Novelties June 2026

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THE LISTENERS 4

THE IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY 4 LAND 5

THE DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN 6

HIDDEN NATURE 6

THE KEEPER OF THE CAMPHOR TREE 7

KISSED BY THE GODS 8 SILENT BONES 9

HARVEST SEASON 9

SLOW GODS 10

THE KINGS OF KEARNY 10 VILLA COCO 11

LIGHT WIELDER 12

THE WIDOW 12

THE ADULTS 13

THE HALLMARKED MAN 13

THE RIVER HAS ROOTS 14

RESTITUTION 14

THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP 15

MAIN CHARACTERS 15

A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE 16

QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT 16 MAGGIE 17

DREAMERS OF THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP 17

AMBESSA: CHOSEN OF THE WOLF 18 HOT WAX 18

THE EXQUISITE TORMENT OF LOVING YOUR ENEMY 19 GAME ON 20

THE ROMANCE REVIVAL 21

DOMINION 21 THE GOAL 22

THE LEGACY 23 SHARP FORCE 23

THE INTRIGUE 24

COOL MACHINE 24

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT 25 ONE OF US IS GUILTY 25

THE LUNATICS 26

PSYCHOTIC OBSESSION 26

THE SHADOWS THAT LISTEN 27 IMMORTAL ROSE 27

BETWEEN TWO KINGS 28 ROPED 28

THE NINE LIVES OF A BOOKSHOP CAT 29 THE SEA STONE SISTERS 29

NOVELTIES ESSENTIAL BOOKS

FALLING 35

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WINE-DARK SEA 36 NEW MOON 37 UNTITLED EMPYREAN (NOT BOOK FOUR) 37 THE MIRROR OF INFINITE ENDINGS 38 THE FRENCH ILLUSION 38 BETWEEN THESE BROKEN HEARTS 39 COLDWIRE 39 A CLEAN KILL 40 SIX OF CROWS: A DARKER SHORE: LETTERS FROM KETTERDAM 40 IMMORTAL DARK TRILOGY: ETERNAL RUIN 41 HARBOUR OF HUNGRY

THE GOLDEN MENHIR 30 PLEASE FORM PAIRS 30 THE KNAVE AND THE MOON 31 I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL 31 UNDER STORY 32 KNEEL BEFORE ME 32 TEMPEST 33 THE KILLING TIME 33 KING SORROW 34 DEAD BEAT 34 THE WRETCHED DIVINE 35

THE LISTENERS

Maggie Stiefvater

In 1942, June ‘Hoss’ Hudson runs the finest hotel in the Appalachian Mountains, a world away from the war. Owned by the wealthy Gilfoyle family, The Avallon welcomes 300 foreign diplomats under the instruction of Edgar, the eldest son, whom June has been in love with since childhood. Tensions begin to rise among staff and guests as nobody wants to serve the enemy. Not least between June and Tucker Minnick, a government agent listening for secrets, whose eyes both unsettle and attract her. For June is guarding a secret of her own - one she has risked everything to keep.

SALES POINTS

• CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ADULT DEBUT: major simultaneous event publication. Rights sold worldwide in 12 territories and counting.

• NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR: The Listeners is the debut novel for adults by No. 1 New York Times YA bestseller Maggie Stiefvater.

• BASED ON A FASCINATING TRUE STORY: During WWII , a handful of luxury resorts near Washington, DC were requisitioned to host high level enemies of the state.

THE IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY

Brigitte Knightley

Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, is in dire need of healing. Naturally, the only healer who can help is Aurienne Fairhrim, preeminent scientist, bastion of moral good, and member of an enemy Order. Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick, when Osric bribes her to help him, she accepts, even if she detests him and everything he stands for. A forced collaboration ensues: as the two work together to heal his illness and investigate the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly pox, they find themselves denying their attraction, which only fuels the heat between them.

SALES POINTS

• EXCITING NEW ROMANTASY SUBGENRE: Readership for this style of witty commercial romantasy is absolutely enormous, drawing from the fanfiction space where many readers go to get their romance fix. While romantasy is beginning to feel like an oversaturated genre, this author’s witty rom-com writing style will have wider appeal.

• FANFIC SENSATION/TIKTOK GROWTH: The author’s popular fanfiction has over 4.5 million reads and dedicated fanbase.

• INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES, NYT and USA TODAY Bestseller.

The extraordinary, genre-defying debut adult novel by the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author.

FICTION / Historical · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 7/5/2026

9781035406210 | 15,9 €

From a fanfiction sensation with over 4.5m reads comes a debut slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance set in an exquisite fantasy world.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/6/2026

9780356524757 | 15,9 €

LAND

Maggie O’Farrell

An epic portrait of a family navigating the legacy of Ireland’s Great Hunger, Maggie O’Farrell at her spellbinding, inimitable best.

FICTION / General · Trade Paperback · Royal Publication Date: 2/6/2026 9781472289094 | 19,9 €

Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. In 1865, the country not long since ravaged by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. British soldiers are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again.

SALES POINTS

• One of our most critically acclaimed, bestselling novelists, Maggie O’Farrell is an author with a unique connection to her readership. She has sold over four million copies of her books through UK Bookscan. and over seven million worldwide, and her work has been translated into 42 languages

• Hamnet was winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction and The Marriage Portrait was shortlisted in 2022.

THE DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN

Fumio Yamamoto

Izumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Katō needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed. Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him. Sumie just needs somewhere to live.

SALES POINTS

• A CLASSIC JAPANESE BESTSELLER: published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.

• A HUGELY BELOVED BESTSELLER IN JAPAN where it has sold over 450,000 copies.

• THE FORERUNNER TO SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR JAPANESE FEMINIST AUTHORS PUBLISHED IN THE UK TODAY including Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman and Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs.

HIDDEN NATURE

Nora Roberts

Frustrated and bored, injured cop Sloan Cooper is looking for anything to distract her from slow, painful recovery. When a woman vanishes without trace from a carpark, Sloan knows there is more to this case than meets the eye. As she investigates, she quickly uncovers similar cases across three states. Men and women, old and young-all with seemingly nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening. With no clues to speak of and a list of the missing growing almost daily, it will take every ounce of Sloan’s endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case.

SALES POINTS

• Nora Roberts has sold over 500 million books worldwide and sells 1 million books in the UK EVERY YEAR

• Nora Roberts is in the Top 10 most borrowed author in UK libraries and she was the third author to sell more than 1 million Kindle books

• She has written over 200 books under both her own name and her pseudonym, J.D. Robb and her books are published in over 34 countries

The darkly funny, relatable and tender book about five women in modern Japan - with nearly 500k sold in Japan.

FICTION / General · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9780349019239 | 15,9 €

Nora Roberts is back with a brand new novel about an injured cop bringing down a pair of twisted killers.

FICTION / Thrillers · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9780349443324 | 14,9 €

THE KEEPER OF THE CAMPHOR TREE

Keigo Higashino

The million-copy-selling novel full of mystery, healing and solace - by bestselling Japanese author

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9780349147864 | 19,9 €

When a run of bad luck lands Reito in prison, about to be sentenced, a distant aunt he’s never met offers him a surprising way out: he must become the next keeper of the camphor tree. In his strange new job, Reito welcomes the people coming by nightfall to commune with the tree, all of whom are lost and in need of something. What is the secret of the camphor tree? Can its power be more than just a myth? Reito begs his aunt Chifune to explain, but she assures him that the answers will come when he is ready.

SALES POINTS

• A BLOCKBUSTER, BESTSELLING SALES SENSATION IN JAPAN: Over 750k copies sold in Japan since publication.

• PERFECT FOR FANS OF WARM, WHIMSICAL AND COMFORTING FICTION.

• MAJOR ANIME FILM ADAPTATION SET TO RELEASE IN 2026: will premiere at end of January 2026 in Japan, directed by Tomohiko Ito, known for Sword Art Online, Rights sold in China, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, France and Germany.

FICTION / General · Trade Paperback · C Format Demy

Keigo Higashino.

KISSED BY THE GODS

Caty Rogan

From BookTok sensation Caty Rogan, an unmissable epic high-stakes romantasy with godsworn warriors, winged horses and fiery slow-burn tension.

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9781399641197 | 19,9 €

Every year the gods demand boys for the mines. When Leina slaughters the soldiers who come for her brother, she expects death. Instead, she’s claimed by a goddess and thrown into a world of winged warhorses, warring gods, cursed monsters - and Ryot, the god-sworn warrior ordered to keep her in line. Bound by duty, shaped by discipline, Ryot is everything she’s not. Leina never asked to be chosen. And she’s certainly not interested in saving the kingdom that enslaved her people. But destiny has other plans... and the gods should fear what they’ve awakened.

SALES POINTS

• SELF-PUBLISHED SUPERSTAR: flying high in the Amazon UK charts with 1k reviews average 4.5 stars and on GoodReads 3k ratings, 1k reviews at 4.5 stars.

• MAJOR GLOBAL EVENT: major deals and pre-empts in 9 international territories and counting!

• HOTTEST SFF TRENDS: praise for unique mythology, slow burn tension, winged horses and epic cliffhanger.

• EXCLUSIVE FIRST PRINT: exclusive to the first UK print run: illustrated endpapers, hardcover character art and sprayed edges..

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · Royal

SILENT BONES

Val McDermid

A landslide on a motorway in Scotland reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam Nimmo had been the prime suspect in the murder of his fiancée when he disappeared, and now DCI Karen Pirie’s Historic Cases Unit must find out who buried him, and why. Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, new evidence reopens a closed case and the accidental death of a hotel manager starts to look like murder. But what did Tom Jamieson’s book club have to do with his demise - and what will they do to keep their secrets?

SALES POINTS

• THE QUEEN OF CRIME: Val’s novels have been translated into 40 languages and have sold over 19 million copies

• A SERIES ON THE RISE: PAST LYING, the previous novel in the Karen Pirie series, sold over 230k copies across formats.

• FROM BOOK TO SCREEN: The Karen Pirie TV series is now a major ITV drama featuring Lauren Lyle in the titular role. The second series aired summer ‘25 to critical acclaim.

HARVEST SEASON

Brynne Weaver

Cape Carnage is blooming with secrets, and they’re ready to harvest. But every time Nolan Rhodes digs one up, another grows in its place. Harper isn’t who he thought she was. Arthur might be more sinister than he first thought. And Sheriff Yates? The man is everywhere he turns. Harper Starling has risked everything to bury her trauma in Cape Carnage. But now that Nolan has unearthed her past, her whole life seems ready to break apart. And who can she trust?

SALES POINTS

• Brynne Weaver is a No. 1 NYT bestselling author and we’ve sold over 500k copies of her Ruinous Love Trilogy!

• Readers are excited for more of her uniquely dark romcom voice and this is the second book in a new trilogy with all Brynne’s trademark romance, killing and comedy.

A thrilling new novel in the Karen Pirie series from the number one bestseller and Queen of Crime.

FICTION / Thrillers · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9781408734056 | 15,9 €

From #1 NYT bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes the second book in the devilishly steamy Seasons of Carnage trilogy.

FICTION / Romance / Suspense · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 9/6/2026

9780349446561 | 15,9 €

SLOW GODS

Claire North

My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself. Here is one truth: out there in deep-space, in the pilot’s chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me. This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I’ve lived since I died for the first time. Are you listening?

SALES POINTS

• Winner of World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Award, Claire North’s books have sold over 1 million copies in the English language and have been sold in translation in over 20 territories

• This book not only has action, political intrigue and massive world-ending stakes, but also a highly original approach to gender, strong themes of neurodiversity and autism, and compelling queer relationships

THE KINGS OF KEARNY

Navessa Allen

The Kings of Kearny run this small Texas town, and Jakob is their chief enforcer. The Viking, they call him. He’s a criminal. As dangerous as he is sexy. The kind of man who makes my inner cavewoman sit up and take notice. I’m ready to indulge her desires, but just for one night. Unfortunately, Jakob has other plans. Someone in town is breaking one of their cardinal rules, and Jakob thinks they’re using my grandmother’s nursing home to do it. Now I’m neck-deep in trouble with him.

SALES POINTS

• Navessa Allen has spent 52 weeks in the NYT bestseller list with her multi-million copy bestselling series, Into Darkness

• Social media sensation, with 313.9K followers and 6.5M likes on TikTok alongside 269K Instagram followers

• Already a self-published success, this will be the first outing of The Kings of Kearny in physical bookshops.

• Bringing more of what Navessa is best known for, this steamy, dark motorcycle club romance

An expansive, imaginative space opera from multi-award-winning Claire North, perfect for fans of Ann Leckie, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Arkady Martine.

