Back to home page - News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop

News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop

not-for-profit - a workers'co-op - committed to social justice | 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY - 0151 708 7270

Best New Fiction - Up to a hundred highly-recommended recent novels

Related category: Fiction

This website can't tell you if a book is in our shop right now or not. Most books can be ordered within 7-10 days, subject to availability. You can always call us or use the enquiry links to ask if a book is in stock or how long it would take to order. (Note: we do our best to keep information up to date, but occasionally prices may have changed.)

Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 47 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Shy by Max Porter
    Shy - by Max Porter

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780571377312 | ISBN 10: 0571377319

    From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.  ‘Max Porter is one of my favourite w ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
    Blessings - by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

    £14.99   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241618257 | ISBN 10: 0241618258

    'Chukwuebuka Ibeh's writing has a certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   When Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family's apprentice, newly arr ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Because I Don
    Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't - by Josie Long

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781838856090 | ISBN 10: 1838856099

    From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories   Three teenagers believe they are witches. A woman defaces a local billboard. A bored landlord tries to influence his son’s best friend. A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
    Take My Hand - by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

    £8.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781474622691 | ISBN 10: 1474622690

    AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS   Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.   ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Last Seen In Lapaz by Kwei Quartey
    Last Seen In Lapaz - by Kwei Quartey

    £9.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781641295314 | ISBN 10: 1641295317

    When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra.  Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
    Yerba Buena - by Nina LaCour

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781399701808 | ISBN 10: 1399701800

    “A love story like no other” Gay Times  “The book is a sensory feast, teeming with vivid detail: the smells of rain-soaked dirt and magnolia blossoms, the flavors of blistered corn and caramelized orange peel, the chill of a walk-in refrige ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Walk by James Rice
    Walk - by James Rice

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781444790177 | ISBN 10: 144479017x

    Stephen had seemed enthusiastic about the walk, when Benny first invited him. He kept going on about how amazing it’d be, the two of them out in the wilderness – the landscape shots, the pubs, etc., etc.  Benny didn’t interrupt this stream ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Witches by Brenda Lozano
    Witches - by Brenda Lozano

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529412239 | ISBN 10: 1529412234

    A bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers.  ‘You can’t really know another woman until you know yourself.’  Weaving together two parallel narratives, ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue
    Learned By Heart - by Emma Donoghue

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781035017768 | ISBN 10: 1035017768

    Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize.  The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonde ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
    When I Sing, Mountains Dance - by Irene Solà, translated by Mara Faye Lethem

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781783788255 | ISBN 10: 1783788259

    When Domenec – mountain-dweller, father, poet, dreamer – dies suddenly, struck by lightning, he leaves behind two small children, Mia and Hilari, to grow up wild among the looming summits of the Pyrenees and the ghosts of the Spanish civil war. ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
    The World We Make - by N.K. Jemisin

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780356512723 | ISBN 10: 035651272x

    From the record-breaking, four-time Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin comes ‘a glorious fantasy’ (Neil Gaiman) – a story of culture, identity, magic and myths in contemporary New York City. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City We Beca ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth
    Bitter Orange Tree - by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781471193927 | ISBN 10: 1471193926

    Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023 Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award  An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life fo ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke
    The Ghost Woods - by C.J. Cooke

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008515942 | ISBN 10: 0008515948

    ‘Haunting’ Sara Sheridan  ‘Intriguing, atmospheric, thought-provoking’ Alexandra Bell   ‘Beautifully crafted, thrilling and atmospheric’ Rebecca Netley   In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.   This pla ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The It Girl by Ruth Ware
    The It Girl - by Ruth Ware

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398508385 | ISBN 10: 1398508381

    THE RICHARD & JUDY PICK  'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive — my favourite Ruth Ware yet’ LUCY FOLEY  Everyone wanted her life Someone wanted her dead  It was Hannah who found April’s body ten years ago. It was Ha ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
    The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho - by Paterson Joseph

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349702377 | ISBN 10: 0349702373

    ‘A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!’ DAVID HAREWOOD   ‘Phenomenal! Highly recommended.’ MALORIE BLACKMAN   ‘An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.’ S ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
    The Factory - by Hiroko Oyamada

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781803510538 | ISBN 10: 1803510536

    Beyond the town, there is the factory. Beyond the factory, there is nothing.  Within the sprawling industrial complex, three employees are assigned to different departments. There, each must focus on a specific task: one shreds paper, one proofre ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
    Disorientation - by Elaine Hsieh Chou

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529080674 | ISBN 10: 1529080673

    'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue  For fans of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire - alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters - that ask ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
    Prophet Song - by Paul Lynch

