Book releases 2024: Exciting books to look forward; From RuPaul to Salman Rushdie

Here’s a preview of some exciting books to look forward to in the new year, spanning various genres from memoirs to big hitters, debuts, and more:JAMB Portal

Memoirs:

1. Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” (16 April, Penguin Random House) – Recounting his experience of a horrific attack.NYSC Portal
2. Hanif Kureishi’s “Shattered” (31 October, Hamish Hamilton) – Detailing his experience of paralysis after a fall.
3. RuPaul’s “The House of Hidden Meanings” (5 March, Fourth Estate) – Covering the first 40 years of his life.
4. Britney Spears’ “The Woman In Me” – A sequel to her 2023 memoir (publication date TBD).
5. Paul Sinha’s “One Sinha Lifetime: A Bengali Boy’s Search for the Meaning of Life” (29 Feb, Ebury) – A coming-of-age story.
6. Diane Abbott’s “A Woman Like Me” (19 September, Penguin) – Chronicling her journey from London to becoming the UK’s first black female MP.JAMB Result
7. Angela Merkel’s Autobiography (Autumn, St Martin’s Press) – Title TBD.
8. Brittney Griner’s Memoir (Spring, Alfred A Knopf) – Covering her time in a Russian prison.
9. Charles Spencer’s “A Very Private School” (14 March, Gallery Books) – A memoir about his boarding school trauma.
10. Sarah Moss’ “My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir” (29 August, Picador) – A story about developing a controlling relationship with food.InformationGuideNigeria

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Big Hitters:

1. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Until August” (12 March, Viking) – Posthumous release of his final novel.
2. Colm Tóibín’s “Long Island” (23 May, Picador) – Sequel to “Brooklyn”.
3. Susanna Clarke’s “The Wood at Midwinter” (24 October, Bloomsbury) – A short story by the author of “Peranesi”.
4. Leigh Bardugo’s “The Familiar” (11 April, Viking) – A standalone book set in the Spanish Golden Age.
5. Pat Barker’s “The Voyage Home” (22 August, Hamish Hamilton) – Third book in her series retelling “The Iliad”.
6. Chigozie Obioma’s “The Road to the Country” (30 May, Hutchinson Heinemann) – A coming-of-age story set in 1960s Lagos.
7. Elif Shafak’s “There Are Rivers in the Sky” (2024, publisher TBD) – Following her novel “The Island of Missing Trees”.
8. “Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering” (6 February, Chatto & Windus) – A novel with each character written by different authors.
9. “Eruption” by James Patterson and Michael Crichton (6 June, Century) – Based on a manuscript by Crichton, completed by Patterson.
10. Jonathan Coe’s “The Proof of My Innocence” (7 November, Viking) – A political murder mystery.

Other Notable Releases:

• Christie Watson’s “Moral Injuries” (14 March, W&N) – A psychological drama.
• Clare Chambers’ “Shy Creatures” (29 August, W&N) – Set in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s.
• Kristin Hannah’s “The Women” (15 February, Pan MacMillan) – A story of a young woman’s experience in Vietnam.

There are also exciting releases in crime, thrillers, romance, sci-fi/fantasy, and debut novels, as well as factual books covering history, politics, and more. These upcoming titles offer a wide range of reading options to look forward to in the new year.

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