2025 releases

A memoir that combines political and economic commentary with personal and national history. Mohammad Tarbush was born in British Mandate Palestine. As an infant, he and his family were forced...

Life in the Pitlane will detail the realities of life off the track; the good and the bad, with a particular spotlight on diversity and inclusion within the sport, and...

The Pilgrimage of a Gay Imam A moving, courageous voice ... Muslims and others alike need to listen to him' - ObserverLudovic-Mohamed Zahed is an imam and Koranic scholar. He...

A memoir about saying the unsayable with food, and how our eating lives can bring us together, and sometimes - keep us apart. 'A comforting hotpot of a book. Every...

Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria Revolutionary black feminist Andree Blouin's memoir of Africa's liberation struggles “We who have been colonized can never forget” Andrée Blouin—once called the most dangerous woman...

A deeply felt chronicle into the wilderness of the first forty days of new motherhood. In the final weeks of her pregnancy, Ayegl Sava becomes fascinated by the mythology around...

Hot chips and turmeric stains Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is on a quest to describe how she became an all-round performer after a childhood in a quiet and undramatic migrant family....

My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster  ‘Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim’s childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for...

A Literary Memoir It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring...

'Sally's book is an exemplar of the best in the genre' Krishnan Srinivasan, The Statesman A blend of travel writing, memoir, history and current affairs that tells the story of Sri...

Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile An urgent and compelling graphic memoir about a Pakistani investigative journalist at odds with his fundamentalist family and the Pakistani military that attempts...

The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike, newly updated for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike...

 'I laughed, I cried and then I laughed again' LENA DUNHAM'Smart and funny … reminds me of the best of Nora Ephron’ GUARDIAN Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares...

‘Controlled and fearless perfection’ - The Washington Post Jamaica Kincaid’s brother Devon died of Aids on 19 January 1996 at the age of 33. This poetic and shockingly candid recounting of...

One of the most important literary voices of the twentieth century on one of her greatest loves – gardening. ‘[Kincaid] is able to do something that is almost never done...

Stephen King's On Writing for graphic novels: everything you want to know about storytelling, illustration and Adrian Tomine, but were too afraid to ask. 'The outstanding graphic novelist of his generation.' Big Issue'Adrian...

The compelling, laugh-out-loud memoir from Kari Ferrell, formerly known as the 'Hipster Grifter', perfect for fans of Inventing Anna, Tinder Swindler and Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life 'Emphatically audacious, hysterical and...

On Pain, Disability, and Doom The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and...

A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article,...

Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, and in the face of prison, death threats, abuse, misogyny, violence, and repression, Asmaa Alghoul...

The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism  An urgent call to action from one of Europe’s most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the writer and performer comes a radically candid memoir exploring masculinity, mental health, addiction and heartbreak Someone once asked me how I'd want to be remembered.I...

From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysedOn Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came...

A Memoir A powerful and moving memoir by the woman who made history as Britain's first black female MP, telling the story of our nation through her eyesFrom challenging expectations...

The Hidden Truth About Bill Gates and His Power to Shape Our World *LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD* Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST POLITICS...

A memoir of three homecomings **Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 2025**'Brave, powerful, and deeply necessary ... A vital contribution to the Black British literary canon' Afua Hirsch'Fresh and...

A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest 'I'm here to tell you my story, which is also the story of my people and the story of this...

How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System and Pocketed $40 Million 'Tanya Smith's story is unbelievably bold, captivating, and moving. Never Saw Me Coming is a wild ride from...

'Questlove radiates passion, knowledge, wit and profundity as he reflects on this ever-evolving art form' GUARDIAN For a young Black kid growing up in a musical family in 1970s Philadelphia, hip-hop...

THE BOOKSHOP WOMAN IS A LOVE STORY, A LOVE STORY ABOUT BOOKS... A WATERSTONES NON FICTION MEMOIR OF THE YEAR 'Beautiful, very honest, and very good. I can't recommend it...

A summoning cry to rid our lives of 'terrible men' and fight outdated patriarchal ideals by a young activist with more than 9 million followers The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first...

My Battle of Hastings is an exploration of how an immigrant, an outsider and a woman can embrace local and national history.In the depths of winter, Xiaolu Guo moves into a...

A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts himThis is the story of a wall that somehow chose me...

A poignant and moving memoir-in-essays from stand-up comedian Aida Rodriguez on the power of overcoming hardship and transforming pain into laughter. Aida Rodriguez has, to put it mildly, lived a...

A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets A STYLIST BEST NON-FICTION PICK A gripping and emotionally eloquent memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in...

Told in two voices - Kim's and Hazel's - Kayang & Me is the history of the south coast Noongar people of Western Australia.Award-winning novelist Kim Scott and his elder, Hazel Brown,...

The Instant Sunday Times #1 Bestseller - a moving, life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from Booker Prize winner Salman RushdieOn the morning of 12 August 2022,...

 A TIME MUST-READ FOR 2024A moving story of how easily a life can be submerged by work, and what it takes to regain one's soulOliver Burkeman, bestselling author of Four Thousand WeeksWhat are...

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers...

Moving Through Grief with Grit, Grace, and Gratitude A spirit-lifting memoir on how to turn pain into purpose, how to live always in gratitude, and how to face down tragedy...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON'A stunning book’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘Dazzling’ TARA WESTOVER‘A story about hope, imagination and resilience’ GUARDIAN An award-winning, inspiring memoir...

The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs **Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature** A devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading...

What the art of debating can teach us about listening better and disagreeing well A new edition of this acclaimed book for our Era of Argument. At a time when...

Overview Inspired by a photograph passed down through generations comes this beautifully written, compelling memoir of one Singapore family and the secrets that defined their story.A cherished family photograph, taken...

'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life...