FICTION / Science Fiction · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 9/6/2026

9780356526201 | 15,9 €

From #1 NYT bestselling author of Lights Out comes a dark and steamy motorcycle club romance.

FICTION / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 9/6/2026

9781529452716 | 15,9 €

VILLA COCO

Andrew Sean Greer

Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer showcases his wit in this life-enhancing tale of friendship set amidst the Tuscan hills.

FICTION / Literary · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 9/6/2026

9781399757294 | 18,9 €

Broke and directionless, our young protagonist takes a job in the Italian countryside as the assistant to Lisabetta - known as Coco to her friends - a strong-willed, wealthy aristocrat. Trained as an archivist, he thinks he’s been hired to catalogue the contents of the beautiful, crumbling mansion in the Tuscan hills. But his actual duties? Days are spent in a series of increasingly eccentric pursuits: entertaining an endless carousel of guests, attending a funeral in order to make off with the urn, and aiding Coco’s great and final plan - to reunite with the lost love of her life.

SALES POINTS

• An award-winning, bestselling author: Andrew Sean Greer is a literary star with a huge international profile, having sold 370,000+ copies throughout our territories.

• Less was also a NYT bestseller and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2018.

• A perfect summer read to cherish: Tuscany! An old, crumbling villa! An eccentric aristocrat! A love story blooming in the shadow of olive trees!

LIGHT WIELDER

Rachel Schneider

Oaths were made. Magic was stolen. War is raging. Can love endure that which it was born to destroy? It has been four years since the rebellion started. War is raging. Now known as the fierce Light Wielder, Jovie must use her power to end the war between her once beloved communities - or burn them to the ground trying. As rumours of a new darkness rising begin to rumble, Jovie will need to look to the past for answers. But is she willing to sacrifice her soul - and her heart - to secure her Kingdom’s destiny?

SALES POINTS

• SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKTOK SENSATION: viral in Autumn 2024 and has continued to grow, with 16k reviews average 4.5 stars on Amazon UK & 32k ratings averaging 4.3 stars on Goodreads.

• THE HOTTEST SFF TRENDS: fusing spice, slow-burn tension romance coupled with rich worldbuilding, plenty of plot twists and a cliff-hanger that has broken the internet.

• MAJOR GLOBAL EVENT: US & UK rights sold, igniting a global 10-way auction, with rights sold in 14 countries and counting!

THE WIDOW

John Grisham

Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has changed: she claims she’s sitting on a secret $20 million fortune. Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. However, secrets have a way of being found out, and when Eleanor is hospitalised after a car accident, Simon realises that nothing is as it seems. As events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder.

SALES POINTS

• GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND MARKET LEADER: John Grisham delivers courtroom suspense like no other writer in the world, and is beloved the world over.

• FIRST WHODUNIT: The Widow is John Grisham’s first standalone whodunit in his entire writing career.

• INCREDIBLE NEW BRAND LOOK: a cinematic new cover style is being rolled out in 2025 across all John Grisham titles, backed with an always-on campaign.

From BookTok sensation Rachel Schneider comes the spellbinding conclusion to the must read and Sunday Times bestselling romantasy, Metal Slinger.

FICTION / Fantasy · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 11/6/2026

9781399634038 | 19,9 €

The incredible legal thriller from John Grisham.

FICTION / Thrillers · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 16/6/2026

9781399703437 | 15,9 €

THE ADULTS

Alison Espach

On a bright summer evening in 1990s Connecticut, fourteen-year-old Emily Vidal stands on her parents’ lawn, watching the adults arrive. Her mother is hosting a lavish birthday party for her father, even though he is about to leave her for another woman. Adrift between her feuding parents and eccentric neighbours, Emily is closer than she knows to the choices and heartbreaks that will define her in the years ahead. From the author of the million-copy international bestseller The Wedding People, this ruefully funny debut novel explores love, grief, consequences and the messy business of growing up.

SALES POINTS

• A BELOVED AMERICAN NOVEL: The Wedding People has created an evangelical fanbase for Alison Espach in the UK, with readers eager to discover her backlist.

• IRRESISTIBLE HEROINE: Emily Vidal is a quintessential Espach heroine - wry, witty, observant and smart, with an unerring ability to find humour in even the darkest and strangest places.

This coming-of-age story follows Emily Vidal in suburban Connecticut navigating her dysfunctional family, a neighbour’s death, and an illicit relationship.

FICTION / Coming of Age · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781399642507 | 15,9 €

THE HALLMARKED MAN

A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. Initially believed to be that of a convicted armed robber, Decima Mullins disagrees. She calls on private detective Cormoran Strike, as she’s certain the body was that of her boyfriend who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. As Strike and his business Robin Ellacott delve into the case, the more labyrinthine it gets. It gradually becomes clear that there are other missing men who could fit the profile of the body in the vault.

SALES POINTS

• ALWAYS A BESTSELLER: All eight novels in the Strike series have been #1 Sunday Times and international bestsellers. Spending 89 weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list combined.

• MAJOR SALES GROWTH: Over 8.75m copies of the Sphere editions have been sold across all formats and international territories.

• MASS MARKET REACH: The previous paperback, The Running Grave, was a Number One Sunday Times bestseller, selling over 67K paperbacks TCM in its first 12 weeks.

The new instalment in the international bestselling series, featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, by Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling.

FICTION / Crime · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781408723807 | 15,9 €

Robert Galbraith

THE RIVER HAS ROOTS

Amal El-Mohtar

In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family. There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic. None more devotedly than the family’s latest daughters, Esther and Ysabel, who cherish each other as much as they cherish the ancient trees. But when Esther rejects a forceful suitor in favor of a lover from the land of Faerie, not only the sisters’ bond but also their lives will be at risk...

SALES POINTS

• The first solo project from one-half of the writing duo behind viral sensation THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR.

• Quercus bought four projects by Amal El-Mohtar in a massive pre-empt.

• There will be a significant and impactful marketing campaign bolstering the publication.

• This is a tender, lush and evocative story of two sisters, based on English folklore, and will appeal to fans of Helen Oyeyemi, Julia Armfield and Jeff Vandermeer

RESTITUTION

Leigh Rivers

The weapon they created will be their destruction. As Kade seeks revenge on those who destroyed his life, the lines between sanity and insanity starts to blur. They threatened his family, shattered his mind, and then stole his girl. He’ll sacrifice everything to save them all. Stacey has been to hell and back, and now she’s trapped by Bernadette, the monster who stole Kade from her. But Stacey isn’t backing down - she’ll do whatever it takes to save Kade, no matter the cost. Can she free them both from Bernadette’s clutches before this war consumes everyone they love?

SALES POINTS

• GENRE ON THE RISE: Leigh’s titles are the perfect introduction for readers that are new to the genre; hitting the classic tropes this audience loves whilst still incorporating an emotional, sweeping love story.

• TIKTOK SENSATION: Edge of Darkness series and Leigh Rivers herself are loved by BookTokers and Bookstagrammers and is widely known as ‘the best dark romance series’, so there is huge potential for us to grow the series and author in our markets.

The hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar.

FICTION / Fantasy · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781529453720 | 14,9 €

The final instalment in the gripping, steamy dark romance series that everyone is talking about, from the BookTok sensation.

FICTION / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 23/6/2026

9780349448572 | 15,9 €

THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP

Dongwon Seo

Hidden down a quiet alley, glowing softly under moonlight, there is a bar like no other. This otherworldly venue is manned by Mun, a quiet bartender with a knowing gaze and a mysterious past. Long ago, Mun was the guardian at a magical library where every book held someone’s life story. His belief that those stories belonged not on dusty shelves but in people’s hearts had him cast out. Bo-reum, a magical Moon Rabbit, gave him hope, an enchanted recipe that could turn memories into magic. Now he serves, a chance to remember, understand and to heal with every glass.

SALES POINTS

• HEARTWARMING HEALING FICTION: Sits perfectly in the buzzworthy ‘healing fiction’ genre.

• FANTASTIC WHIMSICAL VOICE: narrative blend of magical fantasy and Korean mythology about the moon

• BEAUTIFUL COVER: Adapted from the Korean edition. The design references how or ‘mun’ has a double-meaning as both ‘door’ as well as ‘moon’.

• STAR TRANSLATOR: The English translation has been done by Shanna Tan, who worked on the bestselling title Welcome to Hyunam-dong Bookshop (2023)

MAIN CHARACTERS

Bobby Palmer

When Clara and Seb meet in a quiet corner of London, it’s the start of something. She wants to be a director. He’s an actor, unsure what he wants from life. Their connection is magnetic. Everyone can see that falling in love looks something like this. But when Clara casts Seb in the film that will make her name, what should be the happiest time of their lives ends with a gut-wrenching betrayal. Some love stories are bigger than just two people. This one is told through everyone but them.

SALES POINTS

• HUGE INTERNATIONAL BUZZ: US rights sold at auction over London Book Fair 2025 to Little, Brown US for simultaneous publication. Translation rights pre-empted in Italy and Spain and counting.

• UNMISSABLE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN: Events, festival appearances, podcasts, extensive review coverage on publication and beyond.

• RISING STAR AUTHOR: Bobby co-hosts ‘ Book Chat ’ with Pandora Sykes as a monthly audio feature in her popular Substack. He also judges the Nota Bene prize.

Step into the magical uplifting world of THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP - for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.

FICTION / Magical Realism · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781035425471 | 15,9 €

This is a love story, told by everyone but the main characters.

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781035435340 | 17,5 €

A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE

Adam Kay

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. So when another senior doctor dies in similar circumstances, he’s determined to prove there’s more to these deaths than meets the eye. But following time off for his mental health, Eitan’s friends and colleagues begin to question his judgement as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral simultaneously out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wards?

SALES POINTS

• UNIQUE SALES RECORD: sold 5m+ copies of his books across all formats, generating £17m+ TCM value in just five years. Every single one of his adult books have been #1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

• INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: sold in 37 languages and #1 bestseller in multiple territories.

• HOUSEHOLD NAME: read widely by adults and children alike, and the BBC TV adaption of This Is Going to Hurt was watched by 6.2 million people in its first week.

QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT

Candice Carty-Williams

How is it possible for one woman to hold it together when she’s: Confronted with a racing biological clock when she doesn’t even know if she wants kids. Trying to act normal when her heart is smashed into a million pieces. Ten times smarter than the people she’s working for. Priced out of the housing market in the place she grew up. Stuck in a situationship when all she wants is the love of her life back . . . Bigger. Not better. Older. Not wiser. Queenie Jenkins is working on it.

SALES POINTS

• Win for British Book Awards Book of the Year marked the first time a Black author received the prize.

• MASSIVE SALES SUCCESS: sold 400k+ copies across all formats in the UK alone.

• BLOCKBUSTER TV ADAPTATION: first aired on Channel 4, and later on Hulu, Disney+ and Star+.

• STAND-OUT EVENT PUBLICATION: One of Orion’s biggest publications of 2026. Expect national consumer advertising, in-person events, high-impact broadcast, online and print media, ambitious brand partnerships, and eye-catching POS.

The thrilling and hilarious debut novel from Adam Kay, the author of global bestseller This Is Going to Hurt.

FICTION / Thrillers · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781398704428 | 15,9 €

The hugely anticipated new novel from critically adored, multi-prize shortlisted, smash-hit bestselling author Candice Carty-Williams.

FICTION / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781409198987 | 18,9 €

MAGGIE

Katie Yee

A man and a woman walk into a restaurant.The woman hopes they will order the best wine on the menu. Instead, her husband tells her he is having an affair with a woman called Maggie. When her chest starts to ache, the woman goes to a doctor who tells her the pain in her breast isn’t just heartbreak - but - cancer. She decides to call the tumour Maggie and begins to strike up a conversation with it.

SALES POINTS

• SUPERLEAD DEBUT FICTION in UK & US: Acquired in a huge deal both here and by the legendary Judy Clain of the newly launched Summit Books in the States.

• GENRE BREAKER: Being both a tragedy and a comedy, this book has a killer combination and finds rich, acerbic life fodder in a double-worst case scenario.

• HUGE NEW VOICE: This pithy, quick-tongued narrator is barely editable and will hold fiction lovers captive.

Maggie takes place during a pause: between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo.

FICTION / General · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781840918809 | 15,9 €

DREAMERS OF THE FULL MOON COFFEE SHOP

Mai Mochizuki

One summer moon, a cat with azure eyes takes over the running of the Full Moon Coffee Shop. But this cat isn’t just any old cat: it embodies our deepest desires. The evening’s first customer is an aging mother living in a crumbling house by the sea, in the company of her fluffy Persian. Fujiko hasn’t seen her only daughter, a highflying actress in Tokyo, for longer than she can remember. But when news of a lost love hits national headlines and reopens closed doors, this new feline friend offers the chance of a long-awaited reunion.

