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Get your reading wishlist ready for this little lot. We bring you the books we’re most excited about in 2018…
Trying Emily Phillips Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby, but each month that passes takes a toll on their relationship. Enter Olivia’s hot new boss. A warm and funny book that will chime with anyone who is ‘trying’, by Grazia’s very own features director. Out 25 Jan (Hodder & Stoughton) Lullaby Leïla Slimani An unnerving, addictive book about motherhood, class and women. This novel about the deaths of two children and their ‘dream’ nanny has been a smash hit in Slimani’s French homeland. Out 11 Jan (Faber & Faber) Still Me Jojo Moyes Moyes’ beloved Lou Clark is back for a third novel. Arriving in New York, Lou is confident she can keep her new relationship alive across an ocean – until she meets Joshua, and she is forced to examine her life, and heart. 25 Jan (Penguin Books) Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton Hilarious and moving, former dating columnist Dolly tackles everything from falling in love to throwing a Rod-stewart-themed party in a book about bad dates, good friends and realising that you are enough. Out 1 Feb (Penguin Random House) Feel Free: Essays Zadie Smith Until next year, when we’re due more fiction, we have this wonderful collection of new and beloved essays to keep our Zadie love alive, tackling everything from politics to Jay Z. Out 1 Feb (Penguin Random House) What Fresh Hell Lucy Vine Fans of Hot Mess will love Lucy’s latest book, as zeitgeisty as its title. Lilah Fox has returned from her latest awful hen party – just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, best friend Lauren signs her up as maid of honour. Relatable to the max. Out 8 Mar (Orion) Promising Young Women Caroline O’donoghue Caroline’s debut novel is a darkly witty story about sex, power and being a woman in a man’s world – basically everything currently circling around our brains. When newly single Jane embarks on an affair with her married boss, she fails to follow the advice she’s been dishing out as an agony aunt. 7 Jun (Little Brown) The Lido Libby Page After a mega-bucks bidding war which saw the worldwide book and film rights snapped up, 24-year-old writer/campaigner Libby’s debut is set to be one of the biggest of the year. About two very different women who unite to save the eponymous South London outdoor pool, it’s a cosy revolution. 19 April (Orion, £12.99) The Pisces Melissa Broder After a dramatic break-up, restless Lucy finds herself in Venice Beach… where she falls in love with a merman. Funny and original, we’re so excited about this story of love, lust and what it all means. Out May (Bloomsbury Publishing) How Do You Like Me Now? Holly Bourne ‘Turning 30 is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.’ Hilarious and painfully true, Holly’s debut novel sees self-help author Tori trying to sort her own 30-something mess. Out 14 Jun (Hodder & Stoughton)
White Rabbit, Red Wolf Tom Pollock Your Ya-but-you’ll-love-it-even-asa-grown-up pick is billed as ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The
Night-time meets John Le Carré’, as a teen maths prodigy with an anxiety disorder is forced into a web of lies after the attempted assassination of his mother. Out 7 Jun (Walker Books) Suicide Club Rachel Heng An intriguing premise has us hooked – in near-future New York, life expectancy is 300 and immortality has become everything. But the Suicide Club will fight for the right to die – and really live in a world not too far from our clean-living-obsessed future. Out 12 Jul (Hodder & Stoughton)