Set to be a major 2020 debut fiction launch from the US publishers of My Absolute Darling, this remarkable novel comes with praise from Sebastian Barry to Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown and Virago Press's lead literary fiction launch of 2020.

'A wonder . . . gorgeous, soulful, feral' GARTH GREENWELL 'Ferocious, dark and gleaming' LAUREN GROFF An untold story of the arrival of Chinese-American immigrants to the US during the Gold Rush. A novel about conflict between two siblings, carrying the body of their newly deceased father across a harsh landscape.

A secret past. An uncertain future. An unforgettable journey that will reveal them both.

Sheila's twenties were going to plan. She got married. She hosted parties. A theatre asked her to write a play. Then she realised that she didn't know how to write a play. That her favourite part of the party was cleaning up after the party. And that her marriage made her feel like she was banging into a brick wall.

Bates lived among the painfully young pilots and recorded their lives, and those of their loved ones, with an emotional attention that deeply moved the generation that lived through the war, and an intensity that reverberates down the decades.

Steeple Sinderby Wanderers, in their new all-buttercup-yellow stripe, start it by ravaging the Fenland League and end it with a phenomenal nail-biter against Glasgow Rangers.

Scabrous, vicious and unpleasant in life, Lily Bloom has not been improved by death. She has changed addresses, of course, and now inhabits a basement flat in Dulston - London's borough for those no longer troubled by breathing - but if anything her temperament has worsened.

A novel of Latin American life.

Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN is the acclaimed novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.

*Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 SHORTLISTED* A powerful, involving, intense and haunting novel of the lives of three women and their stories of love and survival

Donald Bailey is sixteen. He can't forget the trouble that happened when he was eight, when the police were called. His mother can't forget either and even leaving their home town doesn't help. Then Donald befriends Jake, who is eight years old and terrifyingly vulnerable. As he tries to protect him, Donald fails to see the most obvious danger.

The police were involved over the trouble. They had to be. 'I was just playing,' I told them, but that wasn't enough. They wanted to know what I understood by 'intent'. Donald Bailey is sixteen. He can't forget the trouble that happened when he was eight, when the police were called.

An extraordinary, ambitious, globe-spanning novel about what we owe our consciences

It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain... Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should we use Botox? Do men secretly hate us? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? This book answers these questions.

"How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils".

Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, this book features forms, times, truths and fictions.

Stunning debut novel - a mother connects with her seriously ill child through the medium of storytelling, and a haunting tale from the past -

I might only be nineteen, but I'm wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly. I'm going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name.

In the follow up to her acclaimed novel Shelter, Sarah Franklin returns to the Forest of Dean, this time exploring what it means to belong to a rural community in a rapidly changing world. Jo grew up in the Forest of Dean, but she was always the one destined to leave for a bigger, brighter future.

Soon to be a major film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Ladybird's Beanie Feldstein as Johanna Morrigan and Game of Thrones's Alfie Allen as John KiteMy name's Johanna Morrigan.

I'm fourteen, and I've just decided to kill myself. I don't really want to die, of course! I just need to kill Johanna, and build a new girl. Dolly Wilde will be everything I want to be, and more! But as with all the best coming-of-age stories, it doesn't exactly go to plan...

BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK AT BEDTIME' PICK 'Those who love Little Fires Everywhere and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will love this' My Weekly Molly has lived on the streets for nearly a decade.