SALES POINTS

• Sold 500k+ across 19 languages and spawned sequels.

• For all readers of the BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD series.

• COSY MEETS WHIMSY: A micro-trend within healing fiction as consumer tastes evolve towards whimsical and wondrous alttimeline.

• ASTROLOGY & ROMANCE: about love and for all who rely on astrology to guide them through the treacherous terrain of romance, which is basically every horoscope checker.

• DREAM PARTNER AT PRH: Ballantine (US) are publishing simultaneously for Books 1-3.

The third book in the series tells an empowering story, about love and coming to terms with your true feelings.

FICTION / World Literature · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781846016059 | 17,5 €

AMBESSA: CHOSEN OF THE WOLF

C. L. Clark

Ambessa Medarda: Warrior, general, mother. She is a woman to be feared, and the Medardas are unrivalled in their pursuit of glory. She has made grave sacrifices in her ascent up the ranks. And for this she was rewarded: She entered the realm of death and was granted a vision of herself upon the throne of the vast Noxian empire. But before she can lead her empire, she must become head of her own clan. Yet the title is contested by her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik. He knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past.

SALES POINTS

• Global Phenomenon: Season One aired on Netflix in Nov. 2021 to massive critical and featured in Netflix’s top 10 globally for six weeks. Winning four Emmys

• Video Game Hit: League of Legends is one of the most successful properties in the history of gaming. With 100m+ active users, one of the most played games in the world.

• Acclaimed Author: C. L. Clark is an award-winning author. Riot and Orbit handpicked Clark to write this novel.

HOT WAX

M. L. Rio

1989: Suzanne is a wild child, swept up in her father’s world of muscle cars and rock and roll. There’s nowhere she would rather be than on the road with his band. After one night of chaos and bloodshed brings their whole world crashing down, young Suzanne will never be the same. 2018: Suzanne trades the guts and glory of her youth for the calm stability of suburbia, but the marriage that was supposed to be her solid ground now feels more like a cage. When her estranged father’s untimely death offers her an escape, Suzanne leaps at the chance..

SALES POINTS

• HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND NOVEL: first novel in 2017 sold 500k+ worldwide and sales in nineteen territories

• SWEATY, GRITTY LOVE LETTER TO ROCK N ROLL: Combining the author’s encyclopaedic rock n roll knowledge, and her authentic experience as a music journalist

• FLAWED CHARACTERS AT ODDS: Featuring complex group dynamics that defined her debut with a new spin, for fans of Daisy Jones & the Six and Rio’s ensemble tragedy If We Were Villains.

A thrilling epic fantasy novel set in the blockbuster and award-winning universe of League of Legends: Arcane.

FICTION / Fantasy / Epic · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 7/7/2026

9780356519852 | 15,9 €

This riotous sophomore novel follows a woman’s journey to hell and back to understand the events that shattered her childhood.

FICTION / Coming of Age · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 9/7/2026

9781035421206 | 15,9 €

THE EXQUISITE TORMENT OF LOVING YOUR ENEMY

Brigitte Knightley

In this witty and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel, the stakes are high, the love is forbidden and the slow-burn turns steamy.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · C Format

Publication Date: 7/7/2026

9780356524788 | 19,9 €

Osric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully murder for money. Aurienne is a Haelan, a scholar-healer whose Order’s motto is Harm to none. Clear-cut absolutes separate them: good and bad, right and wrong, light and darkUntil they don’t. When Osric first bribed Aurienne to heal him, he never imagined those lines would begin to blur. But every healing session draws the two of them closer together. He finds himself developing unwanted feelings for Aurienne as her capable hands heal his body - and his heart.

SALES POINTS

• MAJOR FOCUS TITLE FOR ORBIT IN 2025: Targeting fans of Ali Hazelwood, Fourth Wing and Trial of the Sun Queen - readers who read primarily in the TikTok romance space.

• NEW AND EXCITING ROMANTASY SUBGENRE: The readership for romantic fanfiction is absolutely enormous, While romantasy is beginning to feel like an oversaturated genre, this author’s witty rom-com writing style, will have wider appeal.

• FANFIC SENSATION/TIKTOK GROWTH: The author’s popular fanfiction has 4.5m+ reads and dedicated fanbase.

GAME ON

Navessa Allen

Game On is book three in Navessa Allen’s No.1 New York Times bestselling dark romance series, Into Darkness.

FICTION / Romance / Contemporary · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 7/7/2026

9781529452235 | 28,9 €

Tyler Neumann has spent years looking for his father, and not because he wants to meet the man. No, he wants to destroy him. And he’ll manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge. Including Stella McCormick. She’s everything Tyler hates. Stella might not believe in love at first sight, but loathing at first sight - definitely. From the moment she sets eyes on Tyler, she knows he’s the devil planning to make her life hell. Forced to pretend she’s his girlfriend, Stella quickly clocks Tyler’s ulterior motives. But love and hate are two sides of the same coin.

SALES POINTS

• INSPIRED BY TIKTOK: Navessa Allen was inspired by #masktok for Lights Out, and BookTokers have championed the Into Darkness series from the beginning.

• GATEWAY TO DARK ROMANCE: With its mix of dark romance and romcom elements, this is the perfect book for readers looking to explore the darker side of the romance genre.

• THIRD BOOK SERIES: Game On is the third book in the series, following on from the NYT and internationally bestselling hits.

THE ROMANCE REVIVAL

Christina Lauren

Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character: she got married. To Luca - the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering night in Vegas. But now, consumed by her top-secret job, missing dinners, forgetting anniversaries, and promising herself Luca will understand once her research comes to light. Until the unthinkable happens: a tragic accident takes Luca from her. Desperate not to lose him, Emery breaks every rule to bring him back. And Luca would probably thank her for it, if only he could remember her.

SALES POINTS

• NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 17 titles have hit the NYT list, selling 4m+ units in English. Multiple #1s in France & foreign rights to their novels have been sold in 30 countries.

• SPECULATIVE ROMANCE high-concept twist when a workaholic wife revives her husband after a fatal accident - only to discover he’s lost his memory, giving her second chance at love

• GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. Instagram following has grown 57% since 2024 - from 157K to 246K.

DOMINION

Jean Kwok

In a world divided into four rival Dominions, power is everything-and Rubi Morningtail has almost none. Three years after the Annihilation destroyed her homeland and shattered her memories, she lives as a refugee. When she wounds a massive battle-tyger on her doorstep, she draws the notice of Blake Axefire- leader of the royal tyger warriors. His sentence? Cast her into the Bonding, a brutal trial where tygers choose their riders and slaughter the rest. Surviving is unthinkable. But survive she does. Now she’s stuck on Blake’s elite team racing to reseal the Anchors to the demon realm.

SALES POINTS

• Transportive first book in The Silk & Iron trilogy, Dire Bound and Fourth Wing by way of Chinese mythology by NYT bestselling author Jean Kwok.

• Pitch-perfect combination of sizzling and complex romance, brutal trials, betrayal and long-buried secrets that will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games and The Poppy War.

• US partnership: Putnam acquired the trilogy on a partial at auction for 7 figures. We would be working in close collaboration with them.

From the NYT bestselling authors: One tragic accident erases a troubled marriage from memory - and love gets a do-over.

FICTION / Romance / Contemporary · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 14/7/2026

9780349440439 | 15,9 €

A young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to saving the mortal realm.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 14/7/2026

9781408751077 | 19,9 €

THE GOAL

Elle Kennedy

This limited Collector’s Edition printing will include a new hardcase design, printed edges, designed endpapers, and colored character art throughout!

FICTION / Romance / New Adult · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 16/7/2026

9780349447933 | 33,9 €

College senior Sabrina James has her future planned out: graduate, kick butt in law school, and land a job at a cutthroat firm. Escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker. Tucker believes being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twentytwo, he refuses to be a bench warmer.

SALES POINTS

• Collectable edition of one of the most beloved pairings from Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series. We’ve sold over 120k copies of this title so far!

• Forthcoming adaptation on Amazon Prime of this series in 2026!

• Elle Kennedy has 545 million views on TikTok (Elle Kennedy Author has 38.9m) and @ellekennedyauthor (her page) has 165.1k followers (as of June 25).

THE LEGACY

Elle Kennedy

Four stories. Four couples. Three years of real life after graduation... A wedding. A proposal. An elopement. And a surprise pregnancy. Life after college for Garrett and Hannah, Logan and Grace, Dean and Allie, and Tucker and Sabrina, isn’t quite what they imagined it would be. Sure, they have each other, but they also have real-life problems that four years at Briar U didn’t exactly prepare them for. As it turns out, for these four couples, love is the easy part. Growing up is a whole lot harder.

SALES POINTS

• The beautiful collectable edition of four short stories for fans of the Off-Campus series, following up with characters from the earlier books.

• Elle Kennedy has 545 million views on TikTok (Elle Kennedy Author has 38.9m) and @ellekennedyauthor (her page) has 165.1k followers (as of June 25).

• Upcoming Amazon adaptation of the Off-Campus series due to be released in 2026!

SHARP FORCE

Patricia Cornwell

In the early hours of the morning, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. Having terrorized Northern Virginia for months, his pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims’ homes and watch them. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta’s past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next . . .

SALES POINTS

• A LIVING LEGEND: Cornwell has sold 9m+ copies and 120m+ copies worldwide The Scarpetta TV series starring Nicole Kidman & Jamie Lee Curtis topped Amazon’s global charts after launch.

• A TRULY GLOBAL BRAND: Cornwell’s books have been translated into 36 languages in over 120 countries.

• AN AWARD-WINNER: Cornwell has won many prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity and the Prix du Roman d’Aventure

• A NAIL-BITING NEW THRILLER: 29th Scarpetta thriller.

This limited Collector’s Edition printing will include a new hardcase design, printed edges, designed endpapers, and colored character art throughout!

FICTION / Romance / New Adult · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 16/7/2026

9780349449418 | 33,9 €

The 120-million-copy bestseller returns with a gripping new thriller featuring Kay Scarpetta.

FICTION / Thrillers / Crime · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 16/7/2026

9781408722626 | 15,9 €

THE INTRIGUE

Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their fortunes, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won’t last forever, and he’s desperate to get his hands on something substantial. He thinks he’s found it when he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boarding-house. But when he meets her, he finds something he didn’t expect. The woman has a niece, Inés, who is as observant as she is desperate to escape her aunt’s household. Discovering Ulises’ true intentions, she wants in on the scheme.

SALES POINTS

• Best-selling author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia is an internationally bestselling author.

• An international success: Silvia’s books have sold 300k+ copies across all editions in the UK and our sales territories.

• A riveting, twisty crime novel: combining the high drama of the Mexican novelas costumbristas with the intrigue and strong characterisation that Moreno-Garcia is famous for, telling a claustrophobic tale of love, deceit and betrayal against a midcentury background.

COOL MACHINE

With his usual pitch-perfect prose, Whitehead paints a portrait of a city in transition, where shimmering skyscrapers rise to the heavens as displaced people huddle in abandoned tunnels below. In a dazzling display of protean imagination, Cool Machine roves all over the city, from Windows on the World to Sugar Hill, to show that in New York, and in the lives of Whitehead’s vivid characters, it’s what’s below the surface that reveals the truth.

SALES POINTS

• A 2026 pick by the BBC, New Statesman, and the NYT. We have sold over a million copies of Colson’s books across our territories.

• We publish a beautiful new cover 10th anniversary edition of The Underground Railroad, with an introduction by Sara Collins, in September 2026.

• Colson Whitehead is the only living author to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice.

From the author of Mexican Gothic, a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, where seduction is the ultimate con.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 16/7/2026

9781529441765 | 19,9 €

The brilliant new novel from Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys.

FICTION / Literary · Trade Paperback · C Format

Publication Date: 21/7/2026

9780349727684 | 19,9 €

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Colson Whitehead

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

Considered a seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, Stephen King’s The Stand has inspired generations of fans and writers. Although there are other works exploring the unravelling of human society, none has been as influential as this iconic novel, with its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilization, and its stunning array of unforgettable characters. Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene.

SALES POINTS

• ORIGINAL STORIES based on the influential seminal work of apocalyptic fiction good v evil, and set in a world ravaged by the virus Captain Trips

• CROSS-PROMOTION CAMPAIGN: Hodder publish THE STAND and can bring readers of that phenomenal book to THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, delivering numerous crosspromotion opportunities.

