2025 releases

In a future where humans are enhanced to ensure the survival of society, Akaego fights to prevent her power to grow plants from being weaponised by a corrupt regime. In...

Nine women, nine stories, woven together in a stunning collection rooted in contemporary Nigeria Funmi Fetto's unforgettable debut brings to life the stories of nine Nigerian women as they navigate race,...

An impassioned defence of Black excellence in the arts. What does it mean – and how does it feel – to grow up as a Black artist today? When Kadiatu...

Ecological horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha maps moments through a year in her wild garden, sharing the joy, pleasure and beauty of working with the natural world, and what we need to...

At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant, simple and entirely black and white.But between those two...

**Selected as a 2025 book to look out for by the Guardian, Sunday Times, Irish Times,independent.co.uk, Cosmopolitan, Elle and Service95** 'Raw, original and provoking, Saba Sams is Britain's brightest debut...

A gorgeous romantasy filled with angels and curses, which will break your heart and mend it again. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Stephanie Garber. Heartbreak is always devastating,...

Existor is the most popular guy in school. Fred is the loser with no friends. And nobody knows they're the same person.Online, Fred goes by Existor@stmarks. His alter ego is...

Joan has failed to stop Eleanor and her monstrous plan.Eleanor now rules ruthlessly over a new London, in which monsters live openly among humans, preying on them and subjugating them.Only...

A powerful reflection on race, racism and writing from the Orwell Prize-winning journalist, Gary Younge. ‘Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but...

Want to make it among the wealthy, upper-class students at the University of Oxford? Then you'd better have something interesting to say when people ask about your identity. Luckily, Edward...

A mysterious invitation to drink the oldest bottle of wine in the world - what could possibly go wrong? Four people, each at a crucial point in their lives, arrive...

A stunning, atmospheric debut novel about memory, death and the many ghosts that inhabit the present moment. An elusive narrator is beguiled by a poem that returns to him in...

Kinga is a woman who is just trying to make it through the week.There's a Kinga for every day: on Mondays, you can catch Kinga A deleting food delivery apps....

A 45,000-Mile Adventure When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn't long before she was carefully...

When Dr Anika's patient dies on the operating table and the media pick up on Anika's parasomnia, she has no choice but to escape to Sri Lanka. But returning to...

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare'One of the most valuable...

In this YA urban fantasy graphic novel, Alex must return to the town where she was born to unravel the magical mysteries her late grandmother left behind Alex Wilson hasn’t...

Through the voices of those who live it, Beyond the Wall unveils the everyday realities of occupation, resilience, and the fight for dignity in Palestine. Their voices come from Bethlehem and...

Easy East Asian Recipes with a Twist Exciting East Asian-inspired food to make at home This is exciting, delicious East Asian-flavoured food you can make at home (even after a...

Globally renowned professor of Economics at Cambridge University, and 'the most important person you've never heard of' (New York Times), Sir Partha Dasgupta presents a new model that can -...

Richly imaginative and powerfully empathetic, an intimate portrait of five remarkable Black men, and a meditation on race, estrangement and the search for home. In the western imagination, a Black...

Three Begums revolves around the lives of three ordinary women-Hamida, Merryl and Saliha- who lived extraordinary, interwoven lives of fabulous joy, fierce pain, and untold trauma. Like many who came...

In Babylon, Albion, Dalia Al-Dujaili explores the concept of belonging through nature, blending Arab and Islamic mythology with English pastoral traditions. She reflects on the land's heritage, from oak trees...

The real political mission of Malcolm X, and why it needs resurrecting now - 100 years after his birthMalcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is...

A new, powerful discussion of race, identity and political polarisation through the lens of the mixed-race experience The world and its politics are becoming ever more polarised, leaving no room...

‘Funny, deep, shocking, wry, heartwarming and spine-chilling’ – The Guardian Mr Fox, by award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, is a beautiful and immersive exploration of the labyrinthine world of imagination, storytelling and...

 ‘A devastating work, but proof that a novelist of Naipaul’s stature can often define problems quicker and more effectively than a team of economists and other experts’ – The Times n...

How to Make Decisions in A World of Endless Choice It's estimated that the average person now makes around 35,000 decisions each day. We're living in the age of abundance,...

Women’s healthcare is in crisis. It’s time to empower women to fight for the care they deserve. Female health issues have been an afterthought and sidelined for too long. It’s Probably...

THIS JOB IS ABOUT TO HOOK, LINE AND SINK HER… Ore has (almost) landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for the New Yorker. There’s only one catch –...

A richly-told debut of mothers, daughters and family secrets from the BBC journalist What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother...

A powerful debut that combines historical fiction with fantasy and explores themes of enslavement and empire. 'Powerful' Irenosen Okojie, author of Butterfly Fish The year is 1748. Elewa, known as ‘the...

15 Modern Pantry Ingredients to Amplify Your Cooking Flavour Heroes is a collection of clever, flavour-forward, sweet and savoury recipes that, thanks to a capsule of global pantry ingredients, will satisfy...

An Islamic Journey ‘This book investigates the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Muslim countries . . ....

Her parents' divorce has Maaryah bidding bye-bye to Dubai and her life of luxury . . . and hello to dreary London, where things get . . . complicated. There...

A vivid, powerful portrayal of the Rohingya in exile, from an award-winning reporter. Rohingya men, women and children have been fleeing their homes for forty years. The tipping point came...

LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain Desi Queers reveals how diasporic South Asians have shaped LGBTQ+ movements and communities in Britain, from the 1970s to the present day....

Lessons From More Than 100 Retreats From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the...

The unmissable debut novel May 1998- Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day's travelling left before they...

Award-winning author, Yrsa Daley-Ward's stylishly intriguing and experimental debut novel exploring family, fate and female fantasies. A darkly whimsical debut about women daring to live and create with impunity. Twin...

From a thrilling new debut voice comes a dark and gripping urban fantasy, set in the heart of a hidden world beneath the streets of London - Perfect for fans...

  The first work of non-fiction from an award-winning poet - a fierce reclamation of a link with the land, roaming from Jamaican hills to the woodlands of LeedsThe Possibility...

A haunting family memoir about what we owe our ancestors and our descendants, from an unforgettable new voice 'Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted all along, what...

In this frank, funny and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start...

The battle for recognition in a white Hollywood On 29 February 1940, African American actor Hattie McDaniel became the first person of colour, and the first Black woman, to win...

Enter the enchanted forest of the festival for the broken-hearted... Hearts will be healed, and hearts broken, but nobody will leave this festival exactly as they arrived, in the new...

The explosive debut from political commentator Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule reveals how the collective power of ordinary people is under attack We live under minority rule. But who are the...

Looking Back, Moving Forward Interdisciplinary scholars rethink strategies for moving contemporary decolonization politics forward by revisiting the writings of the mid-20th century anti-colonial movements' leading intellectuals. Decolonizing Knowledge draws on...

An Observer Best Debut Novel 2024 An urgent debut set in multicultural London which takes the reader on a frightening journey into online radicalisation David hates school, where he has...