Special Edition Books – 2022 Publications
This page is an archive of “special editions” published in 2022 – a couple are OOP but most are still available to buy, so please enjoy perusing the titles!
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List last updated Mar 31, 2023.
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December 2022
Queen of Myth and Monsters (Adrian X Isolde) by Scarlett St Clair
Dec 27, 2022
Fantasy. Isolde’s love for the vampire Adrian each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. With two opposing goddesses playing mortals and vampires like chess pieces against one another, Isolde is uncertain who her allies are in the vampire stronghold of Revekka.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive cover colourway, a sprayed edge, an extra chapter and a graphic novel short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US paperback with bonus chapter of Adrian and Isolde during the winter holidays, as well as an eight-page graphic novel interstitial of Adrian’s chapter of King of Battle and Blood.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Bullet that Missed (Thursday Murder Club) by Richard Osman
Dec 19, 2022
Osman’s beloved ageing investigators return in another captivating mystery that blends wry wit and deft characterisation with fast-paced, intricate plotting.
Dymocks exclusive: hardback with a fox stencilled edge plus an extra short story adventure with the beloved Shiraz-swilling, cake-making, cardigan-wearing Joyce.
➤ Find it at Dymocks (Australia)
nb: seems to be the same as the UK Waterstones exclusive edition
Monstress Book Two by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Dec 13, 2022
Graphic novel. A teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war, a task that’s made all the more difficult by her mysterious psychic link to an eldritch monster of tremendous power.
B&N exclusive: signed by Marjorie Liu and will include an exclusive cover and postcards featuring the artwork of series’ artist Sana Takeda.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Wordsworth Luxe Collection by various authors
Dec 15, 2022.
A new limited ‘deluxe’ collection of classics by Wordsworth publishing, with a hand-etched design with foil detail embossed on a linen cover, sprayed page edges, patterned end-papers and a silk ribbon marker.
Titles include
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Montgomery
➤ Find the Luxe Collection at Amazon | Book Depository
Monstress Book Two by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Dec 13, 2022
Graphic novel. A teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war, a task that’s made all the more difficult by her mysterious psychic link to an eldritch monster of tremendous power.
B&N exclusive: signed by Marjorie Liu and will include an exclusive cover and postcards featuring the artwork of series’ artist Sana Takeda.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) by Robert Jordan
Dec 8, 2022.
Classic fantasy.
When their village is attacked by terrifying creatures, Rand al’Thor and his friends are forced to flee for their lives. An ancient evil is stirring, and its servants are scouring the land for the Dragon Reborn – the prophesised hero who can deliver the world from darkness. In this Age of myth and legend, the Wheel of Time turns. What was, what may be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Collector’s Edition: UK hardback with gold-foiled illustration on the front cover, exclusive gold-foil illustrations on both sides of the slipcase, an exclusive new Two Rivers illustration as front endpapers, the classic Wheel of Time world map as back endpapers, an exclusive foreword from international bestselling fantasy author Brent Weeks, plus sprayed edges, head and tail bands and a gold ribbon marker. Limited to 1000 copies.
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel
Dec 8, 2022.
A revisionist history of art that turns the limelight on female creativity and the way it has shaped and enriched our world.
Waterstones Exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author with slipcase.
➤ Find at Waterstones
B&N Exclusive: US hardback signed by the author with a 5×7 color reproduction of 17th Century Dutch Artist Rachel Ruysch’s “Still Life With Flowers on a Marble Tabletop,” which Hessel discusses in the book..
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Alone With You In The Ether by Olivie Blake
Dec 8, 2022.
A beautifully wrought romance about love, mental health and the damage we can inflict on others without meaning to.
Waterstones exclusive edition: UK hardback with honeycomb stencilled page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Dec 6, 2022.
Multiple homicide, secret societies and some very disturbing occult practices abound in this Yale classroom.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive yellow colourway.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by David French
Dec 6, 2022.
The second story collection in the bestselling series that inspired the hit Netflix show.
Illustrated edition: Illustrated special edition by a range of artists.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Passenger & Stella LE Slipcase by Cormac McCarthy
Dec 6, 2022
Thrillers. A literary duet about the complex relationship between two siblings, Bobby Western and Stella Maris.
LE slipcase: UK hardbacks in slipcase.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository | Waterstones
The Prison Healer [Australian LE] by Lynette Noni
Dec 1, 2022
Thrillers. A literary duet about the complex relationship between two siblings, Bobby Western and Stella Maris.
Limited Edition: Exclusive luxe hardback edition with full colour character art work, two-colour printing on chapter headers and maps, a personal letter and other bonus content from the author, metallic sheen dust jacket and lock design on the case underneath.
➤ Find it at Booktopia
November 2022
Tome of Beasts III LE by Jeff Lee et al
Nov 29, 2022.
A flock of ferocious monsters for 5th Edition DnD.
Limited Edition: Foil-stamped cover, deluxe endpapers, and a ribbon bookmark.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
Nov 29, 2022.
Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with crime tape sprayed on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback. Exclusive features TBC.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Morrighan by Mary E Pearson
Nov 29, 2022.
A richly illustrated and romantic origin story of Mary E. Pearson’s Remnant universe, the world of Dance of Thieves, Vow of Thieves and the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles.
Illustrated edition: Illustrated special edition.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nov 24, 2022
An iconic Hollywood star mysteriously chooses an unknown young journalist to chronicle her life story in this sumptuous tale of ambition, regret and forbidden love.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition with gold foiling and additional author letter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Snow White and other Grimm’s Fairy Tales [Interactive Edition] by MinaLima
Nov 24, 2022
Children’s. An illustrated collection of 23 Grimm’s fairy tales with interactive features.
☞ Read more about the MinaLima Interactive Children’s Classics series.
Interactive edition: Includes nine interactive features ranging from a pop-up forest and pull-tab mirror for Snow White and a wall of thorns encasing Sleeping Beauty to a three-dimensional ball gown for Cinderella and a pop-up tower for Rapunzel.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
Nov 24, 2022
Brings together President Volodymyr Zelensky’s powerful war speeches that reflect on his nation defending itself from Russian aggression and fighting for the values of the democratic world.
Waterstones exclusive: Includes an extra speech from President Zelensky and a speech from Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Nov 22, 2022.
Deluxe edition of the modern classic that predicted the metaverse. Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is legendary.
Deluxe edition: US hardback with new material and decorative endpapers.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Nov 22, 2022.
A retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback exclusive cover featuring gold foil, embossing and original art, turquoise stained page edges and colored endpapers.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman
Nov 17, 2022.
A magical world full of courageous heroes and warrior unicorns in the first instalment of Steadman’s series, as young Skandar takes to the skies to battle a deadly enemy.
Waterstones “Autumn” Exclusive: Replacing the initial exclusive edition, this new special edition has sprayed edges, gold foil pattern, prologue of book two, note from the author and bonus information on the fire element.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Find signed exclusive at Waterstones
The Dictionary of the Book by Sidney E. Berger
Nov 15, 2022.
The definitive glossary of the book covers all the terms needed for a thorough understanding of how books are made, the materials they are made of, and how they are described in the bookselling, book collecting, and library worlds.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Nov 15, 2022.
☞ Read more about the Penguin Vitae series.
Penguin Vitae series: UK ‘naked’ hardbacks with metallic foil stamped covers and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Find Custom at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Portrait at Amazon | Book Depository
Ella Minnow Pea – Mark Dunn, illustrated by Brittany Worsham
Nov 15, 2022
A clever, whimsical children’s book that covers themes of language, freedom and human dignity in an era of political oppression.
20th Anniversary edition: Hardback with illustrations.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
A Light in the Flame (Flesh & Fire #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Nov 15, 2022.
Fantasy romance.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with exclusive cover embossed with foil and spot gloss, and an afterword letter from the author.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2) – Chloe Gong
Nov 10, 2022
After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will step into usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with bronze sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Very Merry Murder Club – Serena Patel & Robin Stevens (eds)
Nov 10, 2022
A joyous anthology of Christmassy crime stories for young readers.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Gleanings (Arc of a Scythe) – Neal Shusterman
Nov 10, 2022
The Arc of a Scythe series continues with thrilling stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with extra short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
A Restless Truth (Last Binding) – Freya Marske
Nov 10, 2022
Combines period novel, classic murder mystery and magical shenanigans in a page-turning romp set aboard an ocean liner.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Fall of Númenor by J. R. R. Tolkien, illustrated by Alan Lee
Nov 10, 2022.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.
Special edition: Deluxe slipcased special edition.
➤ Find standard edition at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find special edition at Amazon | Book Depository
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
Nov 10, 2022
A special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colours.
Illustrated edition: Hardback, with stencilled green page edges, Tolkien’s own paintings and drawings for the first time, two colour printing, and a letter written by Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages.
Collector’s note: A companion to the matching Lord of the Rings edition released last year.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Limited edition: Hardback in a slipcase, quarter-bound with blue leather, including Tolkien’s own paintings and drawings for the first time, two colour printing, and a letter written by Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring ‘A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making’ by Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing ‘Taniquetil’.
Collector’s note: A companion to the matching Lord of the Rings limited edition released last year.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Girl of Ink & Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Olia Muza
Nov 10, 2022.
Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway lands her cartographer father once mapped. When her friend disappears, she volunteers to guide the search. The world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland – and beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a fire demon is stirring from its sleep.
Illustrated edition: UK hardback illustrated by Olia Muza.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository
Heart of the Sun Warrior (Celestial Kingdom #2) – Sue Lynn Tan
Nov 10, 2022
The conclusion to The Celestial Kingdom Duology sees Xingyin venture to unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm, as she battles the forces threatening to destroy everything she holds dear.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Bonus: signed sprayed edge edition also available while stocks last
B&N exclusive: US hardback with a short story prequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess, HOUYI AND THE TEN SUNS, a retelling of the Chinese legend of Hou yi, the Sun Warrior/Lord Archer plus colored end papers and a unique cover stamp.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff, decorated by E. H. Shepard.
Nov 10, 2022
The principles of Taoism demonstrated by Winnie-the-Pooh.
40th Anniversary edition: Quarter clothbound hardback with illustrations.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Marjolein Bastin
Nov 10, 2022.
Fiction. The 1860s, the turbulent days of the American Civil War, and four sisters as different as they could be: Meg, who likes to approach everything rationally and reasonably; Jo, a nonconformist with literary ambitions; tender Beth, who tries to keep the peace; and Amy, the baby of the family who tends to take herself and her position in society a little too seriously.
Marjolein Bastin Classics: Illustrated hardback with removable inserts, including a self-made newspaper, a map, an invitation, and more.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Book Depository
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Mysterious Affair at Styles [Special editions] by Agatha Christie
Nov 10, 2022.
Mystery. Two more classic mysteries in the HarperCollins ‘special edition’ series binding.
Special edition: UK hardbacks with spot foiling and decorative endpapers. The Mysterious Affair at Styles includes for the first time a bonus chapter: the original courtroom climax as an alternate ending.
➤ Find Roger Ackroyd at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find The Mysterious Affair at Styles at Amazon | Book Depository
Bloodmarked (Legendborn Cycle) – Tracy Deonn
Nov 8, 2022
Bree uses her new powers to help rescue the boy she loves as the war between the demons and the Order reaches fever pitch.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with black stencilled design on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Novelist as a Vocation – Haruki Murakami
Nov 8, 2022
Murakami’s musings on the peculiar profession of the novelist, discussing his own creative process as well as the role of novelists in society in characteristically luminous prose.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with white stencilled design on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Dawnlands (Fairmile #3) – Philippa Gregory
Nov 8, 2022
The third instalment of Gregory’s sweeping historical Fairmile saga finds Alinor enmeshed in intrigue as the spectre of civil war appears once more, forcing her to make some life-changing decisions.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with exclusive illustrated historical note from the author on the background of Monmouth and the Monmouth rebellions.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
+ Signed exclusive edition while stocks last
Scattered Showers – Rainbow Rowell, illustrated by Jim Tierney
Nov 8, 2022
Nine charming, witty love stories featuring princes, trolls, imaginary boys and the return of Simon Snow.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author with rainbow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
First printings of the trade editions of this book will also have special features, including duotone illustrations by Jim Tierney, patterned endpapers, a white ribbon bookmark and sky-blue stained page edges.
US Trade Edition: US hardback with pale blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find US at Amazon | Book Depository
UK Trade Edition: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges.
UK International Edition: UK hardback with clouds painted on the page edges.
***According to the author, these editions have the same ISBN, so it depends whether they were sourced from the UK or other countries. Please contact the shop to be sure you have the right edition before ordering!!)***
➤ Find UK edition at Amazon | Book Depository
Chain of Gold (Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare
Nov 8, 2022.
Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin.
B&N exclusive edition: US ‘deluxe’ hardback with a redesigned cover with foil stamping, gilded edges, colored endpapers, and a satin ribbon.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Charm (Crave #5) – Tracy Wolff
Nov 8, 2022
When Grace finds herself trapped with the last guy she ever expected, who also happens to be the most obnoxious one she’s ever met, she can’t decide if she wants to kill him…or kiss him. Except she’ll need her enemy’s help if she wants to survive the mysterious Shadow Realm and save all the people she’s come to call family who live there.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with special-edition Dragon Court-themed endpapers, plus exclusive bonus content from Tracy Wolff that explores a brand-new dragon species and a never-before-seen bonus scene.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Harper Muse Painted Classics (series 2) by various authors
Nov 8, 2022.
New titles in this series include Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë; Little Women – Louisa May Alcott; Persuasion – Jane Austen and The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie.
Harper Muse Painted Classics: High-end hardcovers featuring Laci Fowler’s distinctive hand-painted art, decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout; matching ribbon marker; and gold page sprayed edges.
❦ Read more about the Painted Editions series here…
➤ Find Jane Eyre at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Little Women at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find Persuasion at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find The Mysterious Affair At Styles at Amazon | Book Depository
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Nov 8, 2022
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
10th Anniversary edition: Hardback with new content.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Nov 8, 2022
Fantasy short stories from the Scythedom universe.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, includes an additional story from the Arc of the Scythe universe that cannot be found elsewhere, and a deluxe foil jacket.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Bloodmarked (Legendborn #2) by Tracy Deonn
Nov 8, 2022
Fantasy. The ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with bonus short story.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities #9) by Shannon Messenger
Nov 8, 2022
Fantasy. Her friends are divided and scattered, and the Black Swan wants Sophie to focus on their projects. But her instincts are leading her somewhere else.
Bonus: Order from B&N for a chance to win a prize pack.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with pull-out poster on the inside of the jacket, plus two elements with art drawn by author Shannon Messenger: an illustration on the case of the book and special endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
★You might also be interested in checking out the preorder offers page for bonuses if you preorder this title
Murder Before Evensong – Rev Richard Coles
Nov 7, 2022.
Mystery. The sleepy parish of Champton descends into unexpected chaos, setting Canon Daniel Clement on a hunt for a murderer.