• BESTSELLER - The HB was an immediate New York Times bestseller in August 2025.

ONE OF US IS GUILTY

Steve Cavanagh

A PERFECT COUPLE. BUT ONE OF THEM IS A KILLER. WHICH ONE?

Patrick Vanderpool, son of a billionaire media mogul, is destined for power. But the affair he’s having could ruin everything. Vanessa Vanderpool, married to one of America’s most influential men, has her own ambitions. But the affair he’s having could ruin everything. When the other woman is found brutally murdered, there are only two suspects... One of them is guilty. But which one? Conman turned defence lawyer Eddie Flynn must risk his life to find out...

SALES POINTS

• ONE OF THE BIGGEST THRILLER BRAND NAMES: Steve Cavanagh is a Top Five Bestseller in the UK #1 Bestseller in Ireland. One of the UK’s most popular thriller writers.

• ACCLAIMED & AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Steve’s novels receive massive praise from Lee Child, Shari Lapena and Michael Connelly to broadsheets and TV book clubs.

• STUNNING SERIES WITH AN IRRESISTIBLE HOOK: Building on the massive success of his previous works, the perfect, twisting summer read for the thriller market.

An original short story anthology based on master storyteller Stephen King’s No. 1 international bestselling classic The Stand!

FICTION / Disaster · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 21/7/2026

9781399738712 | 16,9 €

The award-winning, Sunday Times Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn.

FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 30/7/2026

9781035408313 | 17,5 €

THE LUNATICS

Navessa Allen

Layla Fitzpatrick lives a simple life . . . for a werewolf. And that’s just how she likes it-the scent of woodsy air, the ability to run free whenever she wants. Everything changes one summer night when she attends a ritual bonding ceremony. She thought she was only there to support her friend, but midway through, the magic seizes her, and Layla’s suddenly mated to the most arrogant shifter she’s ever met. How in the world is she supposed to spend her life with him?

SALES POINTS

• Navessa Allen has spent 52 weeks in the NYT bestseller chart with her multi-million copy bestselling series, Into Darkness.

• Social media sensation, with 313.9K followers on TikTok & 269K Instagram followers.

• Already a self-published success, this will be the first outing of The Lunatics in physical bookshops.

• With her trademark romance and humour, Navessa takes on paranormal romance in this gripping fated mates romcom which is perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood’s Bride and The Vampire Diaries.

PSYCHOTIC OBSESSION

Leigh Rivers

Sweet and gentle, Tobias Mitchell was death cloaked in the form of a handsome man. Instead of running the other way, she fell for him. Aria Miller is a scientist researching rare genetic diseases when her world is tilted off its axis, and she collides with Tobias. When she takes him on as her assistant, he becomes infatuated. When reality hits and Aria is forced to leave the country, Tobias is faced with the thought of losing the object of his desire. Aria is his, and he’ll do anything to make sure she stays that way.

SALES POINTS

• GENRE ON THE RISE: Dark romance is hugely profitable that we haven’t always been able to tap into due to content issues. However, Leigh’s titles are the perfect introduction titles for readers that are new to the genre.

• TIKTOK SENSATION: the Edge of Darkness series and Leigh Rivers herself are hugely popular on TikTok, widely known as ‘the best dark romance series’.

• COMPS: Perfect for fans of H. D. Carlton, Penelope Douglas and Rina Kent.

From #1 NYT bestselling author of Lights Out comes a gripping paranormal romance, perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood’s Bride.

FICTION / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/8/2026

9781529452778 | 15,9 €

From USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation comes the steamy, emotional dark romance spin-off that everyone is talking about!

FICTION / Romance / Dark Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/8/2026

9780349448602 | 15,9 €

THE SHADOWS THAT LISTEN

Louisa Carmody

It’s been five years since the world was brought to its knees by an immortal war. Daemons crawled from the depths of hell and the sky bled gold as the angels arrived. Humanity thought it was saved, but the angels did not come to protect us.

SALES POINTS

• GROWING BUZZ: Self-published in Jan 2025, already over 400 reviews on Amazon UK. 261k likes on the author’s TikTok videos about it and the reviews from fans have been enthusiastic.

• REFRESHING BLEND: This is a fascinating blend of dystopian urban fantasy with paranormal ‘angels vs demons’ romance.

• THE RETURN OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE: Paranormal romance in the vein of Nalini Singh has always been popular but the huge influx of romance readers means it’s having a renaissance

An unputdownable dystopian romantasy with a delicious slow-burn romance, from debut author Louisa Carmody. Perfect for fans of Crescent City.

FICTION / Fantasy / Paranormal · Trade Paperback · C Format

Publication Date: 18/8/2026

9780356529912 | 19,9 €

IMMORTAL ROSE

Alexandra Bracken

Members of the ancient Rosebourne family have a strange gift born of a fairy ancestor: the ability to infuse fragrance with magic capable of manipulating mind, body, and emotion. When a shocking murder leaves the kingdom of Albion vulnerable to a coup, royal spymaster Hugh Thornton seeks the one person who can help: Viola Lockwood, the last living Rosebourne and secret heir to a fraught legacy.

SALES POINTS

• A New Adult duology, infused with magic and conspiracyperfect for fans of Brigid Kemmerer and Elise Kova.

• Set in a world resembling Regency England, with a struggle for the throne and a powerful magical family.

• Alexandra Bracken is the NYT bestselling author of Lore and has sold 145k+ copies in the UK (Nielsen TCM figure).

• Slow-burn romance with medium spice sex-scenes. We will be positioning this for older readers and flagging 18+ content in any promotions.

Sumptuous new adult fantasy with an intoxicating romance that will flood your senses, from bestselling author Alexandra Bracken.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 18/8/2026

9781911769040 | 18,9 €

BETWEEN TWO KINGS

Lindsay Straube

To earn the hand of the prince, she’ll have to learn the art of love . . . from a basilisk. The spicy sequel to KISS OF THE BASILISK, perfect for fans of Elise Kova and Katee Robert. Tem’s goal was straightforward: learn the art of love from a basilisk so she could marry the prince. But nothing’s simple when love is on the line. In the all new, explosive sequel to KISS OF THE BASILISK, the steamy romance that broke the internet, Tem will find herself tested in new and extraordinary ways.

SALES POINTS

• Quercus acquired this series in a lightning-fast overnight pre-empt.

• Author Lindsay Straube is the powerhouse behind the Instagram account @oxfordlemon, with nearly 60k followers.

• The direct sequel to the very spicy, NSFW monster romance KISS OF THE BASILISK with a why-choose plotline - it’s Challengers meets Fifty Shades of Grey . . . with giant snakes.

• Perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy, Katee Robert, Elise Kova and Callie Hart.

ROPED

Saffron A. Kent

Nineteen-year-old Peyton Turner has a stalker. No, she doesn’t have proof, but she can feel him watching her every move. But every time she tries to catch him, he seems to disappear into the shadows. She shouldn’t revel in his dangerous attention, but she can’t help herself. Until her best friend goes missing. Peyton has a feeling her masked stalker has something to do with it. But instead of staying away from him, she has a plan. Except the man she’s trying to hunt is an experienced hunter himself.

SALES POINTS

• Both cowboys and dark romance are hugely popular at the moment and this is a perfect combination of the two.

• Saffron has 26m TikTok hashtag views for her name, 477k likes on her TikTok videos, and over 40k followers across social media. This is the second of two dark romance standalones set in the same world.

The explosive sequel to the steamiest TikTok sensation of 2024, KISS OF THE BASILISK.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 20/8/2026

9781529445923 | 15,9 €

God of Malice meets Yellowstone in this stalker romance featuring a college student and a cowboy utterly obsessed with her.

FICTION / Romance / Dark Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 25/8/2026

9780349447803 | 15,9 €

THE NINE LIVES OF A BOOKSHOP CAT

Kentaro Utsugi

In his third life, Kinnosuke belonged to a famous author. Now, in his ninth, he wants nothing more to do with humans. Drawn to the city in search of food, he comes across the Hokuto-do Bookshop, owned by a curious woman who has already given a home to four contented cats. Soon Kinnosuke begins to notice the shop’s quirks: there are few customers, but it never goes out of business. No stock is ordered, but it never runs out of books. And the other cats also belonged to famous authors in previous lives.

SALES POINTS

• Winner of the Japan Fantasy Award 2024.

• The perfect blend of the Japanese cat and bookshop trends, drawing on folklore and legend and offering a history of Japan from the late 18th century to the present day through the cat protagonist’s nine lives.

• Rights also sold in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Turkey and Estonia.

THE SEA STONE SISTERS

Eleanor Buchanan

1931. Iris Blackmore’s father knocks down the Sisters of Skara standing stones. A dark shadow falls on her family that will echo down through generations. With their fortune lost, the four Blackmore sisters are scattered to the four winds, taking only the rings they inherited from their beloved mother. Present day. Grieving, Roz Chatton leaves her home in Australia, arriving in London with little other than her late mother’s ring. When she stumbles upon a painting of four ancient standing stones, she feels the past calling to her.

SALES POINTS

• BRAND-NEW SERIES: sweeping, emotive and page-turning femaleled fiction with a truly global and cross-generational appeal, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Soraya Lane and Clare Flynn.

• HUGE INTERNATIONAL BUZZ! Translation rights have been sold in 25 TERRITORIES so far.

• A COMPELLING NEW VOICE IN FEMALE-LED FICTION: with Eleanor’s instantly magnetic, evocative, and emotional writing, and her love of travel and her family connections to the locations in the series.

A cat in his ninth life lives in a bookshop, with four cats who also once belonged to famous writers.

FICTION / Fantasy / General · Trade Paperback · Demy

Publication Date: 26/8/2026

9781529448412 | 17,5 €

The first in a spellbinding and evocatively written dual-time family saga series, taking the reader on an adventure.

FICTION / Sagas · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781035425969 | 14,9 €

THE GOLDEN MENHIR

René Goscinny

Assurancetourix is entering the legendary Gallic bards’ competition to win the golden menhir. But with the Romans keeping a close watch, Asterix and Obelix must protect him at all costs. Their mission? Keep him safe-no matter what... even if it means risking their own ears! First released as a book-disc in 1967, this adventure soon became a rare treasure, long out of print. Written by the brilliant René Goscinny and brought to life by Albert Uderzo’s stunning illustrations, this lost gem is a must-rediscover for Asterix fans everywhere!

SALES POINTS

• Asterix lives in the pantheon of the comic book world - the series has been translated into over 100 languages & sold more than 400m copies worldwide, spawning animated cartoons, live action movies and its own theme park.

• Huge amount of adult fans who grew up with Asterix , and purchase for nostalgia, as a collectible, or as a gift to children.

• This is a full-colour comic with a brand-new story for fans to add to their collection.

PLEASE FORM PAIRS

Chiren Kina

1. Please form pairs

2. You cannot pair with someone twice 3. Anyone without a partner will be executed Mishin Mizushima isn’t cool enough by Japanese standards. Not even her mum is a fan, ditching her in their micro-apartment to shack up with a sugar daddy. At school, towering alpha females move and think as a single, terrifyingly beautiful organism. The betas know to lay low. The rest grovel at the bottom of the food chain. But one day, a new teacher dares to question the natural order with a simple instruction - and unleashes a gladiatorial catfight for survival.

SALES POINTS

• COMMERCIAL CROSSOVER blending Japanese mysteries like STRANGE PICTURES with the dark chick-lit of BUNNY.

• MULTIPLE ADAPTATIONS: being developed into a TV show and anime, as well as a manga illustrated by one of the biggest names in women’s manga.

• BRAND PARTNERSHIP: Marketing are in talks with UK shops kits and Pick Store.

A rare Asterix story from 1967 written by Goscinny and Uderzo, published in English for the first time.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS · Hardback · 288x217

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781408734933 | 16,5 €

SQUID GAME meets MEAN GIRLS in this hit sensation about keeping up and staying (barely) alive in a girl-eat-girl Japan.

FICTION / World Literature · Trade Paperback · Demy

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781846017537 | 17,5 €

THE KNAVE AND THE MOON

Rachel Gillig

Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew and Maude Bauer are rumoured to be dead - and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquished him, even if she destroys the kingdom’s faith - and herself - in the process. But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil’s ticket to undoing Benji’s power.

SALES POINTS

• An instant Number one Sunday Times bestseller and instant NYT bestseller.

• HUGE TIKTOK HIT: Rachel Gillig’’s previous series that begins with One Dark Window, has over 30 million TikTok views and One Dark Window is regularly charting in the top 100 kindle charts in the UK and ANZ.

