Books to curl up with this spring
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If you’re looking for some new year’s reading inspiration, Vintage has put together a highlight list of the books it thinks you’ll love this year. From a stunning hardback edition of a book that changed everything to a rediscovered manuscript and an incredible true story of a British couple who survived over 100 days stranded at sea together, there’s something for everyone in this early-2024 publishing selection.
CALIBAN SHRIEKS BY JACK HILTON
From a childhood of poverty, yet joy and freedom, to the punishing grind of factory life and the idiocy of being sent blindly into war, Caliban Shrieks’ narrator takes readers on a lyrical tour of life as a young man born into the first days of the 20th century.
Lost to time, only to be rediscovered again in the Salford’s Working Class Movement Library in 2022, Caliban Shrieks is a working-class masterpiece of British literature, and continues to speak as brashly and impassionedly as it did on its first rave publication in 1935.
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Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated. Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professor Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide to the new science of eating well.
Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.
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Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng.
A dazzling, heartwarming and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days is an ode to the power of storytelling and human connection.
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An epic historical heist novel of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man’s dream to make his mark on the world. From an Indian-American writer at the height of her powers.
‘Loot held me spellbound from the first page... an expertly plotted, deeply affecting novel’ Maggie O’Farrell
‘A thrilling, absorbing and immersive tale of artistry, adventure and romance’ Claire Fuller
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An incredible book that’s based on a true story. Bored with 1970s suburban life, Maralyn has an idea: sell the house, build a boat, leave England forever. But halfway to New Zealand, their beloved boat is struck by a whale. It sinks within an hour, and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
On their tiny raft, over the course of days, then months, their love is put to the test. When Maurice begins to withdraw into himself, it falls upon Maralyn to keep them both alive.
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September 1943: Nazi forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O’Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping people escape. In his home in the Vatican – a neutral, independent country inside Rome – he gathers a team to set up an Escape Line. But Hauptmann’s net begins closing in and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmas, it’s too late to turn back.
Based on a true story, My Father’s House is a powerful thriller from a master of historical fiction.
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A beautiful new hardback anniversary edition of the multi-million-copy sensation.
What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world’s preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.
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This ground-breaking exploration debunks food myths, from what we should be eating for breakfast to whether we should really avoid ultra-processed foods.
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?
Is there any point in counting calories?
Is there any evidence that coffee is bad for us?
Through his pioneering research, Professor Tim Spector busts these and many other myths about food.
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After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John has finally found a man who returns his feelings. Meanwhile, Henry is convinced that his new unconventional marriage will bring freedom. United by a shared vision, they begin work on a revolutionary book arguing for the legalisation of homosexuality.
Before it can be published however, Oscar Wilde is arrested and their daring book threatens to throw them, and all around them, into danger. How high a price are they willing to pay for a new way of living?
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The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries, from the transcendent imagination of Booker-Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.
‘A total pleasure to read’ Sunday Times
‘One of the planet’s greatest writers’ Evening Standard
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