Waterstones exclusive: A new special edition, released for Christmas. Signed UK hardback, with a Christmas introduction from Richard and the first chapter of his next book (A Death in the Parish).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
Nov 3, 2022
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall, Closes at Dawn.”
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with Q&A with the author.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Murder Before Evensong – Rev Richard Coles
Sep 23, 2022.
Mystery. The sleepy parish of Champton descends into unexpected chaos, setting Canon Daniel Clement on a hunt for a murderer.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with red, green or yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Find signed edition at Waterstones while stocks last
The Starless Sea – Erin Morgenstern
Nov 3, 2022
“A story of subterranean libraries, hidden clues and wildly inventive magic it is also a story of the multiplicity of stories themselves and why they matter in navigating and understanding the choices we face.“
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with author essay on the influence of video games.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Gild, Glint, & Gleam (Plated Prisoner) – Raven Kennedy
Nov 3, 2022
The first three books in the bestselling Plated Prisoner series – volumes sold individually.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find Gild at Waterstones
➤ Find Glint at Waterstones
➤ Find Gleam at Waterstones
If We Were Villains [5th Anniversary] by M. L. Rio
Nov 2, 2022.
An intoxicating blend of thriller, campus drama and Shakespearian tragedy.
5th Anniversary Edition: UK hardback, signed by the author with illustrations and other deluxe touches.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository | Waterstones
The Luminaries by Susan Dennard
Nov 1, 2022.
Set in the small town of Hemlock Falls, the novel follows Winnie, an exile from an ancient society that protects humanity from monsters and nightmares.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with an alternate cover with copper foiling, a unique case color and case stamp, and exclusive endpapers.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System (Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 4) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and Xiao Tong Kong
Nov 1, 2022.
A man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series ends up accidentally romancing the male protagonist in this fan-favorite tale.
B&N exclusive edition: US paperback with bonus fold-out insert bound into the book, featuring an exclusive color illustration by a special guest artist (different to the special edition).
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Let It Go [Frozen] (Disney Twisted Tales) by Jen Calonita
Nov 1, 2022.
What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other? A Disney Frozen retelling.
Collector’s Edition: Australian hardback with foiled cover and blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Nov 1, 2022 / 19 Jan 2023
A circle of researchers uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative stencilled and green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
B&N book club edition: US hardback with unique endpapers.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
Going Rogue (Stephanie Plum #29) by Janet Evanovich
Nov 1, 2022.
Stephanie Plum’s latest adventure.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with foil-stamped case detail under the dust jacket, four-color endpapers and special author’s note.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
The World We Make (Great Cities #2) – N. K. Jemisin
Nov 1, 2022
A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia, and “law and order” may have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with altered colored cover and a Q&A with the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
They Both Die at the End – Adam Silvera
Nov 1, 2022
On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.
Collector’s edition: Hardback with a never-before-seen short story, a letter from the author, and a “special effect” on the cover.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
See also the sequel The First to Die at the End (October 2022)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Mr Boddington’s Studio
Nov 1, 2022
Picture book. The classic rhyme with delightful illustrations by Mr Boddington’s Studio.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, exclusive features TBC.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Pride and Prejudice [Deluxe edition] by Jane Austen, illustrated by Bil Donovan
Nov 1, 2022.
Romance. Illustrated by renowned fashion illustrator Bil Donovan.
Deluxe edition: Hardback with original 4-color artwork as well as foil stamping, 4-color endpapers, and gilded page edges.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository
October 2022
Empire of the Vampire [Illustrated edition] by Jay Kristoff, illustrated by Bon Orthwick
Oct 27, 2022
Fantasy. Colour illustrated edition.
Illustrated edition: UK hardback, colour illustrations and foiled cover.hea
*(Updated July 14 with new ISBN)
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository | Waterstones
The Ultimate Discworld Companion by Paul Kidby
Oct 27, 2022.
Your ultimate guide to the entire Discworld.
Dunmanifestin edition: Slipcased and bound in an exclusive foil-embossed cover with bonus content and extra artwork – plus an exclusive print with every pre-ordered copy.
➤ Find it at Paul Kidby’s Website
Solo Leveling Comic Box Set by Dubu (RediceStudio) & Chugong
Oct 25, 2022
Volumes 1-5. Gates connecting to dungeons of monsters have sporadically started opening out of nowhere, awakening strange and hidden powers in some to fight the monsters. Our MC may be one of those hunters, but he is one of the weakest. Good thing he’s about to level up.
B&N/Waterstones exclusive: Box set with exclusive foldout poster
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble | Waterstones
The Rise of the Dragon by George R R Martin, Elio M García and Linda Antonsson
Oct 25, 2022.
Fantasy. Volume 1 of a lavish visual history of the Targaryen Dynasty.
US edition: Hardback edition by Ten Speed Press.
➤ Find it at Amazon
UK edition: Hardback edition by HarperCollins.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Atlas Paradox (Atlas #2) by Olivie Blake
Oct 25, 2022
Fantasy. Sequel to The Atlas Six.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative stencilled white and black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Signed edition also available while stocks last
B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive alternate cover, exclusive story Eilif and the Prince, unique color endpapers and unique color cover stamp.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Indigo exclusive: US hardback, same as Barnes & Noble.
➤ Find it at Indigo
No Plan B (new Jack Reacher #3) by Lee & Andrew Child
Oct 25, 2022.
Thriller. Reacher finds himself probing the expansive conspiracy behind an apparent suicide.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with red sprayed page edges, coloured endpapers, foiled case design on the boards, and bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Signed exclusive edition while stock lasts at Waterstones
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
Oct 18, 2022.
Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’ side of the story and shares what comes next
Waterstones exclusive edition: UK hardback with water stencilled page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
WHSmith exclusive edition: UK hardback with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at WHSmith
A Voyage to Arcturus – David Lindsay, illustrated by Jim Woodring
Oct 18, 2022
Lindsay’s gender-bending work of visionary sci-fi as brought to life through Woodring’s psychedelic illustrations.
Beehive Books Illuminated Edition: High-end art book with more than numerous illustrations housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9×12″ trim format.
❦ Peek inside this volume and read more about the Beehive Books Illuminated Editions here…
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Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
Oct 18, 2022
Fiction. Reimagining Dickens’ David Copperfield for the modern age
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with floral stencilled blue and black page edges.
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Independent bookshop exclusive: UK hardback, with alternate green cover and floral stencilled green and black page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with an essay detailing how a night spent at the seaside home where Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield inspired the direction for the author’s new novel Demon Copperhead.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Wind in the Willows [Heirloom Edition] by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Don Daily
Oct 18, 2022
Picture book. A newly illustrated edition of the classic tale [abridge].
Heirloom edition: Slipcased hardback with ribbon marker.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Maybe by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Gabriella Barouch
Oct 18, 2022
Picture book. A reminder that you are unique, and that you were meant for incredible things.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive illustrations, new cover, behind the scenes sketches and new endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Oct 15, 2022
A moving narrative of a father and son traversing a ravaged post-apocalyptic landscape.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with grey sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Einstein the Penguin: The Case of the Fishy Detective – Iona Rangeley, illustrated by David Tazzyman
Oct 13, 2022
Imogen and Arthur have been missing their friend, the penguin, Einstein, since he went back to Australia. So when an opportunity for him to return arises, they jump at the chance. But then Einstein and his friend Isaac are kidnapped.
Independent Bookshop exclusive: UK hardback, with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains) – M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman
Oct 13, 2022
Hal and Uncle Nat are on the night train to the Arctic Circle with a sinister figure pursuing the stunning locomotive.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with train tracks sprayed on the page edges.
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Sixteen Souls – Rosie Talbot
Oct 13, 2022
Queer romance threads through the gripping story of a European city being stripped of its spirits.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with aqua sprayed page edges.
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Vespertine – Margaret Rogerson
Oct 13, 2022
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, tasked with cleansing the bodies of the dead so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a hunger for the living. When her convent is attacked, Artemisia defends it by awakening a revenant. Wielding this ancient spirit’s extraordinary power almost consumes her – but only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a revenant, has any chance of saving Loraille.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with blue sprayed page edges.
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The Other Ones – Fran Hart
Oct 13, 2022
Sal lives in a haunted house. He longs to be ordinary, but when the strangest of strangers arrives on his doorstep – a fellow outcast called Pax – his life grows even more complicated. Sal goes on to develop an unlikely friendship with Pax, whose love for all things spooky drew him to the house and its inhabitants. But as the two grow closer, the true nature of the hauntings is gradually revealed.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with Autumn leaves stencilled on green sprayed page edges.
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The Book of Legends – Lenny Henry, illustrated by Keenon Ferrell
Oct 13, 2022
Middle grade. Bran and Fran love living with their mum, who is the storyteller at the Once Upon a Wow bookstore in their small Midlands town. But when mum goes missing and her stories turn out to be a portal to another world, they’re going to have a huge, magical adventure on their hands.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Christmas Competition (The Christmas Carrolls) – Mel Taylor-Bessent, illustrated by Selom Sunu
Oct 13, 2022
A Christmas book about kindness and cheer.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with Christmas decorations stencilled onto green sprayed page edges.
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Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries – Kate Mosse
Oct 13, 2022
A celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history.
Independent Bookstore edition: UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative sprayed green page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie such as Bert’s Books
Persuasion – Jane Austen
Oct 13, 2022
The complete novel, featuring the character’s letters and papers, written and folded by hand.
Interactive edition: Contains pockets throughout containing replicas of thirteen items from the story, re-created with exquisite calligraphy and painstaking attention to historical detail. .
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
War Horse [40th Anniversary] by Michael Morpurgo
Oct 13, 2022
Middle grade. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times.
40th anniversary edition: Features a new cover from fine arts photographer, Nine Francois, and chapter illustrations from award-winning war artist, George Butler.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus #24) by Ian Rankin
Oct 13, 2022.
Mystery. The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One Bestseller Ian Rankin.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Signed exclusive copies also available while stocks last at Waterstones
Leila and the Blue Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston
Oct 13, 2022
Middle grade fantasy. A young fox and a girl seeking her mother join forces on an unforgettable Arctic adventure.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with paw prints stencilled on the page edges.
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A Spell of Trouble by Trini Tinture
Oct 13, 2022
Graphic novel/fantasy. Popular, rich and great at school, Carrie lives a charmed life – because, unbeknownst to her classmates, she’s a witch! A comedy classic from British girls’ comic Jinty.
Waterstones limited edition: UK hardback with a bonus story.
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Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
Oct 11, 2022
Charged with Moore’s distinctive brand of urbane mysticism, the stories collected in Illuminations range from the four horsemen of the apocalypse to the big bang and are guaranteed to astound and intrigue.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author with illustrated endpapers, an all new Henry-POV chapter, and prink sprayed page edges.
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Collector’s edition: Hardback with illustrated endpapers, an all new Henry-POV chapter, and more.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Australian collector’s edition: Hardback with illustrated endpapers, firework sprayed edges an all new Henry-POV chapter, and more.
➤ Find it at Dymocks
Illuminations – Alan Moore
Oct 11, 2022
Charged with Moore’s distinctive brand of urbane mysticism, the stories collected in Illuminations range from the four horsemen of the apocalypse to the big bang and are guaranteed to astound and intrigue.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with sprayed page edge design.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Find signed edition at Waterstones
Kingdom of the Wicked Box Set by Kerri Maniscalco
Oct 11, 2022
A limited edition boxed set containing all 3 Barnes & Noble Exclusive Editions in the Kingdom of the Wicked series.
B&N exclusive: US hardbacks, each with a unique cover and bonus content. Kingdom of the Wicked includes an annotated chapter with notes from the author, Kingdom of the Cursed presents deleted scenes from Wrath’s POV, and Kingdom of the Feared contains a spicy bonus chapter from Envy’s POV.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
ExtraOrdinary [Anniversary Edition] by V. E. Schwab
Oct 11, 2022
Graphic novel. A teenager gains the ability to see people’s deaths in reflective surfaces.
Anniversary edition: Includes the special World Comic Book Day, issue #0, which serves as a primer on Eli Ever.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Note: The previously released Barnes & Noble Exclusive edition is also still available.
Flame Tree Folk & Fairy Tales Series by various authors
Oct 11, 2022.
Fairy tale collections. The next set of books in the Flame Tree Collector’s Editions series are four sets of folk and fairy tales, covering tales from Scottish, African, Viking and Irish mythologies.
Collector’s editions: Foiled and embossed covers with gilded page edges. Some minimal black & white line drawings (3 per book).
➤ Find them at Amazon | Book Depository
Lore Olympus #3 by Rachel Smythe
Oct 11, 2022
Graphic novel. As Persephone contemplates her future, Hades struggles with his past, falling back into toxic habits in Minthe’s easy embrace.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with bonus short story.
➤ Find it at B&N
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition] by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
Oct 11, 2022 (UK), Nov 1, 2022 (US)
The fifth book in the beloved, bestselling Harry Potter series, brilliantly and profusely illustrated.
Deluxe edition: Oversized clothbound hardback in slipcase with high quality paper, two ribbon bookmarks, a special art print, and a bespoke packing carton.
Note there are also preorder discounts and tote bag offers if you buy direct from Bloomsbury before 10 September.
➤ Find UK edition (Bloomsbury) at Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository | Waterstones
➤ Find US edition (Scholastic) at Amazon | Book Depository
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [Collector’s Illustrated Edition] by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
Oct 11, 2022.
The fifth book in the beloved, bestselling Harry Potter series, brilliantly and profusely illustrated.
Note there are also preorder discounts and tote bag offers if you buy direct from Bloomsbury before 10 September.
Illustrated edition: Oversized illustrated hardback edition.
➤ Find UK edition (Bloomsbury) at Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository
➤ Find US edition (Scholastic) at Amazon | Book Depository
The Land of Stories: Wishing Spell (10th Anniversary Illustrated Edition) by Chris Colfer
Oct 11, 2022.
YA. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
Anniversary edition: Illustrated special edition.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
What Just Happened? Dispatches from Turbulent Times by Marina Hyde
Oct 6, 2022.
A humorous account of post-referendum Britain, wrapping genuine anger and indignation in the sharpest of one-liners.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with with exclusive extra interview with Marina by John Crace.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The First to to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Oct 10, 2022
YA. A prequel to They Both Die at the End where Orion and Valentino, two new star-crossed lovers, are put to the test on the first day of Death-Cast’s fateful calls.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with figures stencilled on sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Signed exclusive also at Waterstones while stocks last
B&N exclusive: US hardback with bonus short story, author Q&A, printed endpapers, and a unique cover and case stamp.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
See also the Collector’s edition of They Both Die at the End (releasing in November 2022)
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Oct 6, 2022
Sylvia Plath’s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness.
Illustrated edition: UK hardback, illustrated by Beya Rebai.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Amber Spyglass [Illustrated Edition] by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Chris Wormell
Oct 6, 2022
A stunning full-colour illustrated gift hardback of the third book in Philip Pullman’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy.