• RACHEL GILLIG IS A MULTI-MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER, having sold over 2 million copies worldwide as of March 2025.

I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL

Mackenzie Reed

Brie Benson lives life in survival mode, right down to her mindnumbing desk job. But when she accidentally catches her (really hot) uptight boss, Luke, performing an exorcism on Deb from Accounting, her carefully ordered world implodes. It turns out that Luke is a demon hunter, and when Brie’s emotional support coworker disappears in a suspected demonic abduction, she convinces Luke to let her join his rescue mission. The only problem? Their destination is Hell itself. And the entrance is in Times Square.

SALES POINTS

• PARANORMAL ROMANCE IS BACK! Reader interest in proper paranormal romance is growing once more, and this is an incredible fresh take on the genre.

• BIG US AMBITION: Berkley (PRH US) bought US rights at a heated auction in a significant deal, and will be a priority for them.

• SERIES CAMPAIGN AIMED AT BOOKTOKKERS: Using Headline’s existing romantasy influencer database, to champion Mackenzie’s writing through publication and beyond.

The queen of gothic romantasy, returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries and deeper longings in this gorgeous sequel.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · C Format

Publication Date: 1/9/2026

9780356523002 | 19,9 €

A down-on-her-luck receptionist joins her boss on a roadtrip through Hell to rescue their missing coworker in this paranormal romance!

FICTION / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 1/9/2026

9781035433988 | 15,9 €

UNDER STORY

Chloe Benjamin

At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter washes dishes for a living ten hours a day, six days a week. She tells no one why she left her career or why her marriage ended. But even in this remote outpost, Laurel cannot outrun her past. When a visual disturbance known as the Arc draws a group of physicists to McMurdo, Laurel realises that her former husband Eli is about to re-enter her life.

SALES POINTS

• A global publishing event: coordinated activity and simultaneous global publication with Putnam.

• A sure-fire reading group hit: with talking points ranging from the power of second chances and women in science to climate change.

• A major prize contender: eight years in the writing, guaranteed contender for major literary awards.

• A uniquely engaging author: Chloe spent many years researching the science and the locations that lie at the heart of Under Story.

KNEEL BEFORE ME

Lindsay Straube

‘So you’re thinking, ‘A basilisk? Really?’ The answer is YES. REALLY. This book changed me’ @katiec

‘Absolutely not safe for work, but so addicting you’ll read it in the break room anyway’ @bookbiche

‘I had to pray the rosary after each chapter’ @ktgroberts

‘Too hot to read in one sitting, pace yourself’ @michaela.whitney

‘This book will slither its way right between your thighs and into your heart’ @geenareena

‘If you don’t end up hissing after you read this book, then READ IT AGAIN. This unhinged, addictive, and smutty book was the highlight of my month! 5 freaking stars!’ @naz

SALES POINTS

• Prequel to KISS OF THE BASILISK and thus can be read out of order!

• Beautiful hardback edition: Quercus publishes the only hardback editions of Lindsay Straube’s books in the world, making them immediate collector’s items.

• The spiciest romantasy on the market: only Straube delivers the actual spiciest, smuttiest romantasy out there.

From the NYT bestselling author of The Immortalists comes the most heartstopping and ambitious literary love story of 2026.

FICTION / Literary · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 1/9/2026

9781035437399 | 18,9 €

The number one bestselling five-chilli romantasy sensation author, Lindsay Straube, returns!

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 1/9/2026

9781529445947 | 19,9 €

TEMPEST

Victoria Aveyard

Cat Rose knows what it is to live in two worlds, in two times. Beforeas Lady Catrine Rose of the Meridian Empire, chained to a loathsome lord with a dwindling fortune. And after - as the Widow Rose, queen of a pirate tavern on the Lyrian Sea, determined to be the master of her own fate. But as the Meridian Empire looms on the horizon. Ship after ship is captured, save for one, captained by a pirate who continually evades both noose and blade: the legendary Valerian Kane, the only man who might rally the pirates who remain.

SALES POINTS

• Internationally bestselling author with rights sold in 43 languages, worldwide sales of Victoria’s books total 9m+.

• Red Queen is now in development for a TV series directed by Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games).

• Won in a 7-figure auction in the US by HarperVoyager and exclusive submission in the UK .

• GLOBAL FANBASE: nearly 1m followers across Instagram and TikTok.

THE KILLING TIME

Elly Griffiths

Ali Dawson leads a unit that investigates cases so cold that they travel to the past to solve them. But they haven’t been allowed to time-travel since their technical expert, Jones, got stuck in Victorian London. While investigating a present-day case – the suicide of a young man, which she believes is linked to a psychic medium who convinced the boy he could fly, she attends one of his shows. Later, when Ali notices her cat, Terry, missing, she goes back in time to prevent him escaping. Finding herself once more in Victorian London, with both Jones and the psychic.

SALES POINTS

• 6m+ copies of Elly Griffiths’ books have been sold.

• Contemporary and historical crime as well as the most popular genre of the moment - fantasy

• Griffiths is in huge demand as a speaker at events and is able to hold an audience spellbound. She was recently awarded the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of her remarkable crime writing career and commitment to the genre.

The multimillion-copy bestseller of international ya fantasy phenomenon red queen returns with her adult debut . . .

FICTION / Fantasy / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 8/9/2026

9781399622158 | 19,9 €

Join Ali Dawson and her cold case team for another time-travelling mystery in this sequel to The Frozen People.

FICTION / Thrillers / Crime · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 10/9/2026

9781529433425 | 14,9 €

KING SORROW

Joe Hill

Bookish dreamer Arthur Oakes’ idyll - and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot - is shattered when local drug dealers force him into a terrible crime: stealing rare and valuable books from the Rackham College library. Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for help. Together they dream up an impossible scheme: to summon the fabled dragon King Sorrow to kill those tormenting Arthur. But the six stumble backwards into a deadly bargain, they must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow each year or one of them will become his next victim.

SALES POINTS

• AN INSTANT BESTSELLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Joe Hill’s highest-selling hardback to date, 10k+ copies. This astonishingly ambitious, emotional and genrebending novel is like The Secret History colliding with IT unmissable for fans of Stephen King, Leigh Bardugo and Catriona Ward.

• A HUGELY POPULAR AUTHOR: loyal readership, Joe has over 400,000 followers across social media.

DEAD BEAT

Leigh Bardugo

Alex Stern made it to hell and back more than once, but this time she left the door open behind her. Demons are creeping through the streets of New Haven and the Yale campus, feeding on the souls of the living, terrifying the dead. Alex and her allies can hunt them, but it’s only a matter of time before the gates to the underworld open and they face a war they cannot win. To stop it, they’ll have to reach deep into the secrets of Yale and its societies, and discover the truth hidden in Alex’s own blood.

SALES POINTS

• FROM THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON: Bardugo is the multimillion-copy bestseller behind the record-smashing Grishaverse series and Netflix phenomenon Shadow and Bone.

• THE ORIGINAL TIKTOK SENSATION: Dead Beat is the third and final book in the internationally bestselling Ninth House series, the original dark academia TikTok sensation.

• IN DEVELOPMENT FOR TV: The Ninth House series is also now in development for TV with Amazon Studios.

The Secret History collides with IT, an exhilarating, emotional and genre-bending novel.

FICTION / General · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 15/9/2026

9781035434312 | 16,9 €

Dark academia meets occult magic in Dead Beat, the final book in the Sunday Times bestselling Ninth House series.

FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 15/9/2026

9781399639378 | 19,9 €

THE WRETCHED DIVINE

Adalyn Grace

Aurelie Chantelune was born to serve. Raised as a knight in a kingdom ravaged by demons, she’s spent her life honing her blade. If Aurelie can claim her first kill, she’ll inherit a legacy passed down through the Chantelune bloodline: a soulbond with Yuriel, an angel whose power is vital to her kingdom’s survival. But when those she loves begin turning into the monsters she’s sworn to destroy, Aurelie is forced to seek help from the last place she ever imagined.

SALES POINTS

• GLOBAL BESTSELLER: Adalyn Grace is the #1 NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of TikTok sensation Belladonna translated into 17 languages.

• HER MOST COMMERCIAL SERIES YET: this brand-new fantasy trilogy moves into an older and more epic space in the heartland of the biggest BookTok trends.

• JAW-DROPPING SPECIAL EDITIONS: Multiple hardback special editions.

• HIGHLY ENGAGED WORLDWIDE FANBASE: Commanding more than 120k followers across Instagram and TikTok.

FREE FALLING

Lyla Sage

Book 2 in the instant No. 1 New York Times bestselling Sweetwater Peak duology from the queen of western romance, Lyla Sage, following Clarke Cartwright as she discovers her own love story.

SALES POINTS

• An instant bestseller: Soul Searching, Book 1 in the Sweetwater Peak duology, was an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

• Perfect for Autumn: With it’s spooky setting, paranormal elements and cosy vibes, Free Falling is the perfect read to wrap up with in Autumn 2026.

• Rebel Blue: Lyla Sage is the author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series, which also hit the New York Times bestseller list and continues to garner new fans!

An ancient war between angels and demonsand the mortal knight determined to end it at any cost.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 22/9/2026

9781399630030 | 19,9 €

Book 2 in the instant #1 NYT bestselling Sweetwater Peak duology from the queen of western romance, Lyla Sage.

FICTION / Romance / Western · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 22/9/2026

9781529444186 | 15,9 €

VERITY

Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she is hired by Jeremy, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, to complete the remaining books in his wife’s unfinished successful series. Arriving at their home ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes to get her started, she doesn’t expect to uncover an autobiography never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit.

SALES POINTS

• ONE OF THE BIGGEST AUTHORS IN THE WORLD: Colleen Hoover has sold 50m+ worldwide.

• A CROWN JEWEL IN COLLEEN’S PUBLISHING: Verity is one of her biggest hits, with 2.5 million copies sold of the UK edition alone. Global sensation and a #1 Kindle and NYT bestseller.

• MAJOR MOVIE FOR OCTOBER ‘26: Amazon are bringing Verity to cinemas starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson - this will be a huge moment in Colleen’s publishing.

THE WINE-DARK SEA

Victoria Hislop

During three years of brutal civil war in Greece, thousands of children were caught in the chaos that swept across the country. Huge numbers were orphaned, several found themselves imprisoned alongside their mothers and the majority were left to fend for themselves. Of those left alone, many were placed inside newly created children’s homes and thousands were kidnapped and taken behind the Iron Curtain, never to return home... Years later three of those children, now grown-up, must face up to how this bitter conflict destroyed their childhoods and defined their adult lives.

SALES POINTS

• Hislop is one of the most-loved, bestselling British novelists of the twenty-first century, with sales over 6.5m in the UK and Commonwealth alone.

• Repeat Sunday Times #1 bestseller in across formats, often spending months in the top slot in the charts.

• Hislop dives into the post-World War II era of civil war Greece again, focusing on the experience of the children who were orphaned and sent far away from home.

A new film tie-in edition of the global smash-hit, coming to screens starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson.

FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 24/9/2026

9781408735923 | 15,9 €

A captivating new novel exploring the ripple effect of the Greek civil war on a generation of displaced children.

FICTION / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 24/9/2026

9781472263995 | 18,9 €

NEW MOON

Stephenie Meyer

For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this second book in the Twilight Saga continues the vampire love story that redefined romance for a generation. A vintage-inspired collector’s edition of New Moon.

SALES POINTS

• The series that inspired the global film phenomenon, starring Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

• In honour of the 20th anniversary of New Moon, this second vintage-inspired collector’s edition in the series features: Foilstamped slipcase, Stunning new cover with lush, romantic artwork, New interior art and beautifully illustrated endpapers, Elegant ribbon marker,One-of-a-kind interactive gilded-edge design

UNTITLED EMPYREAN (Not book four)

Rebecca Yarros

Author Biography

Rebecca Yarros is the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing. She’s the recipient of the British Book Award for Book of the Year and the Alex Award from the American Library Association. She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. As the mother of six, when she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and two cats who rule them all.

More details coming soon

The irresistible continuation of the NYT bestselling Twilight Saga to celebrate the 20th anniversary with this second vintage-inspired collector’s edition.

FICTION / General · Hardback

Publication Date: 29/9/2026

9780349126333 | 39,9 €

Rebecca Yarros is the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 29/9/2026

9780349450612 | 26,7 €

THE MIRROR OF INFINITE ENDINGS

Stephanie Garber

Return to the Magnificent North and the breathtaking love story that has captivated readers all over the world in this beautifully illustrated novella! Jacks and Evangeline Fox have finally found their happily ever after. Everything here in the Hollow is wonderful and perfect. Nothing is going to go wrong. No one is keeping a secret . . . except for maybe one. But don’t worry, it’s not going to rewrite reality or alter history or change the ending of Jacks and Evangeline’s story. Definitely not.

