Tender yet terrifying, this novel from the Booker shortlist
follows Bea and her sick daughter Agnes, whose only chance of
survival is to escape the polluted city. To do so, they volunteer
to live in the Wilderness State, a radical experiment in nomadic
living away from civilisation.

When Ferrante’s latest novel – the tale of Giovanna’s coming of
age in a wealthy, left-wing Neapolitan family – was published in
Italy in 2019, fans queued to buy the book at midnight and reading
vigils were held across the country. We’re equally excited for the
English edition.

A decade after her bestselling How to Be a Woman made us all
feminists, Moran has penned this mid-life follow-up, in which she
muses over “maintenance shags”, mum bods and the never-ending to-do
list.

“This life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming
towards the bottom,” writes Krauze. The son of Polish immigrants,
he draws on his youth spent involved in robbery, drugs and violence
in this brutally honest portrait of South London’s gang
culture.

The author of Everyday Sexism exposes the dark underworld of
extreme misogyny. Going undercover, she encounters communities of
incels, pickup artists and Men’s Rights Activists, and explores the
way their ideas have infiltrated our collective consciousness.

Robinson won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her
epistolary novel Gilead, a fictional autobiography of a dying
pastor John Ames. She expanded the narrative in Home and Lila, and
does so again in Jack, which touches on segregationist laws and
love in small-town America.

The author of The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story returned
to hospital wards during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her second book is
a celebration of inspiring nurses, brave patients and strong
families who show courage and care in the most challenging
times.

Edited by the women behind Slay in Your Lane, these essays by 20
Black women writers ask “what’s next?”. For more new work on race,
look out for Otegha Uwagba’s Whites (12 November) or pick up New
Daughters of Africa which brings together fiction, poetry, letters
and drama from such big names as Roxane Gay and Yrsa
Daley-Ward.

“See the world. Then make it better,” is 94-year-old Sir David’s
rallying cry in his latest book which, in conjunction with a
feature-length documentary, recounts his life and the evolution of
life on Earth. In it, he hammers home the importance of tackling
the climate crisis and presents his vision for the future.

Murata has written a host of novels in Japanese, but it was only
with Convenience Store Woman (2016) that she gained a cult
following in the UK. Now, you can expect to see Earthlings flaunted
in every cool kid’s #bookstack. Set in the Nagano mountains, it’s
the cosmic story of Natsuki, a young girl who refuses to conform to
modern norms.

Any Human Heart is one of our favourite books, so it’s
unsurprising that we’re enamoured with Boyd’s latest novel too. It
spirits readers to a Brighton film set in the incendiary summer of
1968, when the secret worlds of a producer, a novelist and an
actress unravel.

In the first fiction from the author of Everything I Know About
Love, the life of 32-year-old food writer Nina Dean is spiralling.
Between these pages, you’ll be immersed in the minefields of online
dating, friendships and gendered double standards.

The first novel from Iraqi writer, poet and filmmaker Hassan
Blasim plays with themes of exile, humanity and art. It follows
protagonist Hassan Owl, a refugee and writer in Finland, who
travels across Europe to uncover the stories behind the continent’s
refugee crisis.

Several new books – namely Boris Johnson: The Gambler by Tom
Bower (15 October) and Rage by Bob Woodward – take world leaders as
subjects. Most anticipated in this genre is the first installation
of Obama’s two-part memoir, which covers his early political career
and first years in the White House. It hits shelves within weeks of
the US presidential election.