Quichotte by Salman Rushdie (August 2019)
Inspired by Don Quixote, this novel following the adventures of an ageing travelling salesman who falls in love with a TV star and travels across America to prove himself worthy of her hand.
Postscript by Cecelia Ahern (Autumn 2019)
A sequel to Ahern’s bestselling tearjerker PS I Love You, which revisits the widow Holly, seven years after her husband’s death.
Don’t Look Back in Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia by Daniel Rachel (September 2019)
A “timeless oral history” made up of interviews with 1990s icons including Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Tracey Emin, on the decade that produced girl power, Britpop and New Labour.
Unnamed Elton John memoir by Elton John and Alexis Petridis (October 2019)
A “a no-holds-barred account” of John’s life, written by him with the Guardian’s chief music writer, was announced before the fair – but his publisher Macmillan revealed that the singer will perform a one-off signing at Waterstones Piccadilly in London in November.
Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley (October 2019)
One half of legendary pop band Wham! reflects on his childhood friendship with the late George Michael, up to their final concert in 1986.
Unnamed Tricky autobiography (October 2019)
The British trip-hop icon on his deprived childhood and the suicide of his mother before his ascent to stardom.
Last Christmas, edited by Emma Thompson and Greg Wise (October 2019)
The actor and her husband are putting together an essay collection with contributors including Olivia Colman, Emma Watson and Andy Serkis. All proceeds will go to Crisis and the Refugee Council.
The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townshend (November 2019)
The fist novel by the Who guitarist, and an “extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity”.
Last Stop Auschwitz by Eddy de Wind (January 2020)
A memoir by a Dutch Holocaust survivor, and believed to be the only complete book written in Auschwitz. De Wind’s book was first published in the Netherlands in 1946 but it has never been published elsewhere and will be translated by David Colmer.
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Darè (2020)
Described by the publisher, Sceptre, as “The Help meets Matilda”, Darè’s debut follows a Nigerian teenager seeking her “louding voice” – an education – who is later sold by her father to a local man.
Who Killed John Lennon? By Lesley-Ann Jones (2020)
Examination of the Beatle’s life and death by the music biographer will be published on the 40th anniversary of his murder.
The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel (2020)
Literary suspense novel about Munchausen’s syndrome, which sees a woman poisoned by her mother for 18 years take her in after she is released from prison for the crime. Was the subject of an eight-way auction at LBF.
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (2020)
Novel based on the true stories of librarians in the American Library in Paris, who worked to preserve books during the second world war. Subject of an 11-way auction.
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye (TBC)
Writer and activist examines the political, financial and daily realities of life as a trans person living in the UK.
Unnamed book by Eliot Higgins (TBC)
Non-fiction book by the editor of open-source journalism project Bellingcat, which has broken several huge stories including the identities of two Russian suspects believed to be behind the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018.
The Devil You Know: Understanding Human Evil by Dr Gwen Adshead (TBC)
Subject of a 13-way auction, the debut by a British forensic psychiatrist, co-written with author and dramatist Eileen Horne will explore the concept of evil, drawing upon Adshead’s experience working with criminals at Broadmoor hospital.