Illustrated edition: UK hardback, fully illustrated in colour.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Oct 5, 2022
At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It’s the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.
30th Anniversary Edition: Australian hardback with an exclusive preface by the author along with photographs, letters, reviews and mementoes from its first publication and extracts from the original manuscript.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Book of Tea Boxed Set – Judy I Lin
Oct 4, 2022
A limited edition boxed set containing the B&N exclusive edition of A Magic Steeped in Poison and a new exclusive edition of Venom Dark and Sweet.
B&N exclusive: US hardback boxed set, with each book including foil type on the jacket, a unique case stamp, and character art endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
➤ Or find A Venom Dark and Sweet B&N Exclusive at Barnes & Noble
Verse Chorus Monster! – Graham Coxon
Oct 4, 2022
Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation.
Independent Bookshop Exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, limited to 500 copies, foiled slipcase, printed endpapers and bonus tote bag.
➤ Find it at your local UK Indie, such as Bookabookshop
The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond – Amanda Glaze
Oct 4, 2022
Edie and Violet Bond know the truth about death. The seventeen-year-old twins are powerful mediums, just like their mother—Violet can open the veil between life and death, and Edie can cross into the spirit world. But their abilities couldn’t save them when their mother died and their father threatened to commit them to a notorious asylum.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with bonus content including an epilogue chapter and a scene annotated by the author, as well as a custom case and unique endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
Oct 4, 2022.
A coming-of-queer-age story, set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with alternate color palette and foil type on the jacket, a foil stamped quotation on the cloth case, specially designed endpapers, and an essay from the author .
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Oct 4, 2022
Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition with sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback edition with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Convergence (Star Wars: High Republic) – Zoraida Córdova
Oct 4, 2022
The next adventure in the High Republic, expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi.
B&N exclusive: US hardback includes a mini double-sided fold-out poster featuring concept art of the two Republic Chancellors, Kyong Greylark and Orlen Mollo..
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Dune – Frank Herbert
Oct 4, 2022
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with an exclusive cover, illustrated endpapers, and stained page edges (appears very similar to the 2019 special edition, with a different colored cover).
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney Animated Classics) – Marilyn Easton
Oct 4, 2022
Art book. A retelling of the movie with Illustrated with a variety of paintings, sketches, and concept art from the original Disney Studio artists.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with alternative foiled cover.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Anno Dracula [30th Anniversary Edition] by Kim Newman
Oct 4, 2022.
Fantasy/horror. It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. His polluted bloodline spreads through London as its citizens increasingly choose to become vampires.
Anniversary edition: Hardback, signed by the author with sprayed edges, decorative endpapers, ribbon marker and additional material from the author. Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
September 2022
Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest – Aisling Fowler, illustrated by Sophie Medvedeva
Sep 29, 2022
A courageous young Huntling braves the forbidding Northern forests in search of a missing girl in a richly imagined prehistoric world.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with a forest scene sprayed on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Hare House – Sally Hinchcliffe
Sep 29, 2022
‘A slice of wintry folk horror featuring witchcraft, curses and incipient madness.’
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with a golden hare and stars stencilled on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Picture You Dead – Peter James
Sep 29, 2022
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace finds himself plunged into an unfamiliar and rarefied world of fine art.
Independent bookstore exclusive: UK hardback, with handcuffs of orange black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Dragon Destiny (Dragon Realms) – Katie & Kevin Tsang
Sep 29, 2022
The series climax finds our intrepid heroes seeking a mysterious Hidden Realm for the dragons after their existence is revealed to the human world.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with purple dragon scales sprayed on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Sep 29, 2022.
Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains.
Collector’s edition: Reversible dust jacket.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Signed collector’s edition at Waterstones
Midnight in Everwood by M. A. Kuzniar
Sep 29, 2022.
Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered – she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But, when a mysterious toymaker, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta’s life.
Waterstones exclusive edition: UK paperback with illustrated stencilled sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
Independent bookstore exclusive edition: UK paperback with illustrated stencilled sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at your local Indie, such as Wonderland Bookshop
The Haunting Season by Various Authors
Sep 29, 2022.
Eight bestselling, award-winning authors contributed to this spellbinding collection of original spine-tingling tales.
Waterstones exclusive edition: UK paperback with navy sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
A Pocketful of Happiness – Richard E Grant
Sep 29, 2022.
Memoir. Born out of his late wife’s entreaty to Grant to find a pocketful of happiness in each day, this memoir tracks back and forth through the actor’s career, entwining juicy showbiz gossip with uplifting reflections on hope and everyday joy.
Special edition: Signed by the author with pink sprayed page edges.
➤ Check your local Indie such as Big Green Bookshop
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
Sep 29, 2022.
A biography of the storytelling genius that draws on both Pratchett’s own unpublished notes and interviews from close friends and family.
Waterstones signed deluxe edition: Quarter-bound with red cloth and foil silhouette on the cover, signed by the author, with bonus transcript of a 1991 talk, additional photos, exclusive endpapers and ribbon bookmark.
Waterstones signed exclusive collector’s edition: Cloth-bound design in pistachio green, signed, stamped and hand-numbered by the author, with collectible self-portrait print of Pratchett, bonus transcript of a 1991 talk, additional photos, exclusive endpapers and ribbon bookmark.
➤ Find Deluxe Edition at Waterstones
➤ Find Collector’s Edition at Waterstones
Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast
Sep 29, 2022
Graphic novel. The origin story of the Darkling.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, contains an exclusive letter from the author.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Shrines of Gaiety – Kate Atkinson
Sep 27, 2022
Evoking the bohemian atmosphere of Jazz Age as it tells the story of Nellie Croker, queen of the capital’s nightlife.
Waterstone’s Exclusive edition: UK hardback, signed by the author with exclusive endpapers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Verity – Colleen Hoover
Sep 27, 2022
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.
Collector’s edition: US hardback, featuring an embossed, gold foil cover, a letter from the author, and an exclusive new chapter.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Golden Enclaves (Scholmance #3) – Naomi Novik
Sep 27, 2022
The dark school of magic begins its final assault against its terrified yet resourceful students.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Sep 27, 2022
Historical fantasy. It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with exclusive decorative foiled pink cover under the dust jacket.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Signed exclusive also available while stocks last
B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive cover, burgundy sprayed page edges, and bonus prequel story.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Kingdom of the Feared (Kingdom of the Wicked #3) by Kerri Maniscalco
Little, Brown. Sep 27, 2022.
Fantasy. Two curses. One prophecy. A reckoning all have feared. And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with decorative endpapers and red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with a “spicy bonus chapter” from Envy’s POV and a unique cover.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Sep 22, 2022
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
30th Anniversary Edition: UK hardback,.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Signed limited edition at Waterstones while stocks last
Less is Lost – Andrew Sean Greer
Sep 22, 2022
Our hapless hero embarks on a hilarious literary tour of the United States in the company of an ever-changing cast of colourful characters, a black pug called Dolly and a rusty camper van.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive short stories
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Art of War [Chinese Bound Classics] by Sun Tzu, translated by James Trapp
Sep 19, 2022.
Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is still used as a book of military strategy today. This is a bilingual edition featuring a new translation.
Chinese bound classics: Includes editorial notes, two-tone printing on high quality paper and is bound using traditional Chinese book-making techniques.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Sep 15, 2022
The medic and author of the mega-selling This is Going to Hurt reflects on what happened after he left the NHS frontline.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Little Match Girl Strikes Back – Emma Carroll and Lauren Child
Sep 15, 2022
A feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the authors with a red ribbon bookmark.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Which Way to Anywhere by Cressida Cowell
Sep 15, 2022
“A thrilling new series about a group of children who find the crossing points to other worlds.”
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with green sprayed page edges and bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Bonus: signed exclusive edition at Waterstones while stocks last
Landlines by Raynor Winn
Sep 15, 2022
Documents the author and her husband Moth’s walk from the north-west corner of Scotland down the south-west coast path, reflecting on community and the environment along the way.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, contains bonus chapter from Raynor and exclusive endpapers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Stone Blind: Medusa’s Story by Natalie Haynes
Sep 15, 2022
Myth retelling. Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with snake design stencilled on green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Indie bookstore exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered, ribbon bookmark, and trident design stencilled on green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local UK Indie such as Fox Lane Books
The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
Sep 15, 2022
Mystery. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with foxes stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find exclusive at Waterstones
★ Find signed exclusive edition at Waterstones
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition with alternate cover and foxes stencilled on the page edges. Signed by the author and numbered to a limitation of 2000 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Star Wars Legends: Tales of Kenobi by John Jackson Miller and Alan Dean Foster
Sep 14, 2022.
Science fiction. Omnibus.
B&N collectible edition: US hardback, bound in decorative bonded leather. ❦ Read more about the B&N Collectible Editions series here…
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars by K. W. Jeter
Sep 14, 2022.
Science fiction omnibus. A trilogy of novels about Boba Fett: The Mandalorian Armor (1998), Slave Ship (2001), and Hard Merchandise (2002).
B&N collectible edition: US hardback, bound in decorative bonded leather. ❦ Read more about the B&N Collectible Editions series here…
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer
Sep 13, 2022.
Fantasy. The kingdom of Kandala narrowly avoided catastrophe, but the embers of revolution still simmer. While King Harristan seeks a new way to lead, Tessa and Prince Corrick attempt to foster unity between rebels and royals.
B&N exclusive: US hardback signed by Brigid Kemmerer, includes bonus commentary by the author and has a unique cover and case stamp.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Sep 13, 2022
Wisdom about the do’s and don’ts of making financial decisions.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with special cover design and includes a bonus chapter from the author..
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Magic of MinaLima [Interactive Edition] by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima
Sep 13, 2022 (US), Oct 13 (UK)
A full-color illustrated compendium chronicling the magical twenty-year journey of acclaimed art and design studio, MinaLima, the creative genius behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film series.
Interactive edition: Interactive elements include the Marauder’s Map, the Black Family Tapestry, and Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes.
➤ Find US edition at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find UK edition at Amazon | Book Depository
What If? 2 by Randall Munro
Sep 13, 2022
More serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions – from cooling the atmosphere by opening everyone’s freezer doors to making a lava lamp out of actual lava.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with a bonus exclusive cartoon.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
Sep 13, 2022
Book 2 of the Once Upon a Broken Heart series.
UK first printings: UK hardbacks will have one of 4 different gold stamped hidden cover designs under the dust jacket.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
[Potential Waterstones exclusive]: Note that the publisher mentioned in a deleted post that a Waterstones exclusive was anticipated, but it has not been formally announced, so at this stage it seems likely that it was abandoned.
➤ Find signed edition at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback, signed by the author, includes a bonus chapter from Jacks’ POV, and has a unique cover and case stamp. A matching exclusive edition of the first book is also being released (see below).
Note: this is also the same edition as the Indigo Exclusive.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
★ Signed editions also available while stocks last at Barnes & Noble
Once Upon A Broken Heart – Stephanie Garber
Sep 13, 2022
Fantasy romance. For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings…until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.
B&N Exclusive: Reissue of original exclusive (but unsigned). US hardback with unique cover and case stamp, includes a bonus epilogue and an interview between two characters.
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This Savage Song Collector’s Ed by V. E. Schwab
Sep 9, 2022
The two young heirs of a divided city forge an uneasy alliance after a vicious incident that threatens both their futures.
Collector’s Edition: UK hardback edition with red counting hatches stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Sep 9, 2022
Fantasy steeped in Chinese mythology, the enchanting power of brewing tea, and a magical tournament to decide a country’s fate.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback edition with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle
Sep 8, 2022
The classic modern fairytale, with a new introduction by Patrick Rothfuss.
Special edition: UK hardback with blue sprayed page edges, cover foiling, patterned endpapers and a ribbon bookmark. Limited to 2000 copies.
➤ Find limited edition at Gollancz
➤ Find standard edition at Amazon | Book Depository
Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao
Sep 8, 2022
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises – giant transforming robots that battle aliens beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that their female co-pilots are expected to serve as concubines and often die from the mental strain.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare
Sep 7, 2022
Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones, where Clary Fray first discovered the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own.
Collector’s edition: UK hardback with new cover artwork and a special letter from Cassie.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Sep 6, 2022
A spellbinding story of mysterious houses, parallel worlds and reluctant heroes as an ordinary high school kid discovers a portal to a universe populated by classic fairy tale archetypes.
UK exclusives: Regular 1st/1st has navy boards. indie bookshop edition has aqua boards, WH Smith has purple boards, and all have a quote on the spine. Signed, limited edition is in a slipcase.
➤ Find it at your local Indie (make sure you get a first edition, first printing).
US Special Edition: US hardback with decorative endpapers and gilded page edges.
➤ Find it at Simon and Schuster
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Sep 6, 2022
The first installment of an electric Mexican-inspired fantasy duology, in which semidioses compete in a series of trials with world-altering stakes.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive cover and annotated chapter.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
A Court of Silver Flames – Sarah J. Maas
Sep 6, 2022
After years following the epic journey of Feyre, her sister Nesta finally takes center stage in this highly anticipated tale all her own.
B&N exclusive: US paperback with a special cover featuring a mask accentuated with foil and spot gloss, and a second printing of the bonus scene featuring Feyre and Rhys.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Court of the Vampire Queen – Katee Robert
Sep 6, 2022
Fantasy. Three powerfully alluring vampire men, and one queen to rule them all.
B&N exclusive: US paperback, with three original illustrations, an additional scene and author annotations and commentary throughout the book.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Spy School: Project X – Stuart Gibbs
Sep 6, 2022
Middle grade. Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines—by car, train, boat, and plane—to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with foiled dust jacket and 10 pages of ‘top ten lists’ bonus content.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Grimwood: Let the Fur Fly – Nadia Shireen
Sep 1, 2022
Our favourite fox cub siblings embark on a mission to save the forest from the machinations of the mayor of neighbouring Twinklenuts.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with orange foxes stencilled on yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Final Gambit – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Sep 1, 2022
The bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy concludes as Avery is drawn into one last, deadly confrontation before the Hawthorne billions can finally be hers.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Lost Girl King – Catherine Doyle
Sep 1, 2022
Takes the legend of Tír na nÓg as a jumping off point for richly imagined and sophisticated fantasy.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
Sep 1, 2022
Kellen – a boy who has the power to lift life-destroying curses off others – must find a way to remove the one that hangs over his own life.
Waterstone’s exclusive: UK hardback with blue sprayed edges and a short story about the fate and nature of the Dancing Star, one of the haunting and mysterious creatures from the Wilds.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Winnie and Wilbur (Winnie the Witch 35th Anniversary) by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
Sep 1, 2022
This anniversary edition celebrates 35 years of the original Winnie and Wilbur adventure.
