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A rectangular landscape graphic with a snowy mountainous background. At the centre of the graphic is the paperback book Eurotrash by Christian Kracht. The text on the right-hand side of the graphic reads, 'Fiction Book of the Month. Waterstones'.

We are over the moon that #Eurotrash by Christian Kracht is @waterstones.bsky.social's Fiction Book of the Month for November!

Don't miss this darkly comic road trip adventure across Switzerland from one of Europe's most acclaimed writers.

Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/EurotrashWaterstones

Strap yourself in for a road trip novel like no other...

Christian Kracht's cult translated hit #Eurotrash (translator: Daniel Bowles) publishes in a new paperback edition today.

Get your copy now: tinyurl.com/EurotrashWaterstones

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#AllConsuming by Ruby Tandoh has been selected by Waterstones as a best food & drink book of 2025 🍽️

Are our appetites really our own? In her latest Sunday Times bestseller, star food writer Ruby Tandoh skewers modern appetites with her sharp prose.

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

A promotional graphic from Waterstones with text reading 'the best books of 2025: fiction' next to a few book covers and decorated with gold ribbon and sparkles.

#Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal has been selected by Waterstones as a best fiction book of 2025 🌊

A holy river returns, seven lives change course. Saraswati is a masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most exciting young writers.

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

'We're going to give this money away ... And you're going to help me do it' 💶

#Eurotrash by Christian Kracht is an unsettling, tragicomic tale of two people who cannot escape one another, with fans from Karl Ove Knausgaard to Nell Zink.

Out this week: tinyurl.com/EurotrashWaterstones

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'Astonishing and captivating' – Karl Ove Knausgaard

A week today, we publish the new paperback edition of the International Booker Prize-longlisted #Eurotrash by Christian Kracht. Discover a darkly comic road trip novel like no other 🚗

tinyurl.com/EurotrashWaterstones

How would you spend your last day? And whom would you spend it with?

Finished copies of #TheFerrymanAndHisWife by Frode Grytten have landed, who would like a copy? 🛶

tinyurl.com/4rsd4m3y

Have embarked on my first #Laszlokrasznahorkai, from @serpents-tail.bsky.social
#Booker
@thebookerprizes.com

The book cover of Intelligence by Robert Newman on a bright orange background above text that reads: “25% off on upcoming books — 14–17 October | Online only.”

🚨 25% OFF 🚨

@waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off on pre-orders of #Intelligence by beloved comedian Robert Newman when you order before 23.59 Friday 17th October with code OCTOBER25!

'Wonderfully feisty and beguiling' William Boyd

www.waterstones.com/book/intelli...

A photo of László Krasznahorkai next to a quote from him on his win of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 that reads ‘I am deeply glad that I have received the Nobel Prize — above all because this award proves that literature exists in itself, beyond various non-literary expectations, and that it is still being read. And for those who read it, it offers a certain hope that beauty, nobility, and the sublime still exist for their own sake. It may offer hope even to those in whom life itself only barely flickers. Trust — even if there seems to be no reason to’

László Krasznahorkai, born in Hungary in 1954, has written 14 novels and won multiple awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 and the 2015 International Booker Prize.

Discover his work here: serpentstail.com/contributor/...

Front Row - Review Show: I Swear film and The Poems of Seamus Heaney - BBC Sounds Susan Sarandon's UK stage debut in Mary Page Marlowe and Thomas Pynchon's Shadow Ticket.

Listen to the latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Front Row to hear the Booker shortlisted novelist Tibor Fischer discussing László Krasznahorkai, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025.

Why László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature The Hungarian author’s work has a huge and haunting vision

'The Hungarian author’s work has a huge and haunting vision'

Read about the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025, László Krasznahorkai, in the New Statesman.

Why László Krasznahorkai deserves the 2025 Nobel prize fo... The Hungarian novelist won the 2025 Nobel prize in literature for political dystopias that bear the unmistakable imprint of his country’s communist past

'The 71-year-old has been compared to Kafka, Beckett and Melville for his long, serpentine paragraphs and mournful, dystopian themes'

Catherine Taylor on László Krasznahorkai, following the Hungarian author's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Who is Laszlo Krasznahorkai, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature? Everything you need to know about this year’s winner and his apocalyptically gloomy novels

'Reads like Henry James having a fever dream'

Who is László Krasznahorkai? Read all about the Nobel Prize in Literature winner for 2025 in this piece from The Times.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025, with The Academy citing his 'compelling and visionary oeuvre'.

