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Autumn is the busiest time in the publishing calendar when everyone brings out their top books in time for Christmas. Here we have picked eight of the best – some big hitters and a couple that might slip under the radar.
Silverview
John Le Carre
John Le Carre’s posthumous 26th novel Silverview is centred around an independent bookseller who find himself caught between the machinations of a Polish emigree and a British spy chief. With trademark brilliance, the author explores the complex dilemma between public duty and private morals. Le Carre will be sadly missed, but he leaves behind a stunning legacy of clever and gripping thrillers that lift the lid on the secret world of espionage.
(published 14th October)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Characters from three time periods – Constantinople’s past, present day Idaho and an unknown land somewhere in the far future – are all joined by a single mysterious ancient text, which may provide answers and give hope to their individual struggles. Best known for the Pulitzer prize-winning All The Light That Cannot See, this new novel cements his reputation as one of the most exciting storytellers of a generation.
(published 28th September)
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love
Yotam Ottolenghi
The delicious recipes of Ottolenghi have made his cookbooks an essential fixture in everyone’s kitchen. With Shelf Love, his Test Kitchen team present some affordable and creative solutions utilising the contents of everyday cupboards and larders, which will still look and taste as good as restaurant food.
(published 30th September)
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
The runaway success of Gentleman In Moscow was one of the surprises of the last few years, with book groups and discerning readers eagerly immersing themselves in the world of Bolshevik Russia. Amor Towles has followed this up with an equally gripping and expansive tale of two brothers who take an unforgettable road trip across America in the mid nineteen-fifties. One not to be missed.
(published 21st October)
The Soaring Life Of The Lark
John Lewis-Stempel
Nature writing at its best, with the annual hardback gift book from author John-Lewis Stempel this time taking on the subject of the enigmatic and beautiful Lark. This simple songbird has inspired music and poetry across the years and become an iconic representation of pastoral England. The perfect gift for curious birders.
(published 7th October)
The Young H.G. Wells: Changing The World
Claire Tomalin
One of the most significant science fiction writers ever also had one of the strangest and most diverse lives imaginable. Expert biographer Clare Tomalin, who has previously chronicled the lives of Samuel Pepys and Charles Dickens, maps out the formative years of a figure who would go on to become one of the most influential authors in the world.
(published 4th November)
Manifesto
Bernadine Evaristo
An unflinching call-to arms by the Booker prize-winning author of Girl Woman Other. From her own early struggles as a teacher and activist to runaway success as a bestselling writer, Bernadine Evaristo tackles subjects from race, class, feminism and sexuality to inspire others to push forward in their lives and become unstoppable in everything they set their minds to.
(published 7th October)
The Gold Machine: In The Tracks Of The Mule Dancers
Iain Sinclair
The beautiful, lyrical and interesting writing of filmmaker and investigative geographer Iain Sinclair has seen him explore many aspects of Britain, most notably his beloved London and surrounding suburbs. In The Gold Machine, he travels further afield on a more personal journey with his daughter through darkest Peru. Uncovering startling secrets as they go, they follow in the footsteps of his ancestors, tracing an ill-fated expedition once led by his great grandfather.
(published 2nd September)
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