Anniversary edition: UK hardback with forewords by the author and illustrator, a gallery of Winnie and Wilbur’s most magical memories, and sketches from Korky Paul’s studio.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
➤ Find signed edition at Waterstones
A Whole New World (Disney Twisted Tales) by Liz Braswell
Sep 1, 2022
Aladdin is a Street Rat just trying to survive in a harsh city, while Jasmine is a beautiful princess about to enter an arranged marriage. What if Aladdin had never found the lamp?
Collector’s Edition: Australian hardback with exclusive cover and orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Waterstones Exclusives) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Sep 1, 2022
A new paperback edition of Tolkien’s epic fantasy masterpiece.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperbacks featuring black covers based on Tolkien’s own design, red sprayed paged edges, the definitive text, and detailed maps of Middle-earth.
➤ Find The Fellowship of the Ring at Waterstones
➤ Find The Two Towers at Waterstones
➤ Find The Return of the King at Waterstones
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth – Robert Foster, illustrated by Ted Nasmith
Sep 1, 2022
An A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Standard edition: Reissued to complement the HarperCollins Tolkien illustrated hardbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, lavishly illustrated with more than 50 full-colour paintings by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith, with many appearing exclusively in this edition.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Deluxe edition: Slipcased, featuring an exclusive colour foldout poster.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White
Sep 1, 2022
Wilbur the pig’s life has already been saved by Fern, but when he is sold to her uncle, he realises his life is in even more danger. Enter Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider. Charlotte is determined to keep Wilbur from the chopping block, and comes up with an ingenious way to do just that.
❦ Learn more about the Puffin Clothbound series…
Puffin Clothbound edition: UK hardback with foiled cover.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Tales of the Greek Heroes – Roger Lancelyn Green
Sep 1, 2022
Discover the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars.
❦ Learn more about the Puffin Clothbound series…
Puffin Clothbound edition: UK hardback with foiled cover.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Timberdark (Wranglestone #2) – Darren Charlton
Sep 1, 2022
Middle grade. Peter and Cooper are in even greater danger as they attempt to decipher the sinister eponymous codeword before the Dead mount their next assault.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
Sep 1, 2022
Historical thriller. A dramatic manhunt for the murderers of King Charles I.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with exclusive endpapers and ribbon bookmark.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Sep 1, 2022
Historical fiction. Cosimo de’ Medici’s third daughter learns to navigate an opaque Florentine court and an enigmatic new husband.
Waterstones signed, limited deluxe edition: UK hardback signed by the author with a slipcase, cover featuring a foiled family crest, exclusive endpapers, a sequentially numbered designed page and more.
➤ Find DLE at Waterstones
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with an exclusive essay from the author, revealing the real life and personality of Lucrezia de’ Medici, and gold snake on the boards under the dust jacket.
➤ Find exclusive at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive essay and designed endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Babel by R. F. Kuang
Sep 1, 2022
Fantasy. A compulsive grimdark dystopia about the power of language and the evils of authoritarianism, represented by the looming titular tower of translation. “Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.”
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback, bonus essay from the author.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston
Sep 1, 2022.
YA fantasy. Between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. But a leadership challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
August 2022
Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco
Aug 30, 2022.
Emilia is on a fierce mission to finally uncovered what happened to her sister.
Waterstones edition: UK paperback with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find at Waterstones
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
Aug 30, 2022.
Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end.
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with alternate jacket, decorative case cover, endpapers, and includes a deleted chapter from the author’s original draft.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
First printings: All US first printings will have a hidden decorative case design under the dust jacket and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Find at Amazon | Book Depository
Sarah Addison Allen – Other Birds
Aug 30, 2022
When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment on Mallow Island, she meets her quirky and secretive neighbors, including a girl on the run, two estranged middle-aged sisters, a lonely chef, a legendary writer, and three ghosts. Each with their own story, Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn’t written yet.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with unique cover and colored endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Night and its Moon by Piper CJ
Aug 30, 2022
Two orphans grow into powerful young women as they face countless threats to find their way back to each other.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with stained edges, gold foil and embossing on the cover. Also includes a novelette about the life, love, and backstory of Odrin the reever.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Goodnight Moon (75th Anniversary) by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
Aug 30, 2022
Picture book. A little rabbit bids goodnight to each familiar thing in his moonlit room.
Anniversary edition: Slipcased US hardback.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim
Aug 30, 2022
Fantasy. A dragon’s kingdom. A star-crossed love. And a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world, or break it. (Companion to Six Crimson Cranes).
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Find signed edition at Waterstones while stocks last
The Final Gambit (Inheritance Games #3) – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Aug 30, 2022.
Fiction. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with bonus short story ‘One Hawthorn Night’.
➤ Find it at B&N
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Aug 30, 2022
A legendary tennis player steps out of retirement in a determined bid to reclaim her grand slam winning record.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive endpapers and bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Aug 23, 2022
A scientist has to collaborate with her handsome arch-enemy, with explosive results.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback edition with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Lightlark – Alex Aster
Aug 23, 2022
YA fantasy. Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.
B&N exclusive: US hardback “romance edition” includes an exclusive bonus chapter told from the POV of the protagonist’s love interest and a deluxe case featuring a full-color, alternate cover design.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
“Romance “Edition: (Appears to be the same as the B&N edition) hardback with an exclusive bonus chapter told from the POV of the protagonist’s love interest and a deluxe case featuring a full-color, alternate cover design.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Aug 23, 2022
An electrifying thriller featuring newly minted US Marshall Andrea Oliver as she investigates a cold case with links to her father’s past.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with bonus essay by the author on the making of ‘Pieces of Her’ for Netflix.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Fox Creek (Cork O’Conner #19) – William Kent Krueger
Aug 23, 2022
Thriller. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, signed by the author and includes an original bonus essay.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Aug 18, 2022
Dark fantasy about six old families subsisting on a diet of stories and legends.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Genesis (Robert Hunter) – Chris Carter
Aug 18, 2022.
Thriller. Robert Hunter is called to one of the most vicious crime scenes he has ever attended. The disturbing nature of the murder is heightened when the autopsy reveals a poem, left by the killer, inside the body of their victim.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed by the author. Exclusive details TBC (likely sprayed page edges).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Princess and the Scoundrel (Star Wars) – Beth Revis
Aug 16, 2022
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo. The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolate. But on the forest moon of Endor, among the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel.
Bonus: preorders have a chance to win a signed and personalized copy of the book, pewter R2D2 book ends, Han Solo and Princess Leia silicon rings, and more
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with a double-sided pull-out mini-poster featuring iconic images of Han and Leia..
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Girl Crush by Florence Given
Octopus. Aug 16, 2022.
Dark humour. Eartha embarks on a wild, weird and seductive modern-day exploration as she commences life as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonder Land; a social media app where people project their dream selves online.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed by the author with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Sparring Partners [Limited Edition] by John Grisham
Doubleday. Aug 9, 2022.
A collection of three novellas: Jake Brigance returns; a death row inmate makes an unusual final request; and a dysfunctional legal family gets their day in court—but maybe not the way they envisioned it.
Limited edition: Leather-bound, signed and numbered, with printed endpapers, gold stamping, a slipcase, and a ribbon marker.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Alex Neptune: Dragon Thief – David Owen
Aug 4, 2022
Alex and his motley assortment of companions are on a mission to break a water dragon out of its aquarium prison.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with stencilled octopus tentacles on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Color Purple [40th Anniversary] by Alice Walker
Aug 4, 2022
Fiction. The classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation.
Anniversary edition: UK hardback. (Exclusive features TBC, potentially just new jacket design?).
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Aug 2, 2022
The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini’s Italy to 1940s Los Angeles.
B&N book club edition: US hardback, includes an essay from the author reflecting on the origins and the journey of writing Mercury Pictures Presents as well as a reader discussion guide.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
July 2022
Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey #2) by Ayana Gray
Jul 28, 2022
Koffi and Ekon find themselves separated by land, sea and gods, striving to be reunited.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Jul 26, 2022
A banished princess is on a quest to track down her transformed cousins, inspired by the Grimm fairy tale The Six Swans.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
Jul 26, 2022.
A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies
B&N exclusive edition: US hardback with a unique jacket and a customized case and endpapers.
➤ Find at Barnes & Noble
The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs #2) – Lisa Jewell
Jul 21, 2022
A bag of human bones is linked back to the Chelsea mansion where a chilling crime was committed many years previously.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with yellow sprayed page edges, end papers and exclusive extra chapter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Jul 21, 2022
Fantasy. A top secret government department of witches confront a deadly threat to the nation.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Honey & Spice – Bolu Babalola
Jul 21, 2022
Romantic comedy. The sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo hosts the popular student radio show, Brown Sugar, and it is her mission to make sure the women who make up the Afro-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of ‘situationships’, players and heartbreak. But when Kiki meets the distressingly handsome and charming newcomer Malakai Korede – whom she has publicly denounced as ‘The Wasteman of Whitewell’ – a clash embroils them in a fake relationship.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with deleted scene.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Dawn of Yangchen (Chronicles of the Avatar #3) – F. C. Lee
Jul 19, 2022
Fantasy. Illuminates Avatar Yangchen’s journey from uncertain young woman to revered leader.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with eight additional pages of character art and a cut scene with author commentary.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Jul 19, 2022
Science fiction. A reimagining of H.G. Wells’ classic fantasy, as an unexpected visitor spells danger for the sinister Doctor Moreau – and his questioning daughter Carlota.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with pink or green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Jul 12, 2022
Thriller. Follows Hannah Jones on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, includes a bonus chapter of an episode of the podcast.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Jul 14, 2022
A lyrically written and emotionally devastating account of the Bard’s only son.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive colourway.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
Jul 7, 2022
A suspenseful queer YA thriller featuring a teenage monarch targeted by one of his inner circle.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Glow (Plated Prisoner #4) by Raven Kennedy
Jul 7, 2022
The protagonist of the Plated Prisoner series navigates her precarious new life after taking a stand against King Midas.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition with yellow sprayed page edges and a bonus chapter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Martyr (Pariah #2) by Anthony Ryan
Jul 7, 2022
Sent to the Duchy of Alundia to put down a rebellion, Alwyn must rely on old instincts to fight for his new cause. Deadly feuds and ancient secrets are laid bare as war erupts, a war that will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Albermaine and, perhaps, prevent the coming of the prophesied Second Scourge.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition with sprayed page edges. Signed by the author and numbered to a limitation of 250 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Second Place – Rachel Cusk
Jul 7, 2022
In search of meaning in her life, a woman invites an artist to stay with her in a study of the redemptive and destructive powers of art.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with alternate cover.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Boy Friends – Michael Pedersen
Jul 7, 2022
Memoir. An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with bonus Q&A with the author.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Bunny vs Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger by Jamie Smarts
Jul 7, 2022
Graphic novel. Bunny and Monkey are forced to team up to defeat a new foe with designs on the Woods
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with 16 pages of bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The House of Fortune (Miniaturist #2) by Jessie Burton
July 7, 2022.
Historical fiction. Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman’s determination to rule her own destiny.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with patterned sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent Bookstore exclusive: Signed UK limited edition hardback with pineapple stencilled sprayed page edges, special endpapers and a ribbon marker.
➤ Find it at your local Indie such as Goldsboro or Fox Lane Books
Alternatively, see the standard UK edition at Amazon | Book Depository
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen (Night Before Christmas) by Shea Ernshaw
Jul 7, 2022.
Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams — if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town.
Barnes & Noble edition: US hardback with alternate dust jacket design and customised case stamp, with bonus content of Sally’s recipes.
➤ Find it at B&N
➤ Find standard edition at Amazon | Book Depository
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Jul 5, 2022.
Two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with blue sprayed edges and exclusive endpapers).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N book club edition: US hardback includes a reading group guide plus pictures and transcriptions of the author’s handwritten notes for the book.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Lore Olympus, Volume 2 by Rachel Smythe
Jul 5, 2022.
Graphic novel. Persephone is struggling to find her footing in the fast-moving realm of the gods. Hades is also off-balance, fighting against his burgeoning feelings for the young goddess of spring while maintaining his lonely rule of the Underworld.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with alternate cover (appears to be the same as B&N edition).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback with original cover artwork of Hades and Persephone in the Underworld by author and illustrator Rachel Smythe.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Jul 1, 2022
Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court and sent to Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive short story Such Small Islands.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Light Seekers by Femi Kayode
Jul 1, 2022
Crime. When three young students are brutally murdered in a Nigerian university town, their killings – and their killers – are caught on social media. The world knows who murdered them; what no one knows is why. As the legal trial begins, investigative psychologist Philip Taiwo is contacted by the father of one of the boys, desperate for some answers to his son’s murder.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus essay.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Middlemarch (150th Anniversary Edition) by George Eliot
Jul 1, 2022.
Classic fiction.
Dorothea is bright, beautiful and rebellious. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town. Both of them long to make a positive difference in the world. But their stories do not proceed as expected and both they, and the other inhabitants of Middlemarch, must struggle to reconcile themselves to their fates and find their places in the world.
Anniversary edition: UK hardback gift edition with new introduction by Zadie Smith
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
June 2022
Complicit by Winnie M Li
Jun 30, 2022
“My name is Sarah Lai. You won’t have heard of me. A decade ago I was on the cusp of being a big deal. But that was a long time ago. Now, instead of working in Hollywood, I teach students about it.”
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition with sprayed page edges. Signed by the author and numbered (limitation TBC).
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
Jun 30, 2022
Secrets, lies, bad choices, witchcraft and mystery.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
This Vicious Grace – Emily Thiede
Jun 28, 2022
Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches..
B&N exclusive: US hardback, unique case, case stamp, and endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Jun 28, 2022
Fantasy. A young woman makes a dangerous bargain with the manipulative Prince of Hearts to snare the one she loves.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback featuring the ‘Jacks’ (blue) colourway, inside cover printing and flaps with character quotes and “hidden” images.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars) by Adam Christopher
Jun 28, 2022
Science fiction. Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in a tale set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
B&N exclusive: US hardback includes a mini fold-out poster featuring original artwork of Luke Skywalker’s fearsome Sith adversary.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker #2) by Victoria Aveyard
Jun 28, 2022.
Fantasy. Corayne is forced to raise an army to defeat the evil machinations of Queen Erida and her lethal campaign of opening nightmarish portals.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative stencil design on red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Find signed exclusive edition at Waterstones
Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol 1: 1962-1964
Jun 25, 2022.
Oversized volume with the first 21 Spider-Man stories from 1962–1964, meticulously photographed from the most pristine copies of these rare comic books—a fine art celebration of the teen super hero in this inaugural volume of TASCHEN’s Marvel Comics Library series.
Taschen Limited Edition: Hardcover with ChromaLuxe aluminum print cover tipped into a leatherette-bound spine. Limited to 1000 copies. Pre-ordering from Taschen entitles you to preemptively secure the same edition number for all forthcoming Collector’s Edition titles in the Marvel Comics Library.
➤ Find LE at Taschen
➤ Standard (non-LE) also available at Taschen | Amazon | Amazon AU | Book Depository
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
Jun 23, 2022.