SALES POINTS

• MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLER: Worldwide sales of Stephanie’s books have now surpassed 9m, with rights sold in 36 languages.

• GRAND RETURN TO HER MOST POPULAR SERIES: She returns to the globally beloved world of Once Upon a Broken Heart with a spellbinding sequel to one of the bestselling fantasy series of the last decade.

• GLOBAL FANBASE: With 450k+ followers on Instagram.

• STUNNING SPECIAL EDITIONS: The Mirror of Infinite Endings will have multiple beautiful hardback special editions.

THE FRENCH ILLUSION

John Grisham

After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them - and why? It appears this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.

SALES POINTS

• GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND MARKET LEADER: John Grisham delivers suspense like no other writer in the world, and is beloved the world over.

• BACKED BY A THRILLING CAMPAIGN: The French Illusion will be back by an unmissable marketing campaign! John will also promote with select media events.

• STRONG SALES GROWTH FOR THE WIDOW: especially in audio, ANZ, SA and Ireland.

Stephanie Garber returns to the globally beloved world of Once Upon a Broken Heart in a Jacks and Evangeline novella.

FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 29/9/2026

9781399641777 | 18,9 €

John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong - and the nightmare that follows.

FICTION / Thrillers · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 29/9/2026

9781399703451 | 28,9 €

BETWEEN THESE BROKEN HEARTS

Lexi Ryan

The kingdom’s fate rests in their hands.Princess Jasalyn has eleven days to live. Facing the repercussions of a deadly bargain, her life and the future of the shadow court are forfeit unless she can assassinate the fae king Mordeus in time. All she has to do is find him. Meanwhile, shape-shifter Felicity has vanished. But even if she’s found, Felicity cannot escape the oracle’s tragic prophecy for her and her family. In her lonely battle with fate, Misha is the last person she can ask to stand by her side, but the first one she’ll need.

SALES POINTS

• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Lexi Ryan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, who built a following with sizzling contemporary romance and then brilliantly leapt into romantic fantasy with her bestselling first duology, These Hollow Vows.

• BRILLIANT SEQUEL: this is a brilliantly realised, action-packed sequel to Between These Broken Hearts.

• ACCLAIMED ROMANTASY: with a blurb by Rebecca Yarros for the first in the series, Lexi Ryan’s series is perfectly swoony and completely unputdownable

COLDWIRE

A cold war rages between two powerful nations: Medaluo and Atahua. Amid this conflict, orphans in Atahua can either enrol at Nile Military Academy, or be condemned the enemy. Recent graduate Eirale joined NileCorp’s forces readily. But when Atahua’s most wanted anarchist frames her for treason, she is forced on the run with him. Academy cadet Lia aspires to join NileCorp’s private forces. Despite being paired with her nemesis, she only needs to pass her final assignment: infiltrate Medaluo in VR. As Eirale and Lia race their separate courses, the two start to suspect they’re pieces in a larger conspiracy.

SALES POINTS

• CHLOE GONG is a New York and Sunday Times bestselling author of two duologies and an adult novel. She is a TikTok star with a wide fanbase, and always writes compelling, action-packed fiction, with twists and turns aplenty and racing romances.

• YA DYSTOPIA: an action-packed thrill-ride set in a near future world where everyone virtual reality is the norm , this is an explosive return to the genre popularised by THE HUNGER GAMES and READY PLAYER ONE.

Forbidden romance, dangerous prophecy and a battle to save the fae-realm collide in the sequel to Beneath these Cursed Stars.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 16/6/2026

9781399733380 | 15,9 €

The start of a daring new dystopian series where humanity has moved to virtual reality to flee their deteriorating world.

FICTION / Romance / Science Fiction · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781399732376 | 15,9 €

Chloe Gong

A CLEAN KILL

B.V. Pearce

Aspiring scientist Sabrina has won a scholarship to study chemistry at a prestigious London university. Best of all, it includes accommodation in the Infaustus Apartments, where the university’s richest students are housed in luxury. But life in London is expensive, so Sabrina takes a job cleaning the residence. Invisible in her cleaner’s uniform, Sabrina discovers all her classmates’ dirty little secrets, and life soon gets messy when Sabrina discovers the body of rugby star, Chase Matthews. Keeping investigations away from her own past, Sabrina must use her smarts to expose the killer before she ends up as their next victim.

SALES POINTS

• Highly commercial, pacy and addictive YA thriller.

• Taps into the “haves and have-nots” trope.

• Capitalises on the trend for stories from a cleaner or maid’s POV - i.e. High Potential (Disney +), Maid (Netflix), and The Housemaid.

• We have World rights all languages and film/TV rights,High film/ TV potential set at a single location.

SIX OF CROWS: A DARKER SHORE: LETTERS FROM KETTERDAM

Leigh Bardugo

In the years since the violent upheaval caused by the auction of Kuwei Yul-Bo, the merchants of Ketterdam have been under attack. Secret businesses exposed. Ships sunk. Slavers hunted as they once hunted their victims. All the work of a mysterious sea captain and her ship, the Wraith. Now, two investigators meet to uncover the truth behind the latest disaster: a massacre on an island off the shores of Ketterdam. Among the evidence collected is private correspondence between notorious crime boss Kaz Brekker and an anonymous sailor aboard the Wraith known only as “I”.

SALES POINTS

• An immersive BRAND NEW Grishaverse short story, picking up after the events of Crooked Kingdom and told via ‘found documents’ such as private letters and in-world collectible items.

• The Shadow & Bone Trilogy is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling trilogy and global Netflix sensation.

• This deluxe casebound hardback book includes Grishaverse collectible items such as a frameable cloth pirate flag, private letters between best-loved characters from the SIX OF CROWS duology, sheet music and souvenir playing cards.

Student life is messy… This psychological thriller brims with steam and scandal against the backdrop of an elite university.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781444984675 | 14,9 €

The newest Grishaverse short story: a mystery told through found documents set after the events of Crooked Kingdom.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy · Hardback · Royal

Publication Date: 14/7/2026

9781510105737 | 28,5 €

IMMORTAL

DARK TRILOGY: ETERNAL RUIN

Tigest Girma

The second book in the dangerously romantic, dark academia blockbuster Immortal Dark series, sees Kidan and Susenyos face their biggest fears. PRAISE FOR IMMORTAL DARK: ‘Entirely irresistible ... You won’t be able to look away’ Chloe Gong, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights. ‘A completely original, deliciously dark take on vampires’ Sarah Underwood, New York Times bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea. ‘A deliciously dark story teeming with morally grey characters you can’t help but root for’ Gabi Burton, author of Sunday Times bestselling Sing Me to Sleep.

SALES POINTS

• The first book in the series debuted at No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

• A commercial fantasy with a beloved vampire hook but with hints of Ethiopian and East African lore to bring a unique and decadent spin.

The second book in the dangerously romantic, dark academia Immortal Dark series sees Kidan and Susenyos face their biggest fears.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 13/8/2026

9781444974423 | 14,9 €

HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS

Eliza Chan

The Au family serve the people of Hong Kong: blessing shrines, honouring the dead and dealing with dangerous monster incursions. The expectations on eldest daughter Kiamling are high, which is not something her strict grandmother will let her forget. When the British disrupt the Hungry Ghosts festival and her grandmother is seized by a strange new monster, Kiamling must step up and lead the search. Kiamling must figure out who is behind the incursion and more importantly, how to defeat them. With British fables mingling with local Chinese monsters, can Kiamling prove herself, when the old rules no longer apply?

SALES POINTS

• Eliza Chan is a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.

• The beginning of a new fantasy duology.

• This novel tells a strong, family-centric adult fantasy story featuring folklore from China, Hong Kong and Britain.

• Simultaneously published by Orbit USA and UK for a global publishing campaign.

A family of demon hunters struggle with unfamiliar monsters, ancestral expectations and the British Empire in Opium War-era Hong Kong.

FICTION / Fantasy / Historical · Trade Paperback · C Format

Publication Date: 28/7/2026

9780356526614 | 19,9 €

QUICKSILVER

Callie Hart

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details . . .

SALES POINTS

• Razor-sharp banter and blistering enemies-to-lovers romance set against a backdrop of secrets, lies and dangerous deals - as well as super sexy fae.

• This was originally self-published in June 2024, and has received 11m TikTok views for #CallieHart, 25k reviews on Goodreads and 15k reviews on Amazon.

• Callie Hart is the next Rebecca Yarros. Her obsession-worthy romantasy has been a bestseller across the world, with over half a million copies sold globally in the first month alone.

NEVER EVER AFTER

Sue Lynn Tan

After the death of her beloved uncle, Yining has only survived as a skilled thief and an even better liar. But when she acquires an enchanted ring that holds the key to a brighter future, it is stolen by her step-aunt, and Yining must venture into the imperial heart of the kingdom to seize it back. Amid the grandeur of the palace, Yining catches the eye of the ruthless and ambitious prince, who tempts her with a world she’s never imagined. But nothing is as it seems, and soon she is trapped in a tangle of power, treachery, and greed.

SALES POINTS

• BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Sue Lynn Tan is the hugely popular Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess and this will be her first young adult fantasy novel.

• CINDERELLA INSPIRED EAST-ASIAN FANTASY: Perfect for fans of Six Crimson Cranes, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and A Magic Steeped in Poison. This is a magical, heartfelt East Asian fantasy, with a heroic heroine and an aching romance.

An addictive enemies-to-lovers romantasy with razorsharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance you won’t be able to put down.

FICTION / Fantasy / Romance Paperback · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781399745451 | 15,9 €

Never Ever After is a powerful and fierce Cinderella reimagining, a breathtaking new YA fantasy romance influenced by Chinese fairytales.

FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 3/9/2026

9781399729222 | 15,9 €

HEARTSTOPPER VOLUME 6

Alice Oseman

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781444974881 | 17,5 €

*Read it before you see it: Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix!* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever. But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become head boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for uni, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be . . . without Charlie

SALES POINTS

• The Heartstopper graphic novel series is a global phenomenon, with over 10 million copies sold in 40 countries worldwide.

• An instant number 1 bestseller, Volume 5 remains the UK’s fastest selling graphic novel ever. Volume 1 is the top-selling graphic novel since records began.

• Alice Oseman built an enormous fan base for Heartstopper by releasing regular instalments online as a webcomic (over 150 million views).

CROSSROADS OF RAVENS

Andrzej Sapkowski

Before he was the White Wolf or the Butcher of Blaviken, Geralt of Rivia was simply a fresh graduate of Kaer Morhen, stepping into a world that neither understands nor welcomes his kind. And when an act of naïve heroism goes gravely wrong, Geralt is only saved from the noose by Preston Holt, a grizzled witcher with a buried past. Under Holt’s guiding hand, Geralt begins to learn what it truly means to walk the Path. But as the line between right and wrong begins to blur, Geralt must decide to become the monster everyone expects, or something else entirely.

SALES POINTS

• Crossroads of Ravens is the first new Witcher novel in over 7 years, and since the Netflix series propelled the franchise to greater heights.

• Following a younger Geralt of Rivia, Crossroads of Ravens is the perfect entry point for new readers, yet full of easter eggs for existing fans.

• Crossroads of Ravens is translated by David French , the acclaimed translator of 6 of the previous Witcher books.

THE TRAITORS CIRCLE

Jonathan Freedland

Berlin, 1943. A group of high-society anti-Nazi dissenters meet for a tea party one late summer afternoon. They do not know that, sitting around the table, is someone poised to betray them all to the Gestapo. Meeting in the shadows, rescuing Jews or plotting for a future Germany freed from the Führer’s rule, what unites them is a shared loathing of the Nazis, or so they believe. How did a group of brave, principled rebels, who had successfully defied Adolf Hitler for more than a decade, come to fall into such a lethal trap? And who betrayed them?

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• THE PITCH: A haunting thriller offering far reaching implications about who stands up to tyranny, with a classic whodunnit at its heart - very important and commercial. This is The Traitors meets Agatha Christie meets Fatherland by Robert Harris.

• IMPORTANT UNTOLD HISTORY: As with The Escape Artist, Freedland brings an important, rarely told piece of history to light through personal testimonies of surviving relatives and deep archival research, with deep moral resonance for our own time.

