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UK Book Releases: September
September is the month that publishing wakes back up in a big way — and this year’s releases are making a very strong case for staying in with a book. From buzzy literary fiction to mysteries, family dramas and some seriously anticipated new novels, there’s plenty worth making room for.
Your TBR isn’t going to fill itself — here’s where we think you should start.
As the Roman Republic fractures under rivalry and ambition, Egypt’s new female Pharaoh sees a chance to reclaim her kingdom’s power. Alice Roberts reimagines the intertwined stories of Cleopatra and Mark Antony in a sweeping historical novel of politics, power, empire and desire.
From Daniel Defoe to Zadie Smith, Philip Hensher traces three centuries of the British novel, exploring how writers, readers and publishers transformed a new literary form into one of our most enduring. An expansive celebration of both the famous and the unfairly forgotten.
Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei searching for family, culture and connection, only for her summer of discovery to unravel after a sudden loss. Funny, poignant and searching, Kuang’s coming-of-age novel explores first love, grief, language and what it means to belong to a place you’ve inherited but never fully known.
In 1951, war reporter Harry Flynn joins the team preparing the Festival of Britain, hoping for a fresh start. But when a woman he’s been seeing disappears and suspicion falls on him, Harry is drawn into a mystery against the colourful backdrop of postwar Britain.
Retired executive David is travelling across Europe on one final journey, his memories becoming increasingly unreliable as Zurich—and the end of his life—draws closer. Cline’s hypnotic novel explores memory, mortality and what remains when the achievements and illusions that shaped a life begin to fall away.
Following her bestselling Want, Gillian Anderson returns with another intimate collection of anonymous letters revealing women’s sexual fantasies and desires from around the world. Bold and uncensored, More continues Anderson’s exploration of the private thoughts women are rarely given space to voice.
Miss Marple is enjoying a rare holiday at a glamorous hotel high in the Swiss Alps when a guest is found dead and a snowstorm cuts them off from the outside world. With everyone hiding something, it’s up to Marple to uncover the killer before they strike again.
RóisÃn and Red meet as teenagers in a small Irish town in 1982, forming an intense bond before trouble sends Red away to England. Years later, when RóisÃn follows him to London, their connection draws her toward painful truths about love, addiction, regret and the choices that can shape an entire life.
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Happy reading, book friends!