Books: The best new reads hitting the bookshelves this year
Turning the page on another year, experts offer their predictions of what s going to be hot in the world of books for 2021. What will you be reading in 2021? 06 January, 2021 01:00
There will be a bumper crop of new books published this year thanks to the pandemic s effect on 2020 s schedule
IT S going to be a sizzling year for new books in 2021, from dazzling debuts and celebrity memoirs to tomes exploring diversity, as well as light-hearted reads and even a revisiting of Bridget Jones.
Many key titles were delayed due to the pandemic, so there should be a bumper crop of books to bag in 2021, but keep an eye on changing publication dates as the year progresses.
Exit (Bantam Press £14.99), Belinda Bauer’s first novel since the Booker-longlisted Snap, centres on Felix, an elderly member of the Exiteers, a secret group of bedside companions for suicides. When
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury)
The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria.
The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking)
Last year the
Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel.
Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N)
A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate.
Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout (Viking)
These are the books set to create a buzz in 2021 29th December 2020
Turning the page on another year, experts offer their predictions of what’s going to be hot in the world of books for 2021.
By Hannah Stephenson
It’s going to be a sizzling year for new books in 2021, from dazzling debuts and celebrity memoirs to tomes exploring diversity, as well as light-hearted reads and even a revisiting of Bridget Jones.
Many key titles were delayed due to the pandemic, so there should be a bumper crop of books to bag in 2021, but keep an eye on changing publication dates as the year progresses.