The global phenomenon returns in Crossroads of Ravens, the spectacular new Witcher novel and an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

FICTION / Fantasy · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 17/9/2026

9781399633482 | 15,9 €

A thrilling true story of courage, resistance and ultimately betrayal in the Third Reich captured by internationally renowned Jonathan Freedland.

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9781399813693 | 16,9 €

GAUDI

Peter Stanford

100 years since his death, this biography of Gaudí rediscovers his incredible life, work and faith.

ARCHITECTURE / History · Hardback · Other

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9781399811811 | 39,9 €

‘Antoni Gaudí’s architecture is among the world’s most instantly recognisable sights. His still unfinished basilica, La Sagrada Família welcomes five million visitors annually. Yet in this the centenary year of his death, knocked down in the street by a tram, mistaken for a tramp and spending his last hours in a paupers’ hospital, much about this unworldly genius remains a mystery. In reconnecting Gaudí’s peerless architecture with the highs and lows of his faith, Peter Stanford walks in his footsteps through Barcelona, retracing his life through the buildings, parks and landscapes he admired and those that he created.

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• A full colour biography of Gaudi, focusing on how his deep Catholicism influenced all of his life and work and including over 100 photographs.

• Publishing in time for the centenary of his death (10th June 2026).

• For architecture fans, Barcelona tourists, and Catholic readers interested in Gaudi’s beatification

• Peter Stanford is an English writer, editor, journalist and presenter, known for his biographies and writings on religion.

EAST WEST STREET

Philippe Sands

When he receives an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family’s secret history. In doing so, he uncovers an astonishing series of coincidences that lead him halfway across the world, to the origins of international law at the Nuremberg trial. In an influential blend of memoir and detective story that broke new ground in the way history could be told and sparked a bestselling trilogy, East West Street meditates powerfully on the way memory, crime and guilt leave scars across generations.

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• BAILLIE GIFFORD WINNER: East West Street was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2016, with the judges describing it as ‘a multi-layered history that is impressive in its own right but also a satisfying, suspenseful read. A stunning achievement’.

• CLASSIC WORK OF NON-FICTION: The book’s extraordinary blend of memoir, family history, historical detective story and intellectual history has cemented it as one of the twenty-first century’s must-read works of non-fiction.

HEARTBEATS

Björn Borg

No one had ever played tennis quite like Björn Borg. Hailed as one of the most talented players to ever step onto a tennis court, Borg collected the game’s highest honours, including eleven Grand Slam titles - with five consecutive Wimbledon titles - establishing himself as one of the greatest of all time. Then he stunned the sporting world by announcing his retirement at the age of 26. For the first time, readers will get Borg’s own account of his career, his choices, and the experiences that shaped him as a person, from his childhood right up to today.

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• Björn Borg is a sporting legend: world number one for 109 weeks and the first man to win eleven Grand Slam titles. Readers who’ve enjoyed books from tennis stars like John McEnroe aand Rafael Nadal will love hearing Borg’s story.

• Borg is famously reclusive: he vanished from the tennis world upon retiring at age 26. This book offers the chance to peek behind the curtain, with stories that are completely unknown to the press and public.

Tenth anniversary reissue of Philippe Sands’s Baillie Gifford prize-winning masterpiece: part memoir, part historical detective story.

LAW / Legal History · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 4/6/2026

9781399641746 | 16,9 €

One of the greatest sportsmen is finally ready to share his astonishing story: the tell-all memoir from Björn Borg.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781408722343 | 16,9 €

POWER PLAY

George E. Osborn

Saudi Arabia is spending billions of dollars acquiring video games businesses to wash its reputation. Russia has funded video game development to help spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine. Steve Bannon utilised tactics deployed by online gaming communities to propel Donald Trump into the White House, and Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin even carved video game references into his bullets. Supported by insights of politicians, academics and industry experts, Power Play is the vital guide for understanding this new political frontier, highlighting what democracies must do to harness this power before the battle for digital influence is lost.

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• EXPERT AUTHOR - George is an industry expert with over a decade’s experience explaining the political and societal implications of video games. He’s able to make the topic accessible whether or not the reader plays video games.

• VITAL INSIGHT -Video games and their communities are ripe for political influence, and while Western, democratic states have been slow to recognise this potential, authoritarian states and extremist groups haven’t - and are currently winning the war for influence.

BEING CARLOS ALCARAZ

Mark Hodgkinson

Based on new interviews with those closest to him - including coaches, friends, old teachers and other villagers - Being Carlos Alcaraz offers fresh insights into a tennis phenomenon. From a modest apartment above a kebab shop in the village of El Palmar to glory on the sport’s biggest stages, this captivating book traces Alcaraz’s emergence and contrasts his story against the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer. Being Carlos Alcaraz delves into the emotional and cultural forces that have shaped a modern icon - one destined to redefine tennis for years to come.

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• CELEBRATED FIGURE: Carlos Alcaraz has six million followers on Instagram. He is the youngest-ever number one and has won more majors (US Open, French Open and Wimbledon (twice)) than Djokovic, Nadal and Federer did at this age.

• AUTHOR CREDENTIALS: Mark’s previous book - Searching for Novak - won International Book of the Year at the Sports Book Awards.

Power Play is an urgent exploration of how video games are being used to change the world around us.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781035423293 | 19,9 €

The first detailed and comprehensively researched biography of the heir apparent to the Djokovic-Nadal-Federer era.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 18/6/2026

9781788406253 | 16,9 €

ECONOMICA

‘Historian Victoria Bateman weaves a thrilling, globe-spanning narrative that proves women weren’t ‘missing’ from economic life, they were merely hidden from view. We discover the female workers who helped to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, and to plumb the city of ancient Rome; the silk weavers who made a vital contribution to the development of the Silk Road and global trade; the women who dominated London’s brewing trade during medieval times; and the brave twentieth-century pioneers who fought to make our economies not just richer but fairer. Economica rewrites a more accurate understanding of women’s role in the economy.

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• Feminist revisionist histories are seeing continued success. Comps include: The Story of Art Without Men, Femina and Unwell Women.

• Expert author: Victoria Bateman has taught at both the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, including as Director of Studies in Economics and Lecturer in Economic History.

• Mass appeal: ECONOMICA is worldwide in scope and begins with the very first hunter-gatherers and takes us all the way up to modern day economic life.

DRIVEN

In Driven, Susie lifts the bonnet for the first time on her extraordinary life, including her rise to fame in Formula One racing, the creation of F1 academy, and her relationship with her husband Toto. From the driver’s seat of the racing car to the heart of the F1 paddock, this is a rare, first-hand view into the inner workings of motorsport at its highest level, told with clarity and grace.

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• Formula 1 is a fast-growing global sport: its global audience is increasing 3% YOY. The appetite for content surrounding the sport is insatiable , with a constant pipeline of Netflix documentaries, including DRIVE TO SURVIVE and Susie’s own F1 ACADEMY. 40% of F1 fans are now female and Susie is their primary role model in the sport.

• The book features an afterword by Toto Wolff, Team Principal of Mercedes and star of DRIVE TO SURVIVE on Netflix.

A groundbreaking economic history of the world told through stories of the forgotten women who powered it.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781035415816 | 16,9 €

Formula One superstar Susie Wolff lifts the bonnet on her incredible journey to the top of motorsport.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781399748896 | 16,9 €

Victoria Bateman

Susie Wolff

DOWN OLD ROADS

Mathijs Deen

For a million years people have been travelling throughout Europe, from the mysterious homo antecessor who left his footprints on the coast of England to travellers on the motorways of today. Under every footstep lies an older one, under every paved road a donkey trail or wagon rut, under every footpath the prints of a hunter or his prey. Mathijs Deen goes in search of the warriors, refugees, bandits, pilgrims, fortune-seekers, conquerors and racers who advanced into history along the roads of Europe. Down Old Roads is both a journey through Europe and a trip through time.

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• Winner of the Halewijn Prize and nominated for the Bob den Uyl Prize.

• Author of The Boundless River, which received excellent reviews in the UK press.

• Witty, informal history that covers rapid ground with a light touch - perfect for fans of The Rest is Histor - with 45,000 copies sold in the Netherlands.

IT’S A RICH MAN’S WORLD

Camilla Falkenberg, Emma Due Bitz & Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen

Money is broken for women. Because women’s financial lives are not shaped by salary, saving and investing. They are shaped by the structures around us: the systems we grow up in, expectations, policies, and life events that affect women differently than men. There are eight major life themes that shape a woman’s financial future. And how you navigate those has a bigger impact than any job title, salary negotiation or investment strategy ever will. Instead of writing another investing book, we wrote one that explains why money works differently for women and most importantly, how you can navigate it.

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• GLOBAL PLATFORM, including over 80,000 paid subscribers spread across more than 110 countries, 750k+ followers on Instagram. They expanded into the US in early 2025 and had more than 150,000 sign-ups for their first US webinar.

• THE FOLLOW-UP TO A BESTSELLING DEBUT: Their first book, GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDS was a Sunday Times bestseller and a bestseller in their native country Denmark, and has sold over 23k copies through UK TCM.

A collection of historical vignettes travelling the ancient roads, tracks and pathways of Europe.

HISTORY / Europe / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 2/7/2026

9781529438796 | 28,9 €

An eye-opening guide to help women thrive in a financial world that’s stacked against them.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 9/7/2026

9781398725652 | 19,9 €

BYTES AND BULLETS

Steve Feldstein

When it comes to global dominance, military technology has always been a major geopolitical driver. For decades, the West set the rules on innovation using soft power and government funding to develop its own exclusive cutting-edge defensive capabilities. But in the digital era, the breakthroughs - be it AI systems and autonomous drones, satellite internet or advanced semiconductors - are coming from private companies, not government labs. In Bytes and Bullets, Steve Feldstein explains how technology is transforming geopolitics, upending the ways that countries compete, and how they wage war.

SALES POINTS

• URGENT AND TIMELY: The first trade book t o detail the imminent threat that changes in cutting edge warfare tech presents to the West. Newspapers are full of stories of how cheap tech is changing warfare - but no book has yet explored this.

• MEDIA SAVVY: Feldstein has testified before Congress and made regular media appearances on BBC and CNBC. His writing and research have been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times and Financial Times.

99 WAYS TO DIE

Ashely Alker MD

A greatest hits tour of death, 99 Ways to Die is a curation of all the ways you can possibly die, from altitude sickness to anthrax. As an emergency medicine doctor, Dr. Ashely Alker has spent a career outwitting death. Drawing on stories from her life and medical practice, she takes readers on a journey through A&E that manages to be both compassionate and darkly hilarious, covering lethal agents including sex, poison, drugs, biological warfare, disease, animals, crime, the elements, and much more. Dr Alker’s 99 Ways to Die is shocking, laugh-out-loud funny and it might just save your life.

SALES POINTS

• TRANSLATIONS: Rights have already been sold in Czech Republic, Poland and Russia.

• POPULAR GENRE: Entertaining popular science genre is having a moment; with Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt selling more than 1m copies, and Bad Science by Ben Goldacre selling 350k copies.

• EYE-CATCHING TITLE: The title has a great promise which will work well in bookshops.

A new cutting-edge tech cold war has already begun, and the West is falling behind fast.

HISTORY / Military / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 16/7/2026

9781800962873 | 19,9 €

A guide to 99 of the most terrifying ways to die and how to avoid them, from an emergency doctor.

HUMOR / Topic / Health & Medicine · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 23/7/2026

9781788407205 | 19,9 €

PROFIT FIRST

Mike Michalowicz

The entrepreneur behind three multi-million dollar companies offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren’t always logical. Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. With case studies, practical, stepby-step advice, and his signature sense of humour, Michalowicz has the game-changing roadmap for any entrepreneur to make money they always dreamed of.

SALES POINTS

• THE BUSINESS BESTSELLER: Published in 2014, this book has established itself as a cult-classic across the globe, and continues to sell well on both sides of the Atlantic and in export.

• CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: Constant growth is seemingly foundational economic advice, but PROFIT FIRST challenges this principle by arguing that it can be unsustainable for small businesses if they are constantly reinvesting all revenue into the company while not taking any profit for themselves.

BRAIN FIRST BUSINESS

Amanda Perry

As an entrepreneur with ADHD, some of your traits like creativity, hyperfocus, and risk-taking are rocket fuel for starting a business. Others, like trouble with attention to detail and time management can make running it feel impossibly overwhelming. Traditional business advice, designed for neurotypical brains, often leaves you stressed, doubting yourself, and on the road to burnout. That’s why serial entrepreneur and ADHDer Amanda Perry wrote BRAIN FIRST BUSINESS a groundbreaking guide that rewrites the rules of entrepreneurship for you and your neurodivergent brain.

