Every year, thousands of books are published in the UK.

The bestsellers receive huge amounts of attention, so every month Booktrust recommends great titles that might have escaped your notice and which we think you will like.

 

  • Knockemstiff

    By Donald Ray Pollock

    ‘He chipped my front teeth out one by one with a spike nail he pulled out of a rotten fence.’
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  • The Informers

    By Juan Gabriel Vasquez

    What secrets does a father's vicious review of his son's book hide?
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  • Breath

    By Tim Winton

    Winton, like the underrated Paul Watkins, writes beautiful, spare prose about the ways men find to behave with each other.
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  • The Dream Lover

    By William Boyd

    In spite of the levity of much of Boyd’s writing, the most moving story in this collection is devoid of any humour or tricks.
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