The start of a new month can only one thing for bookworms: that new releases are on the horizon. Whether you are in the mood for an immersive historical novel, a page-turning romcom or a heartwarming memoir, August has got you covered.
Add in the fact it brings the long-awaited return of Sorrow and Bliss author Meg Mason, and new nonfiction from esteemed historian and broadcaster Simon Sebag Montifore, and it is set to be a good month…
Agnes Lives! by Hallie Elizabeth Newton; Little Spark by Jess Kidd; The Salt King by Natasha Pulley
Agnes Lives! by Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Over 24 hours in 2014, fading New York model-socialite Agnes Maurer searches for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class. Newton’s blackly comic stream-of-consciousness novel follows her through a hollow world of image, status and existential despair.
