Exciting Literary Releases of 2024: From RuPaul to Salman Rushdie

The period between Christmas and New Year is a great time to curl up with a good book, and there are plenty of exciting releases to look forward to in the coming year. Here's a preview of some highly anticipated titles across various genres. Salman Rushdie's "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" recounts his traumatic experience of a horrific attack that left him blind in one eye. Hanif Kureishi's "Shattered" is a personal account of the fall he suffered in 2022, which left him paralyzed. In the world of celebrity memoirs, RuPaul's "The House of Hidden Meanings" delves into the star's life before co-creating Drag Race. Britney Spears has teased a second volume of her memoir, "The Woman In Me." Comedian Paul Sinha shares a funny and moving coming-of-age story in "One Sinha Lifetime: A Bengali Boy's Search for the Meaning of Life." For politics enthusiasts, Diane Abbott's "A Woman Like Me" follows her journey from working-class London to becoming the UK's first black female MP. Angela Merkel, the first woman and East German chancellor, will publish her autobiography in the autumn. In the world of sports memoirs, basketball star Brittney Griner will release her untitled memoir about her time in a Russian prison. Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, shares a poignant memoir about his traumatic experience at boarding school in "A Very Private School." Not all memoirs need a famous name attached to them. "My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir" by Sarah Moss explores the author's dangerous relationship with food as a teenager. In the literary world, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's final novel, "Until August," will be released posthumously after a change of heart by his sons. Colm Tóibín's "Long Island" is a sequel to his bestselling novel "Brooklyn." Susanna Clarke, author of "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell," offers a breathtaking short story in "The Wood at Midwinter." Fans of fantasy fiction can look forward to Leigh Bardugo's standalone novel, "The Familiar," set in the Spanish Golden Age. Pat Barker's "The Voyage Home" is the third book in her series retelling The Iliad from the perspective of Trojan women. Chigozie Obioma's "The Road to the Country" is a coming-of-age story set in Nigeria during the civil war. For mystery and thriller lovers, "Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering" is a unique novel written by various authors, including Margaret Atwood and John Grisham. James Patterson and Michael Crichton collaborate in "Eruption," a suspenseful novel about a volcanic eruption and its global consequences. Jonathan Coe's "The Proof of My Innocence" is a political murder mystery set in academia. Romance readers can look forward to Emily Henry's "Funny Story" and Abbey Jiminez's "Just for the Summer." Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson's "The Principle of Moments" offers a time-traveling swashbuckling adventure, while Natasha Pulley's "The Mars House" explores gender and climate change on Mars. From new authors, Alan Murrin's "The Coast Road" tells the story of two women trying to break free from societal norms in 1994 Ireland. Harriet Constable's "The Instrumentalist" is an epic novel set in 18th Century Venice based on the real-life story of Anna Maria della Pietà. Jenny Godfrey's "The List of Suspicious Things" follows two friends trying to solve the case of missing women in 1979 Yorkshire. Non-fiction releases include Jonathan Dimbleby's "Endgame 1944," a detailed account of the year that sealed the Nazis' fate. "Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade" by Hannah Durkin explores the lives of survivors from the Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade. Tim Shipman's "Out" concludes his bestselling Brexit trilogy, and Lucia Osborne-Crowley's "The Lasting Harm" covers the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. With such a wide range of books to choose from, there's something for every reader in the upcoming year.