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Introducing<br />
12<br />
13<br />
Yaiza, Orell Füssli Bern<br />
12<br />
Magical, quirky, and heart-warming.<br />
This novel tells the experience of 25-yearold<br />
Takako, with all the complexities of her<br />
relationships and the bookshop that has<br />
been in her family for three generations.<br />
As summer fades into autumn, Takako<br />
and her uncle discover they have more in<br />
common than they first thought. Great for<br />
Japanese-literature lovers.<br />
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop<br />
Satoshi Yagisawa, HarperCollins Publishers US, CHF 19.90<br />
Dario, Orell Füssli SBB Bern<br />
13<br />
Every morning employees at Orsk<br />
find objects misplaced and furniture<br />
spoiled. One day the store manager decides<br />
to solve this mystery and stays overnight<br />
with some of his coworkers, and that’s<br />
when the nightmare starts. A ghost story<br />
inside a furniture store: what could go<br />
wrong? Even the book looks and feels like a<br />
furniture catalogue.<br />
Horrorstör<br />
Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, CHF 19.90<br />
Renate, Orell Füssli Kramhof<br />
14<br />
& The Bookshop<br />
Dr Miriam Price is dead, due to an overdose<br />
of pills and lots of booze. Death by<br />
misadventure, say the police, but Miriam<br />
knows better: she was murdered. And she<br />
is determined to prove it, even if it means to<br />
ask her much-detested neighbour for help.<br />
A hilarious read, with lots of dark humour.<br />
Over My Dead Body<br />
Maz Evans, Headline, CHF 29.90<br />
14<br />
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Almost 75 years since it was<br />
published, George Orwell’s<br />
1984 remains a terrifying<br />
dystopian vision and a modern<br />
classic. Now, Newman brings<br />
us Julia’s version of the events.<br />
Offering deeper insight into<br />
Orwell’s world with a feminist<br />
slant, this clever retelling is not<br />
for the faint-hearted.<br />
Julia<br />
Sandra Newman, Granta, CHF 29.90<br />
Talasyn has ancient magic in<br />
her blood. Magic that Prince<br />
Alaric wants to eliminate. But<br />
what happens when their<br />
powers clash? Hurricane Wars<br />
is the unputdownable first<br />
volume of a highly anticipated<br />
fantasy-romance trilogy. With<br />
stunning worldbuilding, Guanzon’s<br />
debut makes her a talent<br />
to watch.<br />
The Hurricane Wars<br />
Thea Guanzon, HarperCollins<br />
Publishers US, CHF 23.90<br />
In Emperor of Rome, Mary Beard,<br />
one of the world’s leading<br />
classicists and professor at<br />
Cambridge University, brings<br />
us a different, personal account<br />
of emperors from Caesar to<br />
Severus. Breaking down our assumptions<br />
that these men were<br />
cruel and brutal, Beard paints<br />
them in a fascinating new light.<br />
Emperor of Rome<br />
Mary Beard, Profile, CHF 54.90<br />
Dystopian fantasy abounds<br />
in Shannon’s much-loved<br />
Bone Season series. This tenth<br />
anniversary edition is revised<br />
and reimagined, including an<br />
additional prequel, The Pale<br />
Dreamer. Established fans and<br />
new readers alike will love<br />
diving into gothic London and<br />
following Paige into other<br />
people's dreams.<br />
The Bone Season<br />
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury<br />
Publishing, CHF 38.90<br />
Mixing up your charms and<br />
potions? Can’t identify the<br />
magical creature flying past<br />
your window? The Wizarding<br />
World Almanac is here to help.<br />
The only official compendium<br />
for all things Harry Potter, it<br />
must be charmed like Newt<br />
Scamander’s suitcase to keep<br />
all these facts and illustrations<br />
inside!<br />
The Wizarding World<br />
Almanac<br />
J. K. Rowling, Peter Goes, Louise Lockhart,<br />
Weitong Mai, Olia Muza, Pham Quang Phuc,<br />
Levi Pinfold, and Tomislav Tomic, Bloomsbury<br />
Publishing, CHF 54.90<br />
Even for an experienced CIA<br />
spy, extracting someone who<br />
has risky information from<br />
the border between Pakistan,<br />
Iran, and Afghanistan is not an<br />
easy task. Especially not when<br />
someone fuelled by vengeance<br />
stands in their way, and this is<br />
what Kane is up against in this<br />
riveting thriller.<br />
The Year of the Locust<br />
Terry Hayes, Bantam Press, CHF 22.90<br />
Release Date: 9 November 2<strong>02</strong>3<br />
Titled with a line from Dante’s<br />
Inferno, Let Us Descend is a<br />
powerful depiction of Black<br />
American slavery. As Annis<br />
is forced to trudge all the way<br />
to New Orleans, she finds<br />
strength in the natural world,<br />
and the memories of her mother<br />
and grandmother. A masterful<br />
novel of hardship and rebirth.<br />
Let Us Descend<br />
Jesmyn Ward, Bloomsbury Publishing,<br />
CHF 27.90<br />
Choosing to live on an island<br />
with disgraced academics to<br />
further her own career, Helen<br />
has to learn to balance ambition<br />
and morality … Science, cancel<br />
culture, #MeToo, and comedy.<br />
How I Won a Nobel Prize<br />
weaves major issues of today<br />
into a thoughtful, witty, and<br />
extremely original novel.<br />
How I Won a Nobel Prize<br />
Julius Taranto, Picador, CHF 29.90<br />
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