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5 new books to read this week

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September 8, 2021
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From Sebastian Faulks to Sally Rooney some big names are releasing new books this week…

Fiction

1. Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks is published in hardback by Hutchinson, priced £20 (ebook £9.99). Available now

Snow Country returns to the Schloss Seeblick sanatorium in Austria, loosely following Faulks’ 2005 novel Human Traces. The clinic is as much a personality as the two main characters, Anton and Lena – he a journalist, fortunate enough to travel before being plunged into the German trenches of the Western Front, and she an impoverished, uneducated child of a prostitute looking for somewhere, or someone, to call home. Through all the political turbulence, love and loss, Schloss Seeblick is a place of calm – both for the characters that end up there, and for us, through Faulks’ flawless prose. Snow Country’s pensive wandering expresses mental resilience and wistful yearning in a love story that struggles to bloom in the lugubrious period between two world wars.8/10(Review by Rebecca Wilcock)

2. Freckles by Cecilia Ahern is published in hardback by HarperCollins, priced £16.99 (ebook £10.99). Available now

Cecilia Ahern – best known for her debut novel PS, I Love You – is back with her latest offering, Freckles. Misfit country girl Allegra ‘Freckles’ Bird moves to Dublin to achieve her dreams, but as reality sets in, she realises she isn’t exactly who she hoped she would become. A tense encounter with a stranger sets her on a journey to uncover the five people who have made her who she is, and in pursuit, she begins to uncover what truly defines her. This flavourful novel is fresh and timely, picking apart Allegra’s character thoughtfully without cliche or judgement. Asking boldly what and who make us who we are, Freckles manages to team wit and wisdom harmoniously – wrapped in a slightly-saccharine bow, as Ahern does so well.8/10(Review by Holly Cowell)

3. Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney is published in hardback by Faber & Faber, priced £16.99 (ebook £8.99). Available now

The cult of Sally Rooney is so strong – her work has been adapted into an award-winning TV programme, and her style has inspired waves of new writers – it’s easy to forget the latest release is only her third book. Beautiful World, Where Are You is unmistakeably the work of Sally Rooney: but magnified to an extent it almost seems like a parody. Alice – a famous writer who has moved to the seaside after a mental breakdown – and Eileen – her best friend living in Dublin with a nice but unfulfilling job – are the central characters, along with the two men in their lives: Felix and Simon. There’s not too much plot in the book – it’s more of a meditation on life when you’re in the tail end of your 20s, and every second chapter is a long email between the two women. This format hinders the flow of the book – it feels like pages of self-indulgent musings about life, sex, capitalism and more. It’s heavy-handed and has none of the emotional heart of Rooney’s previous books. Megafans will no doubt find much to love – everyone else might be bitterly disappointed.5/10(Review by Prudence Wade)

Non-fiction

4. The Transgender Issue: An Argument For Justice by Shon Faye is published in hardback by Allen Lane, priced £20 (ebook £9.99). Available now

Few books are as urgent as trans activist and journalist Shon Faye’s debut. She covers the dire situation facing the trans community today – whose existence, for some reason, has become the centre of constant cultural debate. The analysis is thorough and heartbreaking, from how trans people are treated in the press, by doctors, in prisons and taking into account the intersections of race and class. Don’t expect too many gory details from Faye’s life and personal experiences – instead, it’s a highly fact-based book backed up with statistics and case studies, but she manages to write it in a hugely emotive and powerful way. Some readers might find the ideas feel quite radical – particularly discussion of abolishing prisons and capitalism – but Faye shows her workings in a clear and persuasive way. The main worry is only people who broadly agree with Faye’s point of view will read this book – when in reality, everyone should. It’s ultimately quite a shocking a depressing read, but Faye has hope for the future – and maybe so should we. All we have to do is take action, now – because when trans people are accepted, we will all prosper.9/10(Review by Prudence Wade)

Children’s book of the week

5. Superheroes by Sophie Thakur, illustrated by Denzell Dankwah, is published in hardback by Merky Books, priced £16.99 (ebook £7.99). Available September 16

At school, performance poet Sophia Thakur says she “only saw black people in history textbooks, in chains”. This chunky celebration of talent is her riposte, celebrating people of colour who have succeeded in art, research, sport, science and food. After an introduction by Stormzy – who founded the #Merky Books imprint – full-page, comic-style portraits by Denzell Dankwah accompany a galvanising biography explaining how each person harnesses their power. A particularly nice touch is how each description summons the subject’s personality: Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s bio puts us trackside during an explosive athletics event, while scientist Dr Mark Richards has a more measured, third-person tone. If read through in one go, the heightened language can get a bit much, so it’s better to dip in and out. With spaces to draw and write about your own superhero, there’s no end to the powers Thakur hopes to create.8/10(Review by Natalie Bowen)

BOOK CHARTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 4

HARDBACK (FICTION)1. The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller2. The Dark Remains by Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney3. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins4. Magpie by Elizabeth Day5. Snow Country by Sebastian Faulks6. How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie7. The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves8. The Women Of Troy by Pat Barker9. Freckles by Cecelia Ahern10. 1979 by Val McDermid(Compiled by Waterstones)

HARDBACK (NON-FICTION)1. A Book Of Secrets by Derren Brown2. Powers And Thrones by Dan Jones3. Together by Jamie Oliver4. The Great Western Revival by Mirza Masroor Ahmad5. Blueprint by Ross Edgley6. Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis7. Too Many Reasons To Live by Rob Burrow8. Storyland by Amy Jeffs9. The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye10. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse by Charlie Mackesy(Compiled by Waterstones)

AUDIOBOOKS (FICTION AND NON-FICTION)1. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman2. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman3. Atomic Habits by James Clear4. And Away… by Bob Mortimer5. P.G. Wodehouse Volume 1 by P.G. Wodehouse6. And So It Begins by Rachel Abbott7. Freckles by Cecelia Ahern8. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins9. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig10. The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell(Compiled by Audible)

Source: Independent

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