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In this article, we will talk on the City of Books website about the most important literary works that a person should read this year or at any time in the coming weeks or years.
Day (Michael Cunningham)
It’s been nearly a decade since The Hours author Michael Cunningham published a new novel. According to him, the turbulent world events of that period were not a good time for writing fiction, but they did at least produce his latest novel, Day, which takes place on the same day over the course of three years, from 2019 to 2021. He says it’s about “the battle to stay sane in a crazy world.” The novel will be published on January 18 by Fourth Estate.
The Vulnerables (Sigrid Nunez)
Here’s a new novel with a sleek cover that you can add to your New Year’s reading pile. American author Sigrid Nunez had already published several novels when she became a literary star in 2018 with The Friend, about a writer who inherits his friend’s dog after he ends his life. Her fan list now includes Laura Marling and Natalie Portman, which means we can overlook the fact that The Weak is a novel set during the pandemic (please tell writers to stop making more!), in which a writer befriends strangers in her apartment during lockdown. It will be published by Virago on January 25.
Come and Get It (Kylie Reid)
Kylie Reid was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020 with her debut novel, Such a Fun Age , a gripping book about race, status and class, in which a black woman is accused of kidnapping a white child in her care. Her second novel, The Weak, addresses a similar theme: “What on earth are millennials supposed to do with their lives in this economic climate?” Set on a college campus, it follows a university research assistant looking for stability who receives what seems like an easy job offer from a visiting professor. The novel will be published on January 30 by Bloomsbury.
Change (Edouard Lewis)
At just 31, Edouard Lewis’s shocking autobiographical novel has made him one of the biggest literary stars in his native France. His first novel, The End of Eddy, was his vehicle for chronicling the poverty and homophobia of rural France, while The History of Violence described his alleged rape. Change looks at his attempts to overcome his past through education. The novel will be published on February 8 by Vintage.
Pity (Andrew Macmillan)
Few poets in the past 10 years have made as much of an impression with their first collections of poetry as Andrew Macmillan’s Physical. With its exquisite language and dazzling intimacy, his poetry collection won the Somerset Maugham Prize and means his debut novel, set across three generations of a single mining family in South Yorkshire, is one of the most anticipated new books of the year. It will be published on February 8 by Canongate.
Mona of the Manor (Armistead Maupin)
There are hints of Nancy Mitford in Armistead Maupin’s tenth Tales of the City series, which leaves San Francisco for the Cotswolds. Readers will learn what happened when Mona Ramsay moved to Britain in the post-Thatcherite 1990s, marrying Lord Teddy Wroughton in order to keep her visa, and inheriting a manor in the process. The novel will be published on March 7 by Doubleday.
“I’m F*cking Amazing” by Anoushka Warden
This hilarious, feminist, and radically honest debut novel by Anoushka Warden charts a woman’s quest to satisfy her sexual desires in a world that doesn’t seem to understand or comprehend her. And if you think that’s a good title, you haven’t seen her play My Mum’s a Twat and My Dad’s a C***. The novel is out March 21 from Trapeze.
Until August (Gabriel García Márquez)
One of the most important literary events of the year is undoubtedly the release of Gabriel García Márquez’s last “lost” novel, a decade after his death. The author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude was suffering from dementia as he put the finishing touches to this story about a woman who goes to a different island each year on the anniversary of her mother’s death. García Márquez ultimately decided not to publish it and it was archived. Now his children have reconsidered, and his final work will be shared with the world. The novel will be published March 12 by Viking.
Headshot (Rita Bullwinkle)
The fine publishing house Daunt Books has done an excellent job of republishing some lost gems, from two early novels by Barbara Cummins to Phyllis Rose’s thoroughly enjoyable study of Victorian marriage, Parallel Lives . But its support for new voices is equally impressive. Look for this debut novel, recommended by Lorrie Moore, about the best teenage boxers in the United States. The novel will be released on March 28 by Don’t Books Originals.
Caledonian Road (Andrew O’Hagan)
Every year, someone has to take on the responsibility of writing a big book about the current state of the nation, and this year the task falls to Andrew O’Hagan, author of Mayflies. Will it be a book that readers can’t put down, or a swashbuckling drama about Brexit and cancel culture? That remains to be seen, but the premise is certainly entertaining – among its large cast of characters, a famous intellectual meets a provocative student. The novel is out on April 4 from Faber.
As Young as This (Roxy Dunne)
Early reviews suggest this debut novel about womanhood and expectation will be one of the most exciting of the year. Told in the second person, it follows Margot’s quest to figure out what to do when, at the age of 34, things don’t go quite as she planned. It’s the latest achievement to be added to the list of works by author Roxy Dunne: she’s also performed at sold-out Soho theatres, written poetry and acted in sitcoms.