His novels include #Satantango, #TheMelancholyofResistance and #Herscht07769, which we publish under our Tuskar Rock list.

A graphic with the book The Wolf of Whindale by Jacob Kerr in the middle on an orange and black background.

The pit towns of Northalbion are seething with protest and unrest... and when townsfolk begin to turn up mauled, locals suspect the murderous and mythical Wolf of Whindale.

#TheWolfOfWhindale by Jacob Kerr publishes today!

Order your copy here:
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A promotional graphic for the paperback book Flowers From the Void by Gianni Washington on a smoky black background with bold, neon text displaying a quote from the author Ellery Lloyd that reads, 'brilliantly unsettling and unsettling brilliant... the debut of a writer to watch'.

Discover thirteen delectably uncanny tales that push the boundaries of reality, friendship and magic, each world darker than the last...

#FlowersFromTheVoid by Gianni Washington is out now in paperback 💀

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From a bookseller’s breakdown to a Christian communist sect — the best new debut novels John Tottenham’s hilarious ‘Service’; Anika Jade Levy’s pitiless ‘Flat Earth’; Caragh Maxwell’s wry ‘Sugartown’; Kate Riley’s surprising ‘Ruth’; and Sam Reid’s paean to ancient hostelries in ‘The Pin ...

'Savage, furious, hilarious and melancholic all at once'

#Service by John Tottenham has been picked by Suzi Feay in the FT as a best new debut novel, out this November.

www.ft.com/content/422c...

A promotional graphic for the paperback book Flowers From the Void by Gianni Washington on a smoky black background with bold, neon text displaying a quote from the Guardian that reads, 'an impressive debut from a very talented new writer'.

In these 13 chilling stories a reaper readies herself for her new assignment, a girl with no shadow finds her soulmate and an African witch prepares for a showdown with a Salem coven...

#FlowersFromTheVoid by Gianni Washington is out now in paperback 💀

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A promotional graphic for the paperback book Flowers From the Void by Gianni Washington on a smoky black background with bold, colourful neon text readding 'thirteen delectably uncanny tales' and a white Serpent's Tail logo.

In these thirteen bone-chilling stories, nightmares are realised with gothic flair. Some fears never stay buried...

#FlowersFromTheVoid by Gianni Washington is out today in paperback! The perfect read to get you in the mood for spooky season 💀

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Serpent's Tail Alumni Shortlisted for the Booker Prize - Serpent's Tail Congratulations to Serpent’s Tail alumni Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura on their Booker Prize shortlistings! We’re thrilled, and not at all surprised, to see Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura receive this ...

We're exceedingly pleased to see our Serpent's Tail alumni Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura shortlisted for this year's @thebookerprizes.com!

Discover where it all began with their brilliant backlist via the link below ✨

An ecard with a golden starry background featuring the book Eurotrash by Christian Kracht. The book cover shows a photograph of people lounging in deckchairs on a snowy mountain slope, with two people in the foreground sunbathing. Review quotes from Karl Ove Knausgaard, Guardian, and Financial Times appear above and below the title. On the right, text reads: Waterstones Paperbacks of the Year. At the bottom: Available from your local Waterstones or Waterstones.com.

International Booker-longlistee #Eurotrash by Christian Kracht has been chosen as one of @waterstones.bsky.social's #PaperbacksOfTheYear ✨

Pre-order the cult translated hit here: tinyurl.com/EurotrashWSP...

The Joy of Reading Books About Books Books about books, or bookstores, or people who work in bookstores, or in publishing, or in libraries, or anything book-adjacent, are not in short supply, perhaps for the obvious reason that writer…

'Gritty, bleak, nihilistic, yet darkly funny ... Service is perhaps the smartest book about working in a bookstore that I’ve ever read'

John Tottenham's debut novel #Service recommended by Susan Coll for Lit Hub. Out this November.

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The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occult Back in print for its 20th anniversary, The Course of the Heart refuses give away all the answers, or hardly any for that matter.

'Masterpiece... you might just have found your new favourite author'

#TheCourseOfTheHeart by @mjohnharrison.bsky.social, reviewed in the Big Issue. This new edition of Harrison's cult novel, featuring an introduction by Julia Armfield, is out now.

www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

What are you reading for? In his latest column, Nikesh Shukla considers the point of reading and recommends some of his favourite books and bookshops.

'A polyphonic novel about contemporary India and the intersection of far-