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780861546459 | ISBN 10: 0861546458

    WINNER OF THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE  A mother faces a terrible choice in Prophet Song, Paul Lynch’s propulsive and confronting portrait of a society on the brink.   This fiercely imaginative novel is set in a near-future Ireland, a nation caug ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Dead of Winter: Ten Classic Tales for Chilling Nights by Various authors, Edited by Cecily Gayford
    The Dead of Winter: Ten Classic Tales for Chilling Nights - by Various authors, Edited by Cecily Gayford

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781800817753 | ISBN 10: 1800817754

    In the dead of winter, the veil between worlds is as thin as ice   Not everything that goes bump in the night brings gifts ...   As the nights draw in, the veil between worlds thins, and all sorts of ghosts and ghouls come tumbling in. ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Stories For Winter and Nights by the Fire by Various authors
    Stories For Winter and Nights by the Fire - by Various authors

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780712354691 | ISBN 10: 0712354697

    Stories for Winter is a collection of short stories that take their inspiration from this cold, snowy season, whether it’s winter holidays, weather-related predicaments or seasonal celebrations. In keeping with the spirit of the Women Writers serie ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman
    The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts - by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781915279507 | ISBN 10: 191527950x

    Wales is a land with a vast wealth of ghost stories, including fantastical animals, flickering death omens and unseen things that go bump in the night. Whether these tales are based on true events, or are the creations of active imaginations, is know ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
    The Christmas Jigsaw Murders - by Alexandra Benedict

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398525375 | ISBN 10: 1398525375

    THIS CHRISTMAS, A KILLER TAKES FAMILY GAMES TO A MURDEROUS NEW LEVEL.   On 19th of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner and Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsa ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto
    The Premonition - by Banana Yoshimoto

    £12.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780571382309 | ISBN 10: 0571382304

    From the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen, comes a deeply haunting, heartwarming exploration of loneliness and painful memories set in Japan.   ‘Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.’ Daily Mail ‘Reading Banana Yoshimoto is li ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
    If I Survive You - by Jonathan Escoffery

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780008501211 | ISBN 10: 0008501211

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE  'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES 'An absolute delight to read' DIANA EVANS 'Superb … A strong, much needed new voice in our literature' PERCIVAL EVERETT 'A compelling hurrica ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The House of Marvellous Books by Fiona Vigo Marshall
    The House of Marvellous Books - by Fiona Vigo Marshall

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914148231 | ISBN 10: 1914148231

    Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the centre of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and c ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Pulp Idol Firsts 2023 by Various authors
    Pulp Idol Firsts 2023 - by Various authors

    £4.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781910580974 | ISBN 10: 191058097x

    Champion – Addae G   Runners Up – Chandana Das & Lee Stevenson  Finalists – Rachel Backland, Angela Cheveau, Patrick Graham, Matt Holland, Helen Jones, Phil Jones, Alisha Osman, Susan Stout & Amy Watkins.   Writing on the ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Haven by Emma Donoghue
    Haven - by Emma Donoghue

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529091168 | ISBN 10: 1529091160

    A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room.  'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Don ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Various authors
    The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights - by Various authors

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781408727584 | ISBN 10: 1408727587

    FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.  ‘Terrific – every bit as good as an MR James collection’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN  Featuring new and original storie ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book White as Snow by Lilja Sigurdardóttir
    White as Snow - by Lilja Sigurdardóttir

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914585845 | ISBN 10: 1914585844

    Daníel and Áróra hunt a brutal killer when a shipping container with the bodies of five women is found outside Reykjavik, as Áróra continues the search for her missing sister. Book three in the addictive, chilling An Áróra Investigation series ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    Before Your Memory Fades - by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781035032402 | ISBN 10: 1035032406

    The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.  On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
    Before We Say Goodbye - by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781035023424 | ISBN 10: 1035023423

    The million-copy bestselling series.  Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before We Say Goodbye, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to mee ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Normal Rules Don
    Normal Rules Don't Apply - by Kate Atkinson

    £18.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780857529183 | ISBN 10: 0857529188

    The first story collection from Kate Atkinson in twenty years, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales from the bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life.   In this first full collection si ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
    Birnam Wood - by Eleanor Catton

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781783784257 | ISBN 10: 1783784253

    FROM THE WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE  Birnam Wood is on the move...  A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass in New Zealand’s South Island, cutting off the town of Thorndike, leaving a sizable farm aband ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories by Various authors
    The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories - by Various authors

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781784878726 | ISBN 10: 1784878723

    Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries.  From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Jap ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book 28 Questions by Indyana Schneider
    28 Questions - by Indyana Schneider

