Always awaited by me with anticipation, The Guardian‘s annual literary calendar; including anniversaries, adaptations, and of course new book releases – from which I have chosen just some that I am particularly looking forward to.
- Square Haunting by Francesca Wade (Faber) (Jan.)
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Hamish Hamilton) (Feb.)
- Amnesty by Aravind Adiga (Picador) (Feb.)
- Here We Are by Graham Swift (Scribner) (Feb.)
- The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (4th Estate) (March)
- A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry (Faber) (March)
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Tinder) (March)
- The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou (Serpent’s Tail) (March)
- Summer by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton) (July)
- How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak NF (Wellcome) (July)
- The Mission House by Carys Davies (Granta) (Aug.)
- The Gun, the Ship and the Pen by Linda Colley, NF history (Profile) (Aug.)
- Trio by William Boyd (Viking) (Oct.)
- Snow by John Banville (Faber) (Oct.)
- Tom Stoppard by Hermione Lee, NF biography (Faber) (Oct.)
- The Mark of Cain by Margaret MacMillan, NF Reith Lectures (Profile) (Oct.)