This is Where the Serpent Lives : Set to be a standout novel of 2026' (Guardian) from a prizewinning ‘literary magician’ (The Times) by Mueenuddin, Daniyal boty

This is Where the Serpent Lives : Set to be a standout novel of 2026' (Guardian) from a prizewinning ‘literary magician’ (The Times) by Mueenuddin, Daniyal botyAuthor: Mueenuddin, Daniyal Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 13 January 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom. Hardback 368 pages 164 x 242 x 36 580g Intimate and epic, elegiac and profoundly moving: a tour de force destined to become a classic of contemporary literatureSet to be a standout novel of 2026 Brutal, funny and brilliantly told Patrick Gale, GuardianAll the makings of a classic VogueExpect to see

and magdalene with the chestnut eyes

Author: O’Reilly

As open about the experiences that shaped her as about the commitments that emerge from that shaping

Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past

Over the course of a long

An introduction by Lauren O'Neill-Butler explores Brooks's role as an artist in the early twentieth century through the lens of gender and sexuality

With period subtlety

loneliness and illness (or simply the need to know the name of a gay bar on a night out)

What is it to be Black

and the levitating openness of song' (Rebecca Tamás)**Selected as a book of the year by the Financial Times and Telegraph**'An essential read

exploring how Milton came to write its dark and dazzling poetry

There are poems here for churchgoers and believers