The opening instalment of a new fantasy series set in a kingdom where a set of trials to determine the land’s new rulers threatens to unleash bloody revolution.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with red sprayed page edges and bonus short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
Jun 23, 2022.
Historical fiction.
Anne Sharpe, a young governess, forms a firm friendship with Jane Austen.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with decorative sprayed page edges and exclusive end papers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Murder Before Evensong – Rev Richard Coles
Jun 23, 2022.
Mystery. The sleepy parish of Champton descends into unexpected chaos, setting Canon Daniel Clement on a hunt for a murderer.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with red, green or yellow sprayed page edges.
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Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Jun 21, 2022.
A young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father.
Forbidden Planet exclusive edition: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges. First 250 preorder also come with exclusive art card
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The House Across the Lake – Riley Sager
Jun 21, 2022
Thriller. Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. But their marriage isn’t as perfect and placid as it first appears.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with bonus chapter by the author, showing life on the other side of the lake.
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The Gone and the Forgotten by Clare Whitfield
Jun 16, 2022
Part psychological thriller, part coming-of-age novel.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition with sprayed page edges. Signed by the author and numbered to a limitation of 500 copies.
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Penguin Classics Marvel Collection by Various Authors
Jun 14, 2022
A new Penguin Classics ‘Marvel Collection’ that presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy..
Deluxe Hardcovers: The Deluxe Hardcover editions feature gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges, special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains, and full-color art throughout.
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The Botanist by M. W. Craven
Jun 10, 2022
Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. But then caustic pathologist Estelle Doyle is accused of murder and asks for his help.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition with sprayed page edges. Signed by the author and numbered to a limitation of 250 copies.
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I’m A Fan by Sheena Patel
Jun 9, 2022
A single speaker bares all about the unequal, unfaithful man she wants to be with—and her obsession with another woman he sleeps with. Is she a stalker, a victim, an outsider, a fighter—or just a fan?
Foyles exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with black and gold glitter binding. Limited to 1000 copies.
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The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Jun 9, 2022
Cristabel Seagrave has always wanted her life to be a story, but there are no girls in the books in her dusty family library. For an unwanted orphan who grows into an unmarriageable young woman, there is no place at all for her in a traditional English manor.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with dark blue sprayed page edges.
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Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
Jun 9, 2022.
England, 1866. When Jasper Jupiter’s Circus of Wonders arrives in a coastal village, Nell soon catches the showman’s eye. Shunned by her community because of the birthmarks speckling her skin, to Jasper she is a prize – she could be his very own leopard girl. But how to make her his?
Independent bookstore exclusive edition: UK paperback with decorative stencilled page edges.
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The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
Jun 9, 2022
McIlvanney’s pioneering Laidlaw series of crime novels proved an immense inspiration to Ian Rankin and now the creator of Rebus completes his idol’s last, unfinished novel – and Laidlaw’s origin story – in reverent yet typically compelling prose.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with green sprayed page edges.
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun – Tolá Okogwu
Jun 9, 2022
Middle grade fantasy. A British-Nigerian girl discovers her curls have psychokinetic abilities.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with blue sprayed page edges.
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The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses by James Joyce, edited by Catherine Flynn
Jun 9, 2022.
Fiction/Literary criticism. A facsimile of the 1922 Shakespeare & Company text annotated with everything needed to understand this famous but intimidating text: images, maps, footnotes, and introductory essays by eighteen leading Joyceans.
Centenary edition: Hardback edition.
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Sharpe’s Assassin by Bernard Cornwell
Jun 9, 2022
Historical fiction. Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive content.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [25th Anniversary Edition] by JK Rowling
Jun 9, 2022.
YA fantasy. The first book in the Harry Potter series follows Harry Potter as he discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, and heads off to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Anniversary edition: UK hardback commemorative edition with the original 1997 cover design featuring artwork by Thomas Taylor. The anniversary sticker is removable, and bonus content includes silver foiling and the original hand-drawn Hogwarts crest. This edition will be available for one year only.
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Nightcrawling – Leila Mottley
Jun 7, 2022
Contemporary fiction. Seventeen-year-old Kiara must navigate the darkest corners of the adult world to keep those she loves safe.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered with decorative stencilled page edges. Limited to 500 copies.
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Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with stripy sprayed page edges.
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For the Throne (For the Wolf #2) by Hannah Whitten
Jun 7, 2022.
Fantasy. Red’s sister Neve is trapped in a mysterious land of twisted roots, lost gods, and mountains made of bone, and the only clues to her rescue are a magic mirror and a dark prince who wants to bring the whole thing crumbling down.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with original story and a Q&A from the author and illustrated endpapers.
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Akira: Art of Wall by Katsuhiro Otomo
Jun 7, 2022.
Manga. Akira author Katsuhiro Otomo worked with artist Kosuke Kawamura to enrobe a Tokyo city block in a collage of gripping moments from the manga that revolutionized an art form. Then, over the next two years, he did it twice more. The result: three electifying compilations of Otomo’s art, meandering across the city.
Collector’s edition: Silver foil-coated collector’s box presents an exquisite reproduction of Otomo and Kawamura’s work, with nearly 75 feet of illustrations in three accordion-bound volumes. A fourth volume includes an exclusive interview with Otomo and Kawamura, as well as photographs of the original exhibition. Rounding out the box is a dramatic, 16.5×23.4-inch poster.
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Thor: Collector’s Edition by Marvel
Jun 4, 2022
Fantasy (cinematic retelling). Before he became one of our planet’s finest defenders, Thor was once just an arrogant royal from another realm. The Prince of Asgard’s arrogance broke the peace between two realms and for that, he is banished to Earth to live with humans.
Collector’s Edition: Australian hardback, with exclusive cover and blue sprayed page edges.
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The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray
Jun 2, 2022
In a disintegrating and increasingly lawless land, a young man is travelling north.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition, signed and numbered with yellow sprayed page edges, limited to 500 copies.
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You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
June 2, 2022.
Romance. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City’s blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. The only problem is, she’s falling for the one man she absolutely can’t have.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with exclusive features (*TBC).
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Indie Exclusive Edition: Signed UK hardback with decorative stencilled and sprayed page edges (Indies also have access to tote bags, posters and bookmarks).
➤ Find it at your local Indie such as Portobello Bookshop
May 2022
The Great Gatsby [Illuminated Edition] by F Scott Fitzgerald, illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso
Beehive Books. May 31, 2022.
Fitzgerald’s beloved account of the devastating costs of the American dream gets a gorgeous update in this high-end art-book edition.
→ Read more about the Illuminated Editions series here…
Illuminated edition: Oversized US hardback printed on uncoated acid-free paper and housed a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase.
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Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee
May 26, 2022.
A postcard from a future Britain that’s closer than we think.
Independent bookstore exclusive edition: UK paperback with alternate cover and pink sprayed page edges.
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The Island – Adrian McKinty
May 26, 2022
After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. But then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situation into an absolute nightmare.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered with red sprayed page edges.
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The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
May 26, 2022
Thriller. Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike – particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with die-cut cover.
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With A Mind To Kill (James Bond) by Anthony Horowitz
May 26, 2022
Thriller. 007 – accused of M’s murder – is smuggled across the Iron Curtain in a deadly game of subterfuge and double cross with the lethal SMERSH.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with 007 stencilled on the page edges.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback with black sprayed page edges. Signed & numbered, limited to 1000 copies.
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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
May 26, 2022
Fantasy. Now that the war has finally ended, the world seems wide open for Feyre’s valiant sister Nesta.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with deleted scene featuring Feysand.
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One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke
May 26, 2022
Thriller. Tracks the murderous progress of six women’s idyllic island holiday.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges.
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Magicborn by Peter Bunzl
May 26, 2022
Historical fantasy. In 1726, the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are magicborn. Tempest and Peter find their magic flickering to life – and with it, long-buried memories. For they are the lost prince and princess of Fairyland, bound by a deadly curse.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, signed by the author with red sprayed page edges.
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A Three Dog Problem (Her Majesty The QUeen Investigates) by S. J. Bennett
May 26, 2022
Mystery. Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous election grips the United States – and the body of a staff member is found dead beside Buckingham Palace swimming pool.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive jacket.
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Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
May 26, 2022
Romantic comedy. With only three dates to prove that he is the guy for no-nonsense Dani, DJ and relationship guru Prince badly needs to find his mojo.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with purple sprayed page edges.
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The Merciless Ones (Gilded Ones #2) by Namina Forna
May 26, 2022
Fantasy. There is a dark force growing in Otera – a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera… or if she might be its greatest threat.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with signed bookplate, foiled jacket and sprayed page edges.
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Do No Harm by Jack Jordan
May 26, 2022.
Thriller.
Heart surgeon Anna’s child has been taken. And she’s been given a choice: kill a patient on the operating table, or never see her son again.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with white heartbeat stencilled on red sprayed page edges.
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Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
May 24, 2022
Thriller. A woman wakes up to discover her new husband is missing and sets out on a wild race of power, politics, and revenge.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative stencilled pink and purple sprayed page edges.
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The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
May 19, 2022
Fantasy. A merchant, a prince and a bodyguard undertake an enchanted quest to find a magic lamp in this opening instalment of a new fantasy series inspired by One Thousand and One Nights.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with orange sprayed page edges.
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One Beautiful Spring Day [Limited Edition] by Jim Woodring
May 17, 2022.
A wordless 400 page comics odyssey chronicling the adventures of his cartoon Everyman, Frank.
Limited edition: Signed by the author and presented in a deluxe custom slipcase package. The slipcase is wrapped in fabric, the title and artwork debossed with metallic foil. The book is quarter bound with the same fabric, title on the spine debossed with the same metallic foil. The book’s interior is printed on high quality art paper and includes a ribbon bookmark. The signed and numbered sheet bounded into the book is printed on vellum and features a unique fold-out design.
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Brothers in Arms by James Holland
May 12, 2022.
Military history. Recounts the heroism of the Sherwood Rangers, an elite tank regiment blooded in the deserts of North Africa, who played a pivotal role in D-Day and the final months of the Second World War.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with bonus content.
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The Ragwitch by Garth Nix
May 12, 2022
Fantasy set in a world dominated by a sinister witch beyond redemption (a reissue of Garth Nix’s first ever novel).
Forbidden Planet exclusive: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges.
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That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan
May 12, 2022
Historical mystery. 1975: Ava Winters’ mother has become erratic, haunted by something Ava doesn’t understand – until one sweltering July morning, she disappears.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with green sprayed page edges.
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The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper
May 12, 2022
Historical fiction. Amara has escaped her life as a slave in Pompeii’s most notorious brothel, but now her existence depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with blue sprayed page edges.
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Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, with exclusive essay.
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I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
May 12, 2022
Romance. When a rival prom queen vanishes after kissing her, Chloe tries to track her down through a series of cryptic notes and secrets.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with pink sprayed page edges.
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Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback, with colored endpapers, an author’s note, an alternate purple cover, and case stamp.
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The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
May 12, 2022.
An atmospheric historical novel set in 16th-century Strasbourg that revolves around the outbreak of a bizarre plague and its repercussions on a small, close-knit group of women.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with bees sprayed on blue page edges.
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The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman
May 12, 2022.
Mystery. Our ageing heroes are enmeshed in an underworld escapade involving stolen diamonds and vicious gangsters.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with blue sprayed page edges.
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Twin Crowns by Katherine Webber & Catherine Doyle
Egmont. May 12, 2022.
YA romantic fantasy.
Wren and Rose are twin princesses separated at birth. Two sisters. One throne. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, signed by the author, with decorative floral sprayed page edges in two different ‘sister’ options.
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A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
May 12, 2022.
Historical Romance.
Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. With only twelve weeks until the bailiffs call, launching herself into London society is the only avenue open to her, and Kitty must use every ounce of cunning and ingenuity she possesses to climb the ranks.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with teal fan design stencilled on the page edges.
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Bad Actors (Slough House #8) by Mick Herron
May 12, 2022.
Thriller. A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelan-one-time head of MI5’s Regent’s Park-is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to the Park itself, with Diana Taverner as chief suspect.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with bonus essay by the author.
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Wrong Place Wrong Time – Gillian McAllister
May 12, 2022
Thriller. How can you stop a murder that has already happened? Especially when the murderer is your teenage son.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with pink sprayed page edges.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, with blue sprayed page edges.
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Brotherhood (Star Wars) by Mike Chen
May 10, 2022
Science fiction. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi Knights. Set just after the events of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with mini fold-out poster.
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The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
May 10, 2022
Historical thriller. A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback, with special dust jacket design, bonus essay from the author and photos.
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Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
May 10, 2022.
YA romance. This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance. When Paul meets Noah, he thinks he’s found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback, with an author’s note, a Q&A, and a musical biography of the book.
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A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd
May 5, 2022
History/biography. An intimate portrait of Germany under Hitler drawing on archive material, letters, interviews and memoirs.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with bonus content.
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Silent Earth by Dave Goulson
May 5, 2022.
Non-fiction. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research and a lifetime’s study, Goulson reveals the shocking decline of insect populations that has taken place in recent decades, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with bonus content.
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
May 5, 2022.
A rebellious short story collection that follows a cast of Black women navigating social pressure, the hurdles and joys of being in love, and joyous respites from being ‘good’.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with bonus short story, decorative endpapers, and peach illustration on the boards under the dust jacket.
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Elektra by Jennifer Saint
May 3, 2022
Historical myth retelling. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with bonus scene, special case and endpaper colors.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback with stencilled page edges. Signed by the author, limited to 250 copies.
➤ OOP. Find it at Goldsboro
➤ Signed (not stencilled) UK edition available at Waterstones
Sailor Moon 1 by Naoko Takeuchi
May 3, 2022
Manga. A new edition of the Sailor Moon manga, featuring a new translation.
B&N exclusive: US paperback with gatefold poster.
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Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
May 3, 2022
Thriller. 1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance, until her neighbour mysteriously disappears.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with orange sprayed page edges.
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The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
May 3, 2022.
YA thriller. Who killed Brooke Donovan? It’s the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks it’s the wrong guy.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with teal sprayed page edges.
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B&N exclusive: US hardback, with exclusive pink ocover, special case and endpapers.
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Family of Liars (We Were Liars Prequel) by E Lockhart
May 3, 2022.
YA. Takes readers back to the story of another summer, another generation, and the secrets that will haunt them for decades to come.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with pink sprayed page edges.
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Forbidden Planet exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with yellow sprayed page edges.
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B&N exclusive: US hardback with exclusive dust jacket, customised case and endpapers. Bonus content includes a map of Beechwood Island, Sinclair family tree, author Q&A, a playlist/mix tape, and Tipper’s lemon pound cake recipe.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Forging Silver into Stars (Cursebreaker World) by Bridget Kemmerer
May 3, 2022.
