The most Exciting Book Releases in 2014

In the fiction, poetry and non-fiction sections of the bookshop, it looks as if there will be a lot to read in 2014. Here are my literary tips for the year for all you bookworms.

The Last Word by Hanif Kureishi

Kureishi is yet to meet the standards he himself set with his debut novel The Buddha of Suburbia, published in 1990. Here’s hoping this will be a long awaited return to form.

Ten Cities That Made an Empire by Tristram Hunt

Labour golden boy Tristram Hunt is also an academic and has already written several books on modern history. This fresh look at the British Empire will hopefully appraise the imperialist ethos of the 19th in a modern, 21st century way.

Selfish Generation by Rod Liddle

The outspoken journalist and wit, has decided to write about how crap modern Britain is. No change you might think, but here is a whole book of the stuff for those who find that his weekly columns are not sufficient.

Lost for Words by Edmund St Aubyn

After the well-received Patrick Melrose novels, which are as disturbing as they are good, it looks like this will thankfully be a more lighthearted offering from the highfalutin writer.

I Knew the Bride by Hugo Williams

Poet Hugo Williams has been plugging away for years with mixed success and it is only recently that he has become something of a poetry star. If I Knew the Bride is anything like as good as West End Final poetry lovers are in for a treat.

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

David Mitchell is still to make the jump from trendy literary fiction, to actually good literary fiction but it’s fair to assume that his best work is ahead of him. As is increasingly the case with Mitchell’s work The Bone Clocks features a disturbing vision of the future.

By Guy de Vito