New Fiction: May
Blog · Posted April 24, 2024
Our booksellers have chosen their top fiction picks for May.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang | 9th April | £9.99
The Number One Global Sensation. When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.
The Continental Affair by Christine Mangan | 23rd May | £9.99
With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan’s The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense.
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray | 2nd May | £9.99
A funny, thought-provoking story of one family desperately clinging on as their world falls apart. Can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written – is there still time to find a happy ending?
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch | 9th May | £9.99
The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism. Beautifully written, it has the feel of a classic. The language sings while the mood darkens.
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones| 23rd May | £9.99
An endless war. A blood-soaked battlefield. A band of brothers. A searing tale about merchants, money and the medieval ‘deep state’, this is a must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.
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Long Island by Colm Tóibín | 23rd May | £20
An exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. The sequel to Colm Tóibín’s prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley | 16th May | £16.99
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering ‘expats’ from across history to test the limits of time-travel. One of the Observer’s Debut Novels of 2024
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors | 23rd May | £16.99
Blue Sisters tells the story of three exceptional – and exceptionally different – sisters as they return to their family home in New York from their respective lives in Paris, London and LA in the wake of the death of their beloved fourth sister.
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry |2nd May | £20
Enlightenment is a story of love and astronomy, told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.
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