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398501126 | ISBN 10: 1398501123

    They say it takes 28 Questions to fall in love. Then what?  'Funny, clever, sad without self-pity, and with an uplift that is the writing itself' Jeanette Winterson  'If it's an addictive read you're after, consider this your next stop.' Styl ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Run And Hide by Pankaj Mishra
    Run And Hide - by Pankaj Mishra

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529158106 | ISBN 10: 1529158109

    FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF AGE OF ANGER COMES A GATSBY-ESQUE TALE OF WEALTH AND AMBITION  'A book that demands to be read' MOHSIN HAMID  'Terrific... deeply satisfying to read' KAMILA SHAMSIE  Arun and his two classmates, Aseem and ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Radical Love by Neil Blackmore
    Radical Love - by Neil Blackmore

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529152074 | ISBN 10: 1529152070

    Welcome to England, 1809. London is a violent, intolerant city, exhausted by years of war, beset by soaring prices and political tensions.   By day, John Church preaches on the radical possibilities of love to a multicultural, working-class congre ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories by Various authors, with a Foreword by E.C. Osondu
    Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories - by Various authors, with a Foreword by E.C. Osondu

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781804172735 | ISBN 10: 1804172731

    Tales from writers with Latinx, Caribbean, Asian, African, Arabic, North American, East European origins, and more, challenge the reader with stories that spill out into space, parallel realms or just hidden in plain sight. The stories explore the wo ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Adventures in Space: New Short Stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction Writers by Various authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun
    Adventures in Space: New Short Stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction Writers - by Various authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun

    £12.95   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781787588158 | ISBN 10: 1787588157

    Authors: Patrick Parrinder, Yao Haijun, Leah Cypess, Ronald D. Ferguson, Russell James, Alex Shvartsman, Amdi Silvestri, Allen Stroud, Eleanor R. Wood, Bao Shu, Zhao Haihong, Chen Zijun, Han Song, Wang Jinkang, He Xi   An impressive joint projec ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Quiet Whispers Never Stop by Olivia Fitzsimons
    The Quiet Whispers Never Stop - by Olivia Fitzsimons

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529373592 | ISBN 10: 152937359x

    AN IRISH EXAMINER BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O’BRIEN AWARD  ‘Touching and darkly beautiful’ Irish Sunday Independent ‘Powerful, uncompromising’ Irish Times ‘Utterly abso ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
    Wrong Place Wrong Time - by Gillian McAllister

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781405949842 | ISBN 10: 1405949848

    THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR  'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL 'Wow. Amazing! Loved every page... If you are looking for a summer read, I've found it!' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY 'Page- ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu
    Here Again Now - by Okechukwu Nzelu

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780349701097 | ISBN 10: 0349701091

    A beautiful exploration of grief and family, written in exquisite prose and told with compassion and tenderness.’ Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half  ‘Tender and honest, pulsing with love. Nzelu is the future of Black British writ ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Seawomen by Chloe Timms
    The Seawomen - by Chloe Timms

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529369601 | ISBN 10: 1529369606

    ‘An allegorical love story with echoes of fairytales’ KATE SAWYER ‘A gripping tale of love and bravery’ SOPHIE WARD ‘Unsettling and lushly written’ KIRSTY LOGAN ‘A powerful, enchanting novel’ ANNA BAILEY ‘Mesmerising and moving ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Locks by Ashleigh Nugent
    Locks - by Ashleigh Nugent

    £16.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529097894 | ISBN 10: 1529097894

    'Blends humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant' - Derek Owusu 'Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book' - Jimmy McGovern  ‘1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery
    Nothing Special - by Nicole Flattery

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526612120 | ISBN 10: 1526612127

    A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: THE TIMES * TELEGRAPH * STYLIST * GQ * GUARDIAN * HARPER'S BAZAAR * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * WATERSTONES * i-D * IRISH TIMES * HUFFINGTON POST UK   'A blade-sharp coming-of-age novel' SPECTATOR   'Confirms Flattery as ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book Glitterland by Alexis Hall
    Glitterland - by Alexis Hall

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781728265285 | ISBN 10: 1728265282

    From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a deeply emotional romance about heartbreak, hope, and learning to love against all the odds.   Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crim ... more

    View book details    
  • Cover image of book The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden
    The Peacock Spring - by Rumer Godden

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529078480 | ISBN 10: 1529078482

    The Peacock Spring is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel of loss of innocence and coming-of-age from Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The Greengage Summer.  At fifteen and twelve, the daughters of diplomat have alrea ... more

    View book details    

© News From Nowhere Co-operative Ltd IP24524R 2004-2024 | Privacy policy | Contact | return to top of page