Fantasy. Courier and spy Tycho is charged with foiling a shadowy assassination threat to Grey and Queen Lia Mara.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with blue sprayed page edges.
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Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback, signed by the author, with unique cover, case stamp and bonus letters between the characters.
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Book of Night by Holly Black
May 3, 2022.
Fantasy. When ancient magic tests a newfound love, a dark fate beckons.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with moon and stars stencilled on the page edges.
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➤ Find signed edition at Waterstones while stocks last
Barnes & Noble/Indigo exclusive: US hardback with alternate cover design and short story, “The Witch and the Unlucky Brother”.
➤ Find standard ed at Amazon | Book Depository
April 2022
First Born – Will Dean
Apr 29, 2022
Molly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk averse, she gains comfort from security and structure. Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous. They used to be inseparable, until Katie moved to New York a year ago. But when Molly learns that Katie has died suddenly in New York, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered with yellow sprayed page edges. Limited to 250 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Death and the Penguin – Andrey Kurkov
Apr 28, 2022
A touchstone of Ukrainian literature, Kurkov’s chilling, tragicomic tour de force about a writer of obituaries and his pet penguin moves through post-Soviet moral chaos on the wings of pitch-black comedy, whilst giving a birds-eye view of the visceral tragedy at its heart.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with new introduction by the author. £10 per copy sold donated to Oxfam’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
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Wilder Than Midnight – Cerrie Burnell
Apr 28, 2022
YA fantasy adventure. A trio of very different girls are pitched into a desperate mission to save the village of Silverthorne.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, signed by the author with purple sprayed page edges.
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Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason
Apr 28, 2022
Fiction. A look at long-term mental illness through the experiences of a middle-aged woman who has struggled to find contentment in her adult life.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus interview with Elizabeth Day.
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Wonder [10th Anniversary illustrated edition] by R. J. Palacio, illustrated by Tad Carpenter
Apr 28, 2022
Middle grade. A stunning illustrated edition featuring original colour artwork by Tad Carpenter, the artist behind Wonder’s iconic cover, which celebrates ten years of this bestselling global phenomenon.
Anniversary edition: A stunning duotone illustrated edition featuring original colour artwork by Tad Carpenter, the artist behind Wonder’s iconic cover, which celebrates ten years of this bestselling global phenomenon.
➤ Find US edition at Amazon | Book Depository
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Silverview by John le Carré
Apr 28, 2022
Thriller. An independent bookshop owner is caught between the sinister attentions of a Polish emigre; and the dogged suspicions of a British spy chief.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus essay from Mick Herron.
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The Imagination Chamber by Philip Pullman
Apr 28, 2022.
Fantasy. ‘Cosmic rays from Lyra’s universe’. A book of scenes featuring the iconic characters from Pullman’s classic fantasy series His Dark Materials.
First editions: UK hardback first editions have red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Magpie by Elizabeth Day
Apr 28, 2022.
Thriller. In Jake, Marisa has found everything she’s ever wanted. Then their new lodger Kate arrives. Something about Kate isn’t right. Is it the way she looks at Marisa’s boyfriend? Sits too close on the sofa? Constantly asks about the baby they are trying for? Or is it all just in Marisa’s head? After all, that’s what her Jake keeps telling her. And she trusts him – doesn’t she?
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive pink, yellow or blue jacket.
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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Apr 28, 2022.
Fiction. During the glamour and excess of 1980s California, one night will bring the shimmering world of the Riva family crashing down around them.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with ombre sprayed page edges and bonus content.
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The Fields by Erin Young
Apr 28, 2022.
Crime. For Sergeant Riley Fisher, newly promoted to head of investigations at the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, an already horrific crime takes on a personal edge when she discovers the victim is an old friend, from a dark past she thought she’d left behind.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, black corn stencilled over green sprayed page edges, limited to 500 copies.
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People Person by Candice Carty-Williams
Orion. Apr 28, 2022.
Contemporary fiction.
Dimple Pennington, an aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, unexpectedly prepares to get to know her motley assortment of half-siblings.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, with decorative sprayed page edges.
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Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman
Apr 28, 2022.
YA fantasy. Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider. To be one of the lucky few selected to hatch a unicorn. To bond with it for life; to train together and race for glory; to be a hero. But just as Skandar’s dream is about to come true, things start to take a more dangerous turn than he could ever have imagined. A dark and twisted enemy has stolen the Island’s most powerful unicorn – and as the threat grows ever closer, Skandar discovers a secret that could blow apart his world forever.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges, foiled case design and bonus features.
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Barnes & Noble exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive special foil stamped unicorn case design, gold stained page edges, and bonus content, including an annotated chapter by the author.
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Indie exclusive: UK hardback with ribbon bookmark and fold-out map.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
April 28, 2022.
Fantasy/Time Travel. Intertwines the stories of an Edwardian exile in British Columbia and an Earth-hopping writer two centuries later.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback. Includes an extra chapter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent UK bookstore exclusive: Signed and numbered UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges, endpapers and extra content.
➤ Find it at your local Indie, such as check Fox Lane Books.
Independent US bookstore exclusive: Signed US hardback with bonus chapter.
➤ Find it at your local Indie.
B&N book club exclusive: US hardback with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your Barnes & Noble
Good Eats: The Final Years by Alton Brown
Apr 26, 2022.
Cookbook. With more than 175 new and improved recipes for everything from chicken parm to bibimbap and cold brew to corn dogs, accompanied by mouthwatering original photography.
B&N exclusive: US hardback with bonus chapter of Alton’s “reloaded” versions of more classic recipes.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
The Boy With Wings by Lenny Henry
Apr 14, 2022.
Middle grade. ‘Average’ kid Tunde suddenly sprouts wings during a football match, embarking on an exciting and sinister journey of discovery.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Bromeliad Trilogy by Terry Pratchett
Apr 14, 2022.
Fantasy. All three instalments of the amazing Bromeliad trilogy in one volume.
Special edition: UK hardback. Part of the Discworld Hardback Library.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents [Special Edition] by Terry Pratchett
Apr 14, 2022.
Fantasy. Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam until some educated rats send his con down the drain.
Special edition: UK hardback in slipcase. Part of the Discworld Hardback Library.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Apr 14, 2022.
A compassionate portrayal of sexuality and community set in urban Glasgow, as two young men on either side of a sectarian divide start to develop feelings for each other.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Indie exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with special endpapers and bonus content.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Nobody but Us by Laure van Rensburg
Apr 14, 2022
Thriller. Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor. Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed young college student. Together, they are driving south from New York, for their first holiday: three days in an isolated cabin, far from the city. Except that he’s not who he says he is. But then again, neither is she.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with signed bookplate and yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Until The End (Skulduggery Pleasant #15) by Derek Landy
Apr 14, 2022.
The spine-tingling conclusion to the second cycle of Skulduggery’s adventures, in which he must turn enemies into allies as things go dreadfully and epically awry.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with orange sprayed page edges and endpapers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher
HarperCollins. Apr 14, 2022.
Fantasy romance.
Foreseeing the death of each person she kisses, Lorelai is faced with difficult choices when she meets the man of her dreams.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with white stars on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Bonus: Signed exclusive edition while stocks last at Waterstones
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
Apr 14, 2022.
Contemporary fiction.
A black satire of family dysfunction and the media’s obsession with murder, as the engaging anti-hero Grace reveals the full extent of her gleeful homicidal spree.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Sam Kieth
Apr 12, 2022
Graphic novel. Collects the first two volumes of the Sandman series, issues #1-16, and Sandman Midnight Theatre 1.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US paperback with variant cover designed by Bilquis Evely.
➤ Find it at B&N
Sin City Vol 4: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller
Dark Horse Comics. Apr 12, 2022.
Graphic novel.
A special edition of the crime noir masterpiece that has gripped audiences for decades.
Deluxe edition: US oversized hardback edition. Housed in a cloth covered slipcase with foil stamping and printing, and book features a soft touch matte finish with spot gloss and foil stamping. Also includes a portfolio with deluxe print of new artwork by Frank Miller, exclusive print and sketchbook of never-before-published development art.
Notes: This is the fourth of seven volumes. Each volume’s slipcase has a different letter from the logo, placed on the front cover in such a way that alone it looks like a splash of red wrapping around the slipcase. But when all seven volumes are together it will spell out “Sin City.”
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Apr 7, 2022.
In 1950s America, in a world where girls and women are taught to be quiet, the dragons inside them are about to be set free…
Forbidden Planet exclusive: UK hardback with purple sprayed page edges and signed, lined bookplate.
➤ Find it at Forbidden Planet
Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London #9) by Ben Aaronovitch
Apr 7, 2022.
Urban fantasy. Thomas Nightingale, a man out of time, recollects the golden age of peace to the eve of war. From London, to Weimar, to Prague – through cafes, restaurants, pubs and trains – to a terrible secret, which could change the course of the world.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with bonus short story Miroslav’s Fabulous Hand.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Signed exclusive at Waterstones
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed with red sprayed page edges. Limited to 500 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James [10th Anniversary Ed)
Apr 5, 2022
Romance. Literature student Anastasia Steele falls in love with entrepreneur Christian Grey, who wants her on his own terms.
10th Anniversary Edition: US hardback with navy sprayed page edges, silver foiled cover, silk ribbon bookmark, illustrated endpapers and bonus content.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
Knopf Doubleday. Apr 5, 2022.
A novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with blue sprayed page edges, an extra chapter, and a reading group guide.
➤ Find it at B&N
Harper Muse Painted Classics (aka ‘Pretty Books’) by various authors
Harper Muse. Apr 5, 2022.
A new series of collector’s editions – the first 4 books selected are all classic movies.
Harper Muse Painted Classics: High-end hardcovers featuring Laci Fowler’s distinctive hand-painted art, decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout; matching ribbon marker; and gold page sprayed edges.
❦ Read more about the Painted Editions series collection here…
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Frankenstein by F Scott Fitzgerald
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Death [Deluxe Edition] by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Christ Bachalo
DC Comics. Apr 5, 2022.
Graphic novel/Fantasy.
A deluxe collection of Neil Gaiman’s solo stories of The Sandman series’ most beloved character, Death.
Deluxe edition: Collects Death: The High Cost of Living #1-3, Death: The Time of Your Life #1-3, the “Death Talks about Life” AIDS pamphlet, stories from Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #2 and The Sandman: Endless Nights, the short story “The Wheel” from the 9-11 tribute book, and The Sandman #8 and #20.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Transworld. Apr 5, 2022.
Fiction. In 1960s California, Elizabeth Zott is an unconventional female scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a beloved TV cooking show.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with chemical elements sprayed on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with extra chapter, designed endpapers, blue sprayed page edges, and an interview with Elizabeth Zott, the main character.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
Snowflake by Louise Nealon
Apr 7, 2022
Fiction. A rural Irish girl enrols at Trinity College, Dublin.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Memphis by Tara M Stringfellow
Apr 7, 2022
Fiction. An intimate history of black womanhood that charts the history of three generations of women from a family in Memphis.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with bonus chapter.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Brandon Sanderson’s secret novels by Brandon Sanderson
Order by Apr 1, 2022 for 2023 delivery
Fantasy. Four Sanderson novels, including three set in the Cosmere.
Kickstarter: ‘Premium’ US hardbacks with foiled covers, 1-4 color interior illustrations, designed endpapers and chapter headers. Also includes a themed sticker and a cool, sparkly bookmark.
➤ Find it at Kickstarter
Doctor Strange: The Movie Novel [Collector’s Edition] by Marvel Studios
Apr 1, 2022.
Science fiction. Doctor Stephen Strange is a gifted but arrogant surgeon whose life is changed in an instant. Following a horrific car crash, Strange is unable to use his hands for the simplest tasks. He travels to Kathmandu, hoping desperately that rumours of a mystical city called Kamar Taj are true, and he can find someone there to heal him. Down to his last dollar, Strange stumbles upon the city that will hurtle him down a path to dimensions he cannot comprehend and the very real world of magic. But in order to learn, he must forget everything he thinks he knows.
Collector’s edition: Australian hardback with exclusive dust jacket and sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon AU | Book Depository
March 2022
The Lost Whale – Hannah Gold
Mar 31, 2022
Rio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, while his mum is in hospital back home. Alone and adrift, the only
thing that makes him smile is joining his new friend Marina on her dad’s whale watching trips. That is until an incredible encounter with White
Beak, a gentle giant of the sea changes everything.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered with yellow sprayed page edges. 250 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Mar 31, 2022
YA fiction. On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperbacks, offered in limited edition blue, green and pink.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
Mar 31, 2022
Thriller. The unresolved fate of three Cornish lighthouse keepers haunts the community, and especially the trio of women who loved them.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent bookstore exclusive: UK paperback with birds stencilled on red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Better off Dead (Jack Reacher #26) by Lee Child & Andrew Child
Mar 31, 2022
Thriller. Reacher never backs down from a problem. And he’s about to find a big one, on a deserted road in Arizona, where a car has crashed into the only tree for miles around.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie
Mar 31, 2022.
A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Metronome by Tom Watson
Bloomsbury. Mar 31, 2022.
Fiction.
Aina and Whitney have been exiled to an island for the past 12 years for a crime they committed together. But suddenly their supply drops stop and a sheep arrives on the day they are to be collected for parole. Something is wrong.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, decorative sprayed page edges (look at that adorable sheep!), limited to 500 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando
Mar 31, 2022.
YA coming-of-age story about chance encounters, injustice and how the choices that we make can completely change our future.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Little, Brown. Mar 31, 2022.
Fantasy.
In the aftermath of the First World War, Annie Mason gets swept into a glittering world filled with illicit magic, romance, blood debts and murder
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
Simon & Schuster. Mar 31, 2022.
Middle grade.
Bea, following a move to the countryside, decides to lift her big sister’s spirits by bringing Pride to the village..
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback edition with rainbow sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Mar 29, 2022.
YA fantasy. A young tea-maker travels to the capital city to take part in a cutthroat magical competition that could be the key to saving her sister’s life.
B&N exclusive: US hardback, with foil type on jacket, unique case stamp, unique case cover, and character art endpapers.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Mar 24, 2022.
A journey deep into one family’s foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
➤ Signed exclusive edition while stocks last at Waterstones
Until the Last of Me – Sylvain Neuvel
Mar 17, 2022
A fast, darkly satirical alternate history of the 1960s space race in which the struggle isn’t to be the first to the stars – but the last one standing.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, singed and numbered, with orange sprayed page edges. 500 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox
Mar 17, 2022.
In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with sprayed page edges and exclusive end papers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Dragon Rising (Dragon Realm #4) by Katie & Kevin Tsang
Simon & Schuster. Mar 17, 2022.
Middle grade.
Billy, Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei are back in their hometowns, missing each other and their dragons. While out surfing one morning, Billy panics when a water dragon emerges out of the waves, and soon strange sightings are being spotted all over the world. Meeting back in Dragon Realm, the friends, their dragons and two new acquaintances join forces to investigate.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with yellow dragonscale stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Mar 17, 2022.
