Biography & Memoir
Larry
Michael Haag
A new biography of Lawrence Durrell by the world's foremost expert, covering his time in London, Paris, Corfu and Alexandria
These Wild English
Nicola Wilding
A raw, unforgettable account of rural, working-class life that will change how you think about Britain and its divisions
Ausländer
Michael Moritz
From one of the best known names in business: a haunting family memoir from the darkest era in Europe's history
World Cup Fever
Simon Kuper
The story of how football transformed the world, told through nine World Cups – by one of our most talented football writers
Fail Smarter
Dougal Shaw
Learn from others' mistakes with this enjoyable, immersive and practical guide
To Exist As I Am
Grace Spence Green
A young doctor's extraordinary story of near-death, recovery and radical acceptance
Ancient
Luke Barley
A forester's passion and care shine as he draws us into Britain's precious ancient woodland
Hard Streets
Jacqueline Riding
Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the author of Hogarth and Peterloo
Ninette's War
John Jay
For readers of House of Glass: the heartwrenching true story of a young Jewish woman coming of age in wartime France
Nine Minds
Daniel Tammet
A celebration of neurodiversity – meet nine extraordinary people on the autism spectrum
All That Glitters
Orlando Whitfield
Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless – if you can pay the price.
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption
Metamorphoses
Karolina Watroba
An original, inventive new biography of Franz Kafka – and his readers
My Head For A Tree
Martin Goodman
Meet the Bishnois, the world's oldest sustainable community – with a foreword from Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees
The Curious Columns of Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles
A perfect stocking filler from the Guardian's most-read, best-loved cult columnist
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell, Scotland's grumpiest bookseller, is back, with seven witty and affectionate portraits of bookshop regulars
The Secret Life of John le Carré
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive
George
Frieda Hughes
'He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him' … a memoir of love, obsession and feathers
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands
Dasha Kiper
An illuminating, compassionate exploration of the psychology of caregiving – and the mysterious world of the human mind