The Strangling Fig by Fauzia Musa Partition trauma, an estranged mother-daughter relationship and a grandmother's ghost make for a haunting three-generation saga. Fauzia Musa's debut novel first follows Ashraf from 1940s Hyderabad to America. Decades later, her granddaughter Seher begins seeing her apparition. What starts as a source of comfort soon takes a darker turn, as Seher tries to break free from Ashraf's ghost – and the generational wounds she represents. How to Start an Art Collection by Georgia Spray, Out September 15 Buying art might seem like an expensive hobby, but Georgia Spray is on a mission to make it more accessible. The London-based gallerist works with emerging artists and she's written a practical guide covering all the bases, from discovering your style and navigating art platforms to framing your first pieces. It's one for art lovers, budding collectors or simply anyone looking to fill up an empty wall. The World Beneath Her Feet by Holly Ringland From the lit fic author behind The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (later adapted into a Prime series starring Sigourney Weaver) comes another tender novel. It follows fossil-and-gem expert Maggie from her London life back to her childhood home in the rolling hills of rural Queensland, where she's forced to confront the things she left behind. A heartwarming excavation of first love, teen angst and other things we often bury for introspective days. Massif by Garth Nix Dune fans might love Garth Nix's first adult speculative fiction novel. The strange space opera dares ask, what if mountain ranges were sentient? And why are they ferrying humans to habitable planets during intergalactic wartime? The phenomenon carries unsettlingly eerie undertones that lurk beneath a military crew's race to save one of their own. Taipei Story by Rebecca Kuang R.F Kuang has harnessed her blend of satirical, sharp and research-driven writing to the publishing industry (Yellowface), the colonisation of languages (Babel) and academia (Katabasis). This time, she turns it to the messy business of figuring out where you belong in a funnily uncomfortable coming-of-age novel. Chinese-American Yale student Lily heads to Taipei for an intensive Mandarin course in an attempt to reconnect with her culture. Between roommate drama, vicious gossip about her messy romance and the death of her grandfather, she finds herself confronting the cringe of trying to fit in.