Historical fiction. It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession – a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition, signed by the author with exclusive features TBC.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback edition, signed and numbered, with red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson
Pan Macmillan. Mar 17, 2022.
Fiction.
Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art – the first in many decades – and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good. A dazzling exploration of art, sacrifice, toxic family politics, queer desire, and personal freedom.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston
Hachette. Mar 17, 2022
Fiction. Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer. But when her mother’s obsession finding the elusive Greenland shark threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope. Standard editions feature black and yellow illustrations in a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed (by author and illustrator) UK paperback edition with bonus content (‘Julia’s notebook’).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) (Collector’s Edition) by Marissa Meyer
Mar 15, 2022.
YA Science Fiction. A teenage cyborg must fight for Earth’s survival against villains from outer space.
Collectors edition: Slipcased US hardback with new cover design.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Ogres (Special Edition) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
March 15, 2022.
Fantasy Thriller. It’s always idyllic in the village until the landlord comes to call, because the landlord is an Ogre. They only eat people sometimes. But when the headman’s son, Torquell, dares lift his hand against the landlord’s son, he sets himself on a path to learn the terrible truth about the Ogres, and about the dark sciences that ensured their rule.
Special edition: Signed limited edition hardcover.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Red of My Blood by Clover Stroud
Mar 10, 2022.
Memoir. A powerful, unflinching and reflective account of the first year after the author’s sister’s death from breast cancer.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with bonus content.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Sundial by Catriona Ward
Mar 10, 2022.
Mystery. A possessive mother brings her two daughters back to the Mojave Desert of her youth for a dreadful reckoning.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
All That’s Left in the World by Eric J Brown
Mar 10, 2022.
YA Romance. A queer love story/post-apocalyptic thriller that follows Jamie and Andrew, two boys who flee the many dangers unleashed after the Superflu wipes out most of humanity.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author with green sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Lightning Rod (Zig & Nola #2) by Brad Meltzer
Mar 8, 2022.
Crime/mystery. Archie Mint has led a charmed life—he’s got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. When he’s killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered—and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint’s charmed life, so perfect on the surface, held criminal secrets none of them could have imagined.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with bonus features TBC.
➤ Find it at B&N
Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
Mar 7, 2022.
Thriller/Romance. A young singer-songwriter is on the rise and on the run, determined to do whatever it takes to claim her destiny in Nashville.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback edition with gold roses stencilled on the page edges, and a Dolly poster with hand written lyrics to one of the songs in the book as end papers.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Starfell: Willow Moss and the Magic Thief – Dominique Valente, illustrated by Sarah Warburton
Mar 3, 2022
Starfell is on the edge of disaster. The fight against Silas, the wizard determined to steal all magic for himself, is far from over – but how can Willow make a difference when her powers have been taken?
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed and numbered with blue sprayed page edges. 250 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
The Balloon Thief by Aneesa Marufu
Mar 3, 2022
Fantasy. Sixteen-year-old Khadija flees an arranged marriage in a hot air balloon – and into a dangerous world of magic, curses and wicked djinn spirits.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with eyes and lamps stencilled on black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Mar 3, 2022
Fiction. A nostalgia-fuelled trip into the hedonistic world of 70’s L.A and the stratospheric rise and fall of a band whose sound defined an era.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive jacket.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Grimwood by Nadia Shireen
Mar 3, 2022
Middle grade. Two fox cubs are on the run from a ferocious street-cat called Princess Buttons and find a wild wood packed full of hilariously weird animal characters.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with googly eyes stencilled on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Beasts of Prey by Anna Gray
Mar 3, 2022.
Fantasy. A Pan-African mythological fantasy sets a magical girl and a would-be warrior in pursuit of a vicious monster that plagues their city.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola
Orion. Mar 3, 2022.
Historical fiction.
Paris, 1750. Chambermaid Madeleine Chastel investigates the city’s celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter, to solve the mystery of the vanished children and his sinister mechanical experiments.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with decorative stencilled blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Moon Witch, Spider King (Dark Star #2) by Marlon James
Penguin. Mar 3, 2022.
Historical fantasy.
Suffused with African folklore, this sequel revolves around the formidable witch Sogolon and the riddle of a lost child.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Cornerstone. Mar 3, 2022.
Contemporary fiction.
Frida Liu is a struggling mother living in a society bent on punishing mothers for their every parenting mistake, in this story that sets out a chilling vision of misogyny and control.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with blue stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Instant by Amy Liptrot
Mar 3, 2022.
Memoir. An intimate and erotically charged account of the author’s time looking for love in Berlin that interweaves observations about the city’s wildlife with her own compelling narrative.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback signed by the author. Exclusive details TBC (likely sprayed page edges).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Indie exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with white birds stencilled on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Pan Macmillan. Mar 3, 2022.
Historical mystery. A chilling, evocative murder mystery set in the glimmering town houses and dark alleyways of Georgian London.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with black birds stencilled on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent bookstore exclusive: UK paperback with floral pattern stencilled on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie
Rainbow Grey: Eye of the Storm (Rainbow Grey #2) by Laura Ellen Anderson
HarperCollins. Mar 3, 2022.
Middle grade.
The second outing for Anderson’s resourceful Rainbow Grey is another effervescent adventure amongst the clouds, featuring missing creatures, dark magic and a terrifying storm.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with decorative stencilled purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Pan Macmillan. Mar 3, 2022.
Fantasy.
Opening the doors to a world of magic, ancient wisdom and secret societies, this fantasy follows six uniquely talented young magicians as they are invited to an initiation that will change their lives forever.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with black and yellow and black speckled sprayed page edges (nb: promo image is misleading).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Signed exclusive edition also available while stocks last at Waterstones (OOP)
Book box anticipations:
- Illumicrate: UK hardback with holographic foil cover, decorative digitally printed edges, holographic foil case design and endpapers.
- Fairyloot: (anticipated Dark Academia adult box)
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
Oneworld. March 3, 2022.
Historical/contemporary.
Two young Vietnamese women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback exclusive (exclusive details TBC).
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
Faber & Faber. March 3, 2022.
Mystery.
If you’re on the list you’re marked for death. The envelope is unremarkable. There is no return address. It contains a single, folded, sheet of white paper. The envelope drops through the mail slot like any other piece of post. But for the nine complete strangers who receive it – each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list – it will be the most life altering letter they ever receive.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with bonus short story ‘Two Birds’.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard US edition (William Morrow) at Amazon | Book Depository
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Profile. March 3, 2022.
Biography/historical novel.
A nineteenth-century saga of a thespian family whose six siblings come to adulthood in the shadow of the American Civil War, one of whom goes on to make the fatal decision to assassinate President Lincoln.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with exclusive essay by the author on Shakespeare.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard UK edition (Profile) at Amazon | Book Depository; and standard US edition (GP Putnam’s) at Amazon | Book Depository
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Mar 3, 2022.
Fiction. Explores the uncharted implications of AI to human relationships and the abiding question of what it means to love..
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with yellow sun on blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Last Firefox by Lee Newbery, illustrated by Laura Catalan
Penguin. Mar 3, 2022.
Middle grade.
A boy befriends a very special fox whose uniqueness leads them both on a whirlwind adventure.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with orange sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
Mar 1, 2022.
Thriller. When Helen, finally pregnant after years of tragedy, attends her first antenatal class, she is expecting her loving architect husband to arrive soon after, along with her confident, charming brother Rory and his pregnant wife, the effortlessly beautiful Serena. What she is not expecting is Rachel – the perfect nightmare.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus short story.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Scholastic. Mar 1, 2022.
“A funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don’t involve sex or romance.”
B&N exclusive: US hardback, B&N book club edition.
➤ Find it at Barnes & Noble
These Great Athenians by Valentine Carter
Nobrow. Mar 1, 2022.
Verse novel.
Faithful Penelope waits for her husband’s return as she weaves a shroud that foretells her doom, Scylla once a beautiful nymph turned monster prowls the seas hungry for flesh, while the witch Circe falls for a man who will leave her. Weaving together their stories and poetic voices, this subtly moving and playful verse novel questions how do those without a voice find freedom within the world of men.
First editions: UK hardback has multicolour sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Gallant by V E Schwab
Titan. Mar 1, 2022.
Gothic fantasy romance.
Olivia Prior is summoned to a mysterious estate – and influenced by the dangerously seductive lure of the world beyond its boundaries.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with decorative red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Forbidden Planet exclusive: Signed UK hardback with decorative black sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Forbidden Planet
Book box anticipations:
- Owlcrate: US hardback with exclusive cover, black sprayed page edges, exclusive foil case stamp and endpages, and comes with signed bookplate and wooden bookmark.
- Bookish Box: April YA Box. Redesigned and foiled hard case cover, signed, custom endpapers and interior artwork, sprayed edges.
- Illumicrate: March Box. Redesigned cover, artwork endpapers, embossing on the hardback and digitally printed edges .
- Gold Leaf Book Box: March Box, sprayed edges, gold foil design on the cover.
Mirror, Mirror (Collector’s Edition) (Disney: Twisted Tale) by Jen Calonita
Scholastic Australia. Mar 1, 2021.
YA fantasy.
Poses the question, what if the Evil Queen poisoned the prince?
Collector’s edition: Australian hardback with new cover design and sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Amazon AU | Book Depository
February 2022
Omelette by Jessie Ware
Feb 24, 2022.
A collection of cooking and travel essays.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus transcribed conversation between Jessie and some friends, discussing friendship and food.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Brave New World (90th Anniversary Edition) by Aldous Huxley
Vintage. Feb 24, 2021.
Classic science fiction.
Huxley’s classic novel, written in 1932, prophesied a society which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance – no matter what the cost.
Anniversary edition: UK hardback gift edition with new introduction by Yuval Noah Harari.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Feb 22, 2022 (US), Mar 3 (UK).
Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback, with bonus thoughts on Paris, including the author’s favorite spots, and books and films that inspired it.
➤ Find it at B&N
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, with additional deleted scenes.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
(Kevin Conran’s) Sky Captain and the Art of Tomorrow [Deluxe Edition] by Kevin Conran
Dynamite. Feb 22, 2022.
The real story behind the film with behind-the-scenes stories marking the movie’s unique journey to the screen.
Deluxe edition: Slipcase (spot gloss, debossed, stamped gold) and leather grained cover, with bonus blueprint poster, letter and envelope, membership card, art print and embroidered patch. Limited to 1000 copies.
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Flame Tree Myths & Legends Series by various authors
Flame Tree. Feb 22, 2022.
Myths & legends.
The next set of books in the Flame Tree Collector’s Editions series are four sets of Myths & Legends, covering tales of heroes, gods and monsters from Norse, Japanese, Greek and African mythology.
Collector’s editions: Foiled and embossed covers with gilded page edges.
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Caramel Pecan Roll Murder (Hannah Swensen #28) by Joanne Fluke
Kensington. Feb 22, 2022.
Crime/mystery.
Amateur sleuth and professional baker Hannah Swensen is tempted by a high-profile tournament in Lake Eden that quickly turns deadly.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with bonus recipe.
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The Gifts by Liz Hyder
Feb 17, 2022.
Historical fiction. A gothic mystery set in nineteenth-century England, where mysterious creatures and a supposed ‘fallen angel’ spell danger and obsession for four women and a fame-hungry surgeon. Told from five different perspectives.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with purple sprayed page edges.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with white feathers stencilled on purple sprayed page edges.
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The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry
Headline. Feb 17, 2022.
Historical fiction.
The beautiful, enigmatic wife of a feared dictator stands trial for her late husband’s crimes against the people. The world will finally know the truth. But whose?
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with black sprayed page edges.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with red sprayed page edges, 500 copies.
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The Push by Ashley Audrain
Penguin. Feb 17, 2022.
Thriller. Blythe and Violet. Mother and daughter. It’s a bond like no other. But what if your little angel is a monster? And what if no one sees it but you?
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with purple sprayed page edges.
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Rock Paper Killers by Alexia Mason
Simon & Schuster. Feb 17, 2022.
Mystery/Thriller. When five Dublin teenagers arrive at a rural coastal college to cram for their final exams, their most pressing concern is the prospect of a month with no partying. Little do they know that one of them will never make it back home.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges (details TBC).
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Breathless by Amy McCulloch
Penguin. Feb 17, 2022.
Mystery/Thriller. When struggling journalist Cecily Wong is invited to join an expedition to climb one of the world’s tallest mountains, it seems like the chance of a lifetime. She doesn’t realise how deadly the climb will be.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with blue mountains sprayed on the page edges.
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The Heron’s Cry (Two Rivers #2) by Ann Cleeves
Pan Macmillan. Feb 17, 2022.
Mystery. Faced with a mysterious case which could have repercussions on his own family, Detective Matthew Venn must tread carefully as he investigates the murder of a man killed with a shard of glass.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with bonus short story.
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The Best Things by Mel Giedroyc
Headline. Feb 17, 2022.
Humour.
What does an ordinary woman do when the bottom of their world falls out? Sally Parker is about to surprise everybody.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with polka dot stencilled page edges.
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The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield
HarperCollins. Feb 17, 2021.
Historical fantasy.
A sweeping historical epic with a thread of magic. In a world of vicious court politics in 1768 Naples, Charlotte and Antoine use a book of spells to redefine their lives, becoming the most influential women of the age.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with blue sprayed page edges.
Goldsboro exclusive (GSFF Club): UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges and exclusive gold case design
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Alternatively, see the standard UK edition at Book Depository
Again, Rachel (Rachel’s Holiday #2) by Marian Keyes
Penguin. Feb 17, 2022
Romance.
After hauling her life back on track, Rachel suffers a spectacular setback when an old flame arrives in her life once more.
Waterstones exclusive: UK signed hardback with bonus content.
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Easons exclusive: US paperback with pink sprayed edges and bonus content.
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Sin City Vol 3: The Big Fat Kill by Frank Miller
Dark Horse Comics. Feb 15, 2022.
Graphic novel.
A special edition of the crime noir masterpiece that has gripped audiences for decades.
Deluxe edition: US oversized hardback edition. Housed in a cloth covered slipcase with foil stamping and printing, and book features a soft touch matte finish with spot gloss and foil stamping. Also includes a portfolio with deluxe print of new artwork by Frank Miller, exclusive print and sketchbook of never-before-published development art.
Notes: This is the fourth of seven volumes. Each volume’s slipcase has a different letter from the logo, placed on the front cover in such a way that alone it looks like a splash of red wrapping around the slipcase. But when all seven volumes are together it will spell out “Sin City.”
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Wonder (Illustrated Edition) by RJ Palacio, illustrated by Tad Carpenter
Random House. Feb 15, 2022.
Middle grade.
A beautiful, color illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Wonder, with a new afterword from the author.
