An 80-year-old Icelandic woman looks back over her life, which was disrupted by the outbreak of war and her father’s fervent admiration of Hitler. Shipped off to supposed safety, she spent the war trekking alone across war-torn Europe….

After the partition of Ireland in 1921, a minority strict Presbyterian congregation finds itself on the “wrong” side of the border, and must cope with an increasingly dominant Roman Catholic Church….

A novel about the pivotal role work plays in our lives, as shown through five members of the HR department at an US firm undergoing major changes.

A divorced and lonely man buys a one-way ticket to a strangely deserted holiday resort and finds himself at the Hotel Silence. The perfect place to end it all, or somewhere to start again? From the Icelandic author of Butterflies in November, hailed as “very moving, layered and optimistic” by the FT….

A runaway French girl in search of freedom and adventure takes a job aboard an Alaskan fishing trawler. Based on the author’s own experiences, this was a bestseller in France, where it sold over 100,000 copies in hardback and scooped eight literary awards….

The language expert unpacks the subtleties of pronunciation, explaining why, and how, we pronounce words as we do, taking in regional accents and the influence of class and education along the way.

A “groundbreaking examination of the pain, pressures and joy of medical work” by a psychologist known as the “doctor’s doctor”. For more than 20 years she has listened as doctors have unburdened themselves of the pressures of their jobs, including the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed, and the trainee oncologist unable to treat patients suffering from the disease that killed her father….

Written by a team of leading historians, this comprehensive new reference traces the history of the Nazi Party, from its rise under the Weimar Republic to its fall in 1945. It covers all aspects including elections, the economy, the Holocaust, architecture, photography and cinema, war and empire, and its collapse.

Tells the surprising story of the importance of yeast in the development of human civilisation-brewing, winemaking and baking included-and considers future possible uses of yeast in biotechnology and genetic engineering.

Pomsel, who died this year, was one of the last surviving witnesses of the internal workings of the Nazi power apparatus. “Timeless and gripping”, the story of her close collaboration with Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is also “a powerful morality tale, and a chilling study of the banality of evil”. Translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside….

The story of the unlikely friendship between the thrusting aristocrat Winston Churchill and philosophical farm boy Jan Smuts; the pair first met as enemies on either side of the Anglo-Boer War, and later as allies in the First World War. It is a rich study in contrasts, I’m told….

Originally published in South Africa in 2017 as Churchill & Smuts – The Friendship (Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball 9781868427994).

In February 1918, Lady Northliffe had the idea of asking women to donate a pearl as a tribute to the dead and wounded from the First World War, with which a necklace would be created-and auctioned at Christie’s. Thousands of donations poured in from around the world, to huge coverage in the press. Trethewey tells the story of this forgotten episode. For every copy sold, 1 will be donated to the Red Cross….

Cute book of lemonades from around the world, including basic recipes for lemonade and limeade, plus drinks using lemonade bases, fruits, herbs and more unusual ingredients.

A new translation by Michael Hoffman of the novel about 1920s Berlin life for former prisoner Franz Biberkopf.

This dbut novel from the rare-book dealer Rick Gekoski tells the story of Dr James Darke, who has retreated from the world to write in his “coming-of-old-age” journal, but who finds some chinks of light returning through his feelings for his daughter and grandson. “An original and bleakly funny portrait of grief,” said the Economist….

Longlisted for the Man Booker International, an Icelandic family saga set in Keflavk and centred on writer and publisher Ari, who returns there from Copenhagen.