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• TRENDING TOPIC: ADHD and entrepreneurship are both topics with strong interest. There’s a clear market for books for adults with ADHD, but none tackle the realities of running a business with ADHD.

• STRONG NETWORK: Steven Bartlett is a personal contact and blurber and she should get onto The Diary of a CEO podcast to promote. She is also a personal contact of Alex Partridge, has been on the ADHD Chatter podcast and will look to repeat.

A refreshed edition of the modern cult classic that shows how to turn any business into a profitable one.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 23/7/2026

9781399643061 | 28,5 €

An inspiring guide to help you harness your ADHD brain and build a thriving business on your own terms.

PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology · Trade Paperback · Demy

Publication Date: 6/8/2026

9781399829007 | 19,9 €

HAPPY MONEY

Ken Honda - Japan’s #1 bestselling personal development guruteaches you how to achieve peace of mind when it comes to money with this instant international bestseller. Too often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like to think money is just a number or a piece of paper, but it is so much more than that. This beautifully written book will reinvent the way you see your personal finances, because when we heal the fear and anxiety we have about money, we successfully achieve prosperity and peace.

SALES POINTS

• Ken is the leading self help authority in Japan. He has published more than 110 books, has recorded weekly podcasts for 4 years, and has held seminars and conferences all over Japan for the last 12 years.

• HAPPY MONEY is accessible, outcome focused self help which combines practical tips about managing money with a zen philosophy which will resonate strongly with readers keen to escape their feelings of stress, anxiety and tension around money.

HOW TO BUILD A CITY

A moveable city in the Arctic Circle. Tower blocks tackling loneliness in Tokyo. Helsinki’s sprawling underground metropolis. And Ukraine’s bomb-resistant bedrooms. These places, and many more, are among the strange and dazzling solutions responding to our uncertain world. Gabriella Bennett takes readers on a globe-trotting journey to learn how we are reimagining home to embrace the challenges of contemporary living. Celebrating human ingenuity and resilience, How to Build a City is a remarkable investigation into where we’ll live and why it matters.

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• International focus: this book has a global reach featuring towns and cities in Japan, Ukraine, Scotland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland and more.

• Timely: overpopulation, climate change and the housing crisis are constant features of the news. This book brings these threads to together to examine how we will live in the face of these issues.

• Practical takeaways: bursting with profound and tangible examples of how to plan and build better, more sustainable, happier towns and cities.

Follow the zen path to happiness with money, based on the Japanese bestseller which has sold 1 million copies!

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 13/8/2026

9781399835862 | 16,9 €

A globe-trotting exploration into the towns and cities at the frontiers of urban living.

ARCHITECTURE · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 13/8/2026

9781035421961 | 19,9 €

Ken Honda

Gabriella Bennett

TWELVE CHURCHES

Fergus Butler-Gallie

The Revd. Fergus Butler-Gallie guides us through churches across the world, weaving together a Baptist Church in the segregationist American South with a medieval monastery in the heart of the Greek countryside; the Vatican - beautiful, imposing, vainglorious, the seat of Catholicism - with a sparse, tiny private church above the rocky coastline of Southern Japan. Twelve Churches is a quest for a new people’s history of Christianity, told through the stories of twelve churches scattered across the globe.

SALES POINTS

• FRESH AND INNOVATIVE NARRATIVE NON-FICTION.... A new history of Christianity, telling the story of the world’s most popular religion in a fresh, innovative and lively way. And with strong international potential: Christianity is growing globally year-on-year.

• GIFT POTENTIAL - Beautifully designed hardback. Large extent, high-end finishes and specially commissioned cover illustration. Book also includes hand drawn illustrations of each church Perfect for Autumn and Christmas gift market.

31 INVENTIONS THAT BUILT OUR WORLD

Jonn Elledge

For over 10,000 years, the human race has been busy altering our environment and embracing ‘progress’, evolving seamlessly from hunter gatherers to the modern urban sophisticates we see ourselves as today. But what are the inventions that enabled humanity to become, by the early 21st century, a majority urban species for the first time? With his characteristic wit and boundless curiosity, Jonn Elledge invites us to join him on a fascinating and often surprising tour of the ideas that made modernity possible. From elevators to electric lighting, street numbering to sewers, he guides us through the history of civilisation itself.

SALES

POINTS

• A History of the World in 47 Borders is an ongoing bestseller, and shot to #1 in the Sunday Times paperback bestseller list.

• A global perspective: Includes inventions and stories from cities all over the world.

• Well-connected author: Jonn Elledge’s previous books have garnered effusive praise from the likes of Marina Hyde, Miranda Sawyer, Tom Holland, Robert Webb, Ahir Shah, Gideon Defoe, Patrick Maguire, Ian Martin (The Thick of It) and more.

A history of Christianity, the world’s largest religion over the last two millennia, told through the stories of twelve churches.

RELIGION / Christian Church · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 13/8/2026

9781399731324 | 16,9 €

A fascinating delve into the history of the city, through 31 industrial ideas and inventions.

HISTORY / World · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781035432776 | 19,9 €

PRIMAL INTELLIGENCE

Angus Fletcher

Are you worried that AI could replace you? What if we told you that your brain already has the solution? In this life-changing book, Professor Angus Fletcher shares a revolutionary neuroscientific approach to unlocking the hidden potential of your intelligence. Blending practical advice with cutting-edge research, Fletcher will show you how to reshape your approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. Primal Intelligence is the ultimate guide to maximising your efficiency, creativity, adaptability, and precision, giving you the tools and edge over AI to thrive in an uncertain world.

SALES POINTS

• Smart thinking personal development with a soft business angle: From Atomic Habits to Think Again, books in this space have excellent sales potential.

• Timely: AI books are a rising trend and this book offers a rallying call to embrace the side of our brains that computers can never imitate.

• Blending science with human stories: brings together expert research into productivity, goals and growth with a mix of human stories to make this an engaging read.

THE CAULDRON

A spellbinding history of today’s middle east from the bestselling, prizewinning historian and master storyteller. The Middle East has forever been the source of religions, prize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of our tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor such a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. In The Cauldron, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh and unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 to present day.

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• W&N REPEAT BESTSELLER: A rare non-fiction brand author, every book has been a top 10 bestseller. Jerusalem was a No.1 bestseller and has sold over 1m copies worldwide.

• GAP IN THE MARKET: Though there are many books on the history of the Middle East, most focus on one empire, country or issue. The Cauldron looks holistically at the events of the past century and a quarter to examine how the modern Middle East was shaped.

A revolutionary book that teaches readers how to futureproof their brains against the threats of AI.

SELF-HELP / Personal Growth · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781035412587 | 16,9 €

A history of the Middle East since 1900, from the no.1 bestselling author of JERUSALEM.

HISTORY / Middle East / General · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 27/8/2026

9781399634908 | 19,9 €

Simon Sebag Montefiore

WE THE PEOPLE

The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twentyseven have ever been ratified. Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power. Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation.

SALES POINTS

• EXTENSIVE RESEARCH: Lepore draws from her digital archive The Amendments Project, which includes every significant proposal to amend the Constitution.

• EXPERT AUTHOR: Lepore is a Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer with a big platform, and is widely recognized as an authority in U.S. history

• TIMELY TOPIC: In a world where the future only seems increasingly grim, Lepore not only reveals the history behind the Amendment, but also uncovers hope for a the future

THINK LIKE A STOIC

In a world overflowing with abundance and information, the calm and clarity of stoicism has never been more necessary. In this new book, bestselling author Ken Mogi explores the ancient Greek philosophy as well as its resonance with other cultures around the world, not least his own Japanese perspective. The result is a new version of stoicism that is practical, global, future-proof and, above all, optimistic. With his expertise as a neuroscientist, Mogi uncovers the cognitive foundations of the resilience that is so central to stoicism.

SALES POINTS

• There’s been an explosion of interest in Stoicism over the past few years. Google searches for stoicism have increased by 128% over the past five years and YouTube searches have increased by 118%

• The success of The Little Book of Ikigai proves the appeal of the Japanese approach to life, and Ken is one of its best known interpreters. Think Like a Stoic explores the parallels between Japanese culture and the attitudes of the stoics.

We the People is the most original history of the US Constitution in over a century.

HISTORY / United States / General · Trade Paperback · Demy

Publication Date: 10/9/2026

9781399827089 | 19,9 €

The Little Book of Ikigai meets stoic wisdom of the ancients, updated for the universe we live in.

PHILOSOPHY / Eastern · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 10/9/2026

9781529435849 | 16,9 €

Jill Lepore

Ken Mogi

DARK SQUARES: A CULT LEADER, A CHILD PRODIGY AND THE CHESS REVOLUTION

Danny Rensch

Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness, Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult. Despite psychological manipulation, physical abuse and neglect, he persevered. An international chess master and world-class commentator, Rensch’s remarkable journey led him to being the face of Chess.com, one of the largest online gaming platforms in the world. Deeply heartfelt, keenly reflective and haunting, Dark Squares is the never-before-told story of Danny Rensch’s resilience, survival, and his enduring love for the game that saved him.

SALES POINTS

• Chess.com: Danny is the face of the world’s biggest chess app, with over 80 million users.

• Extraordinary memoirs: readers of unique life stories like Educated, How to Say Babylon and Sociopath: A Memoir, will love Danny’s book Cults are of perennial interest and this book will appeal.

• Growth: Interest in Chess continues to grow on both sides of the Atlantic, as highlighted in the success of The Queen’s Gambit, ‘the biggest hit in the history of Netflix’.

RISE OF THE VILLANS

Guillem Balague

Guillem Balagué has had unparalleled access to Unai Emery, his backroom staff and the Villa squad ever since the Spaniard was appointed manager in 2022. From growing up in the Basque region to becoming one of the most exciting coaches today, Rise of the Villans reveals the inner workings of Emery’s psyche. Guillem takes readers inside Bodymoor Heath to show how Unai has transformed Villa into an exciting side renowned for their direct passing and devastating counter attacks. At the core of the book are Villa’s passionate fans, who outline why they believe club and manager are the perfect match.

SALES POINTS

• BESTSELLING AUTHOR: All of Guillem’s books have been successive Sunday Times bestsellers , and each has been nominated for awards. Cristiano Ronaldo won Football Book of the Year at the 2016 Sports Book Awards.

• FULL ENDORSEMENT OF CLUB & MANAGER: Unai Emery and members of Aston Villa have given their full support to the book. Guillem will have unrivalled and exclusive access to Unai himself, the Aston Villa players and staff in order to write the book.

A memoir of being raised in a cult, from former chess prodify and current chief chess officer at Chess.com.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 17/9/2026

9781035404667 | 16,9 €

The exclusive behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery’s Aston Villa revolution from the award-winning Sunday Times bestseller, Guillem Balagué.

SPORTS & RECREATION · Paperback · B Format

Publication Date: 24/9/2026

9781399625067 | 16,9 €

THE STEPS

Sylvester Stallone

In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. A culmination of decades of reflection, Sly shares where he came from and he explains how the real story of a successful life is built by facing, embracing and ultimately overcoming our challenges. The Steps is a testament to Stallone’s extraordinary life and a profound meditation on the importance of vision and willpower and hard work.

SALES POINTS

• MASTER STORYTELLER: Sylvester Stallone is a master storyteller and raconteur, and his unmistakable and unique voice leaps off the page. The Steps has the authenticity of Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights, the grit of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Be Useful and entertainment of Dave Grohl’s Storyteller.

• 50 YEARS OF ROCKY: November 2026 is the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Rocky. The development and creation of Rocky is a key strand of the narrative for THE STEPS.

SELF MADE, 2ND EDITION

Bianca Miller Cole and Byron Cole

This authoritative and bestselling guide is a comprehensive toolkit for anyone who wants to make a success of running their own business. Featuring interviews with well known entrepreneurs, entertainers and industry experts, the book covers every tier of the business development process, from start-up to exit, offering practical, implementable and global advice on the start up process. This fully updated new edition will de-code the jargon that is prevalent in business circles today, providing straightforward advice on converting an innovative business concept into a commercially viable proposition..

SALES POINTS

• In the six years since SELF MADE published there have been seismic changes in the financial landscape, from Covid and Brexit to market volatility to crypto and tech innovation

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A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY · Trade Paperback · Royal

Publication Date: 29/9/2026

9781399629461 | 19,9 €

Self-Made is a market leading and truly definitive guide; a ‘go-to’ book for all entrepreneurs at any stage of business.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS · Trade Paperback · Demy

Publication Date: 19/11/2026

9781399822350 | 18,9 €

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