Illustrated edition: US hardback with over twenty-five pieces of original art from Tad Carpenter, the artist behind the original cover. It also includes an essay from R.J. Palacio reflecting on ten years of Wonder and an introduction by Dina Zuckerberg, director of family programs at myFace.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J Maas
Bloomsbury. Feb 15, 2022
Adult fantasy.
Bryce and Hunt are thrown into a rebel war from which they will be lucky to escape alive. There are three different bonus scenes available in the different exclusive editions.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback (some signed copies available). Special features include an exclusive extra chapter featuring Bryce & Hunt.
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B&N and Chapters Indigo exclusives: US hardback (some signed copies available). Special features include an exclusive extra chapter featuring Bryce & Hunt. (B&N preorders have chance to win signed books as well.)
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BAM exclusive: US hardback (some signed copies available). Special features include an exclusive extra chapter featuring Ruhn.
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★ Signed edition OOP.
Target exclusive: US hardback. Special features include an exclusive bonus scene featuring Tharion.
➤ Find it at Target
Alternatively, the standard UK edition (Bloomsbury) is available at Amazon | Book Depository; and standard US edition (Bloomsbury NY) at Amazon | Book Depository
Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan
Little, Brown. Feb 10, 2022.
Stuck in a dead-end job, broken-hearted, broke and estranged from her best friend: Violet’s life is nothing like she thought it would be. She wants more – better friends, better sex, a better job – and she wants it now. So, when Lottie – who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up – offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up, she bites.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with black sprayed page edges and bonus content.
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Legends and Tales of the American West by Richard Erdoes
Feb 4, 2022.
Folklore. 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology.
B&N collectible edition: US hardback, bound in decorative bonded leather. ❦ Read more about the B&N Collectible Editions series here…
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The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs
Feb 3, 2022.
Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world’s most successful cookery writers, revolutionizing cooking and cookbooks around the world.
Independent Bookstore exclusive: Signed UK hardback, with sprayed page edges and ribbon bookmark.
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Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Orion. Feb 3, 2022.
Thriller.
Three women’s lives are irrevocaby changed by their contact with a brutal murderer on death row..
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with yellow sprayed page edges.
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Devotion by Hannah Kent
Picador. Feb 3, 2022.
Fiction. 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn’t come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative sprayed page edges showing night sky and waves, matching endpapers, and bonus content.
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Independent Bookshop Edition: UK hardback, signed and numbered, exclusive endpapers and matching decorative sprayed page edges.
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Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell
Walker Books. Feb 3, 2022.
Middle grade humour. A doodle-heavy diary of trickster god Loki after he is banished to Earth in the body of an eleven-year-old boy.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with decorative sprayed page edges.
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1979 (Allie Burns #1) by Val McDermid
Little, Brown. Feb 3, 2022.
Thriller/Mystery.
1979. It’s the winter of discontent, and Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. One of few women in the newsroom, she needs something explosive for the boys’ club to take her seriously. Soon Allie and fellow reporter Danny Sullivan are making powerful enemies with their investigations – and Allie won’t stop there. When she discovers a terrorist threat close to home, she devises a dangerous plan to make her name.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with exclusive introduction to this new series.
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Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart
Sandstone. Feb 3, 2022.
Science fiction. The Earth’s resources are dwindling. The solution is The Sleep: periods of hibernation imposed on those who remain with only a Janitor to watch over the sleepers. In the sleeping city, elderly Ben struggles with his limited waking time and the disease which is stealing his wife from him. Outside, lonely Janitor Peruzzi craves the family he never knew. Around them both, dissatisfaction is growing. The city is about to wake.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with neon green sprayed page edges.
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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Penguin. Feb 3, 2022.
Fiction. A puzzling inheritance in the form of a wealth of secrets and requests changes the lives of Byron and Benny as they are reunited at their estranged mother’s funeral.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with multicoloured sprayed page edges.
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A Storm of Sisters (Pinch of Magic #4) by Michelle Harrison
Simon & Schuster. Feb 3, 2022.
Middle grade fantasy.
A ghostly highwayman haunts the streets of Little Nipping and the Widdershins sisters must protect their granny at all costs.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with blue sprayed page edges.
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Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
Orion. Feb 3, 2022.
Fantasy.
A mythical immortal and a lethal assassin set Corayne an-Amarat on a deadly quest to protect the realm from an all-powerful force .
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with red sprayed page edges.
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The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Bloomsbury. Feb 3, 2022.
Historical fiction/mystery.
Whispers of witchcraft and sinister revelations of an old shipwreck fill the life of Thomas Treadwater – a reluctant soldier and man of reason – with dark unrest in this historical mystery set amidst the English Civil War.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with decorative sprayed page edges that match the cover design.
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Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback with green text “she is awake” on black sprayed page edges. January Prem1er subscription.
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This Woven Kingdom by Tahera Mafi
Egmont. Feb 3, 2022.
Fantasy romance.
Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people – inspired by Persian mythology.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with red sprayed page edges.
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Love Marriage by Monica Ali
Little, Brown. Feb 3, 2022.
Contemporary fiction.
Yasmin Ghorami has a lot to be grateful for: a loving family, a fledgling career in medicine, and a charming, handsome fiancee, fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin’s parents get to know Joe’s firebrand feminist mother, both families must confront the unravelling of long-held secrets, lies and betrayals.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive cover design and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard US edition (Hachette) at Amazon
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (125th Birthday) by Beatrix Potter
Warne. Feb 3, 2022.
Picture book.
Mischievous young Peter Rabbit gets into trouble in Mr McGregor’s garden.
125th birthday edition: Small UK hardback with new cover design, decorative endpapers and title page.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy
Little, Brown. Feb 1, 2022.
Romance.
Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with turquoise sprayed page edges.
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Anatomy by Dana Schwarz
St Martin’s. Feb 1, 2022.
Mystery/romance.
Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. Following a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with blood red ‘Valentine’s Day’ theme including exclusive cover, case stamp and endpapers.
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January 2022
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Vintage. Jan 27, 2022.
YA thriller.
Young Native American woman Daunis is drafted into a covert FBI operation in this gripping thriller about community, corruption and identity.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges (yellow, blue or red options) and signed bookplate.
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Pandora by Susan Stokes Chapman
Vintage. Jan 27, 2022.
Historical fiction.
Set in Georgian London, Dora Blake is an aspiring jewellery artist whose discovery of a mysterious ancient Greek vase sets in motion conspiracies, revelations and romance.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with exclusive material, endpapers and decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard UK edition at Book Depository
Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard (Collector’s Edition) by Thomas Gray, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
Bodleian Library. Jan 25, 2022.
Poetry.
A melancholic poem that reflects on the dead resting in the titular graveyard.
Collector’s edition: This edition reproduces the exquisite full page wood engravings made by Agnes Miller Parker in 1938.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Ulysses (Illustrated Edition) by James Joyce, illustrated by Eduardo Arroyo
Other Press. Jan 25, 2022.
Fiction.
A strikingly illustrated edition that presents Joyce’s epic novel in a new, more accessible light, while showcasing the incredible talent of a leading Spanish artist.
Illustrated edition: US edition with over 300 illustrations.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
The Upper World by Femi Fadugba
Penguin. Jan 24, 2022.
Fantasy/Thriller.
Esso is running out of time and into trouble. When he discovers he has the ability to see glimpses of the future, he becomes haunted by a vision of a bullet fired in an alleyway with devastating consequences.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
The Velveteen Rabbit (100th Anniversary) by Margery Williams, illustrated by Charles Santore
Applesauce Press. Jan 22, 2022.
Picture book.
A heartwarming classic abut a beloved toy rabbit.
Anniversary edition: Limited anniversary hardback edition housed in an heirloom slipcase.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
28 Questions by Indyana Schneider
Jan 20 2022
Fiction. Set across four years and five cities, and suffused with music, literature, art, dance, sex, and the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love.
Independent bookstore exclusive: UK hardback, with signed bookplate and red flowers stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find it at your local Indie or try Abes
A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
Century. Jan 20, 2022.
Crime.
November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a week-long voyage to New York. When an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship’s officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple, a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author, gold shops stencilled on the page edges, limited to 500 copies.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
Greta and the Ghost Hunters by Sam Copeland, illustrated by Sarah Horne
Penguin Random house. Jan 20, 2022.
Middle grade.
After a near-death experience imbues Greta with the power to see ghosts, she learns that spooks and spectres might just be able to help with her problems
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback, signed by the author with navy sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1) by Lee Child
Transworld. Jan 20, 2022.
Thriller.
The very first outing for Jack Reacher in Lee Child’s internationally bestselling series.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with sprayed page edges.
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The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
Pan Macmillan. Jan 20, 2022.
Historical fiction/mystery.
A period whodunnit that takes Agatha Christie’s 11 day disappearance in 1926 as its jumping off point.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with red checkered sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Independent Bookshop Edition: Signed UK hardback with white design on red sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro and other Indies
The Maid by Nita Prose
HarperCollins. Jan 20, 2022.
Mystery.
Molly the maid traipses around the Regency Grand Hotel in search of a cold-blooded killer in this charming whodunnit.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with green and white patterned sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard US edition (Harper Voyager) at Amazon | Book Depository
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
HarperCollins. Jan 20, 2022.
Fantasy.
Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the powerful Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. Inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback with green sprayed page edges.
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Alternatively, see the standard US edition (Harper Voyager) at Amazon | Book Depository
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Faber & Faber. Jan 20, 2022.
Fiction.
Nineteen-year-old William’s decision to volunteer at the tragic scene of the 1966 Aberfan landslide transforms his life forever.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback. Yellow sprayed page edges with falling leaves stencilled on the page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard UK edition (yellow dust jacket) at Amazon | Book Depository
Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
Headline. Jan 18, 2022.
Thriller.
The author of the popular The Winners Trilogy delivers a thriller set in the heartbreaking world of a midwestern strip-tease club.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive endpapers
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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Bloomsbury. Jan 18, 2022.
Science fiction.
Dr. Cliff Miyashiro arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue his recently deceased daughter’s research, only to discover a virus, newly unearthed from melting permafrost. The plague unleashed reshapes life on earth for generations. Yet even while struggling to counter this destructive force, humanity stubbornly persists in myriad moving and ever inventive ways.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with black sprayed page edges.
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The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
Profile. Jan 13, 2022.
Mystery.
A clever mystery, revolving around a secret code found in a famous children’s author’s work by an English teacher who subsequently disappears, and her former pupil who years later decides to discover what happened to her.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with exclusive endpages and blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
★ Bonus: Waterstones exclusive edition of The Appeal
Two Storm Wood – Philip Gray
Jan 13, 2022.
Crime/mystery. 1919. On the desolate battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Special battalions now face the dangerous task of gathering up the dead for mass burial. Captain Mackenzie, a survivor of the war, cannot yet bring himself to go home. First he must see that his fallen comrades are recovered and laid to rest. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with black sprayed page edges and exclusive content.
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To Paradise – Hanya Yanagihara
Jan 11, 2022.
Speculative fiction. A chronicle of love, the meaning of family and the excruciating cost of unattainable dreams, traversing three centuries and three alternative versions of America.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK hardback. Includes exclusive author Q&A.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Alternatively, see the standard UK edition at Amazon | Book Depository; or standard US edition (Doubleday) at Amazon | Book Depository
The Last Bear – Hannah Gold
Jan 6, 2022.
Middle grade. April, the daughter of an Arctic researcher, has a chance encounter with a lone polar bear.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with foiled cover and maps.
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Acts of Desperation – Megan Nolan
Jan 6, 2022.
Fiction. She’s twenty-three and in love with love. He’s older, and the most beautiful man she’s ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with pink splattered page edges.
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The Book of Sand – Theo Clare
Jan 6, 2022.
Fantasy. Two worlds are thrown together and the dark forces unleashed threaten to destroy them both. (Note: Clare is also known as crime writing legend Mo Hayder)
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with orange lizards stencilled onto the page edges and exclusive content from Mark Billingham.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback with red lizards stencilled onto the page edges. Signed by the author in a numbered, limited edition of 750 copies.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
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Luster – Raven Leilani
Jan 6, 2022.
Fiction. Edie awkwardly slaloms through modern life, from dead-end hook ups and crushed ambitions to a romantic liaison that has disaster written all over it.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with sprayed page edges.
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The Hatmakers – Tamzin Merchant, illustrated by Paola Escobar
Jan 6, 2022.
Middle grade. Cordelia comes from a long line of magical milliners, who weave alchemy and enchantment into every hat. In Cordelia’s world, Making – crafting items such as hats, cloaks, watches, boots and gloves from magical ingredients – is a rare and ancient skill, and only a few special Maker families remain.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK paperback with blue sprayed page edges and bonus material.
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Detransition, Baby – Torrey Peters
Jan 6, 2022.
Fiction. Juliet Jacques Reese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York, a job she didn’t hate. She’d scraped together a life previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Then everything fell apart and three years on Reese is still in self-destruct mode, avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. When her ex calls to ask if she wants to be a mother, Reese finds herself intrigued. After being attacked in the street, Amy de-transitioned to become Ames, changed jobs and, thinking he was infertile, started an affair with his boss Katrina. Now Katrina’s pregnant.
Waterstones exclusive: UK paperback with red sprayed page edges.
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Wahala – Nikki May
Jan 6, 2022.
Fiction. Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though not all of them choose to see it that way. Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband (he must be Nigerian); Boo enjoys (correction: endures) stay-at-home motherhood; while Simi, full of fashion career dreams, rolls her eyes as her boss refers to her urban vibe yet again. When Isobel, a lethally glamorous friend from their past arrives in town, she is determined to fix their futures for them.
Waterstones exclusive: UK hardback with exclusive pink edges, recipe content and designed endpapers.
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When I Was Ten – Fiona Cummins
Jan 6, 2022.
Crime. Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter – nicknamed the Angel of Death – spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own. Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence.
Waterstones exclusive: Signed UK paperback with scissor stencilled page edges.
➤ Find it at Waterstones
Peter Rabbit [Heirloom Edition] – Beatrix Potter, illustrated by Charles Santore
Jan 4, 2022.
Picture book. The mischievous and disobedient Peter Rabbit encounters Mr. McGregor in his vegetable garden, updated with new illustrations.
Heirloom edition: Slipcased with ribbon bookmark and 4-page foldout spread.
➤ Find it at Amazon | Book Depository
Star Wars: The Fallen Star (High Republic #3) – Claudia Gray
Jan 4, 2022.
Science fiction.
Time and again, the vicious raiders known as the Nihil have sought to bring the golden age of the High Republic to a fiery end. Time and again, the High Republic has emerged battered and weary, but victorious thank to its Jedi protectors-and there is no monument to their cause grander than the Starlight Beacon.
Goldsboro exclusive: UK hardback, signed by the author with yellow sprayed page edges, limited to 900 copies.
Barnes & Noble exclusive: US hardback with exclusive mini fold-out poster featuring character art of the High Republic Jedi, including Avar Kriss, Stellan Gios, and Elzar Mann.
➤ Find it at Goldsboro
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