You are Here (David Nicholls)
Imagine going on a school camping trip in your uncomfortable teenage shoes and listening to flirting, but carrying 25 years of life’s disappointments on your shoulders. That’s simply the premise of David Nicholls’s new novel, in which divorced friends in their 30s, Michael and Marnie, are so worried about their well-being that they organise a big picnic around the Lake District in very wet weather. It’s Nicholls’s best work since Us was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and I’m already dreaming about the people she’ll be cast in the BBC’s upcoming TV adaptation. The book is published by Hodder on 23 April.
Funny Story (Emily Henry’s)
Emily Henry is simply a publishing phenomenon, selling millions of copies of her romance novels that cleverly play on the genre’s quirks. A sign of her growing popularity is that 2023 saw the release of her first book, Happy Place, in hardcover in the UK. It’s followed closely by Funny Story, about a girl who moves in with her ex-boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. The novel is out on April 25 from Viking.
Emily Henry’s new book Funny Story is about an ex-girlfriend who moves in with her ex-boyfriend.
Shy Creatures (Claire Chambers)
After many years of quietly publishing well-received but under-read novels, Claire Chambers has made a splash in publishing with Small Pleasures, a book that has been a huge success during the coronavirus lockdown, thanks to recommendations about repressed desires in the suburbs. Expect a similar mood in Shy Creatures, set in 1960s London’s Croydon district, where an art therapist has an affair with a married doctor—until they discover a troubled man living in a derelict house on their street. The novel is out August 29 from W&N.
You Like it Darker (Stephen King)
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carrie, the book that Stephen King’s wife rescued from the trash, launching one of the most enviable careers in modern publishing. Now, with 400 million copies sold, the horror king is publishing his latest collection. The collection is out May 21 from Hodder. Horror King Stephen King Releases Latest Collection .
Horror King Stephen King Releases Latest Collection.
“Blue Sisters” (Coco Mellors)
Following “Cleopatra and Frankenstein,” her gorgeous Brooklyn-set romance, comes Coco Mellors’ second novel, “Blue Sisters.” The sisters are blue first because their nickname is Blue, and second because they are sad. Set between London, Paris, Los Angeles, and New York, the novel follows the lives of the three Blue sisters as they grieve the unexpected death of their fourth sister, Nikki. Expect envy-inducing inside details and raw emotions. The novel will be published May 23 by Fourth Estate.
The Safekeep (Yael van der Woden)
The debut novel by Dutch author Yael van der Woden, whose rights were sold at a huge auction with nine buyers, has drawn comparisons with Ian McEwan’s Atonement and novels by Sarah Waters and Patricia Highsmith. Set in a rural Dutch province in 1961, as postwar trauma settles in, life is thrown into turmoil when a young man and his ruthless girlfriend come to stay at his sister’s house. The novel will be published by Viking on May 30.
Same As It Ever Was (Claire Lombardo)
Claire Lombardo’s 2019 novel The Most Fun We Ever Had was so successful that it was hard to believe it was her first, with the Guardian describing her as “the literary daughter of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler.” Now comes her second book, another family saga in which events of the past and present ruin a long-lasting marriage. Treat the novel like a piece of cake and enjoy it when you have something else to do. Claire Lombardo’s Second Book Is a Family Saga About a Teenage Daughter About to Go Off to College.
Gliff (Ali Smith)
Ali Smith is the queen of conceptual style. Following her quartet of seasonal novels, which captured events in real time and tracked fall, winter, spring, and summer, comes a two-part project. The novel, titled Gliff – a Scottish word for “shock” – will be followed in 2025 by Glyph, a hidden story within the first novel. It will be released on July 4 by Hamish Hamilton.
The Gold Rush (Olivia Peter)
One of the books you need to put on your summer reading list now: Olivia Peter’s debut novel is a must-read about consent and celebrity culture. Worlds collide when PR assistant Rose meets a world-famous pop star – but the next day, she can’t remember what happened the night before. After her first nonfiction book, Millennial Love, we know this is going to be a fantastic journey into the imagination. Journalist Peter (who also hosts the podcast Indy’s Love Lives) asks sharp and fascinating questions about sex, desire and feminism. Out July 18, Fourth Estate
Cleavage (Cleo Watson)
Another hot-button British government scandal from Boris Johnson’s former adviser, whose debut novel Whips has readers hyped. There could be another scandal that’s catching the government’s attention again, but for a very different reason: it’s about a general election in which the Conservatives are set to suffer a catastrophic loss (recall the day?), leaving them with no choice but to call in an independent adviser in a desperate bid to turn their fortunes around. Come May, reality could mirror fiction if Rishi Sunak sends the public to the polls – we’ll have to see how close the novel is to reality. The novel is out May 2 from Corsair. More hot UK government scandals from Boris Johnson’s former adviser.
“Munich” by David Peace
From the author of The Damned United comes a new novel that charts one of the most tragic events in football history: the 1958 Munich air disaster, which killed 23 people, including eight of Manchester United’s Busby Babes. Peace will explore the lasting impact the incident had on football and Britain itself. The novel will be published on August 29 by Faber.
