books you should read. This is the canon.Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences...

How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the WorldAn essential work outlining the origin and ongoing reality of global racism, from Britain's leading authority on Black Studies.The New Age of Empire...

'She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic'This is the story of Fenfang who, determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots, gets a job as...

Sisters, beware the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' . . . As host of radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo's mission is to protect her listeners from heartbreak. Which puts Whitewell College's...

Translated by Margaret MitsutaniA mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian novel about friendship, difference and what it means to belong, by a National Book Award-winning novelist.Welcome to the not-too-distant future. Japan, having vanished...

Returning to the dark and glamorous world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with another riveting tale full of mystery, danger, and...

Their kisses write headlines and their fights break the internet.Whitman 'Win' Tagore and Leo Milanowski — the greatest love story of our time. As a woman of colour in Hollywood,...

Exposing how the law silences womenHOW MANY MORE WOMENhave to be raped or abused before we act?need to accuse him before we believe her?will be failed by the criminal justice...

By National Book Award finalist and Dos Passos Prize winner, Rabih Alameddine, comes a transporting new novel about an Arab American trans woman's personal journey among Syrian refugees on Lesbos...

The epic romance of Lei and Wren comes to a breathtaking conclusion in the explosive finale to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire series.'Don't struggle,...

When a mother and daughter take the overseas trip of a lifetime, they discover that the past is never quite behind them.When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother...

How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern BritainThe groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern BritainIn Britain, imperialism is everywhere — though we often choose not to see it....

A New History of Revolution and EmpireWINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021Starting from...

On the choices of being a woman Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. In a world where women...

*Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize* *Longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize*A breathtaking collection of stories about our most intimate relationships, and the secrets, misunderstandings and silences that haunt them. A...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThree friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes TroubleRonke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be...

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and 2016. Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj,...

Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of InjusticeA doctor and an economist explore the hidden links between health and structural injustices, and set out a radical vision for a fairer world.What...

*An Evening Standard Must Read for 2021*From the acclaimed author of ESCAPE ROUTES, a bittersweet story of coming-of-age in a divided world, in the tradition of TIN MAN or BLACK...

Mother. To three small children, their heritage dual like hers. Daughter. To a mother who immigrated to make a better life but has been rejected by her chosen country. Wife....

The debut collection from award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyonce's Lemonade and Black Is King.With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a...

A memoir of empowerment, community and hopeA powerful memoir about a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that changed the world. She squeezes my hand and smiles....

One woman, many personas. But which one is telling the truth?Alexa Wu is a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series...

The Case for AbolitionThis short book outlines the case for border abolition as the only viable response to the nightmarish realities of our present. It develops a thoroughgoing critique of...

A quirky, funny, deeply intelligent story of love, big dreams, starting up and feminist geekdom.Halfway through her PhD and already dreaming of running her own lab, computer scientist Asha has...

In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage, where the vicar, Shahpur Edalji, is a Parsi convert...

Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian WomanA call to South Asian women to question everything they’ve been taught about self-love.Part memoir, part guide, Burning My Roti is essential reading for...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas HigginsFrom the author of Winter in Sokcho, which won the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature.The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is...

An unforgettable debut novel about first love, family obligation and finding your way.In the wake of first heartbreak, Nur somehow meets his perfect woman. Yasmina is bright, beautiful and, what’s...

The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spiesThe Secret History of The Five Eyes: The untold story of the international spy network, is...

An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga AgarwalHow...

The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing Black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine EvaristoBeing denied teaching jobs due to the colour bar. Working in an office...

THE BUNKER IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM ALL SAFE.In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to heal. Wolfe...

An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court.She's drawn into simmering personal dramas. Her lover, Adriaan, is separated from his wife...

From the internationally bestselling author ofExit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling changeOne morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned...

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasised about escaping their daily lives and starting over.Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp...

A New York Times bestsellerA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA PickLove & Gelato meets Don’t Date Rosa Santos in this charming, heartfelt story following a Miami girl...

The Epic Life of Toussaint LouvertureThe definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary heroThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with...

The Murder In the Gare do Oriente, a body sits, slumped, in a stationary train. A high-profile man appears to have died by throwing himself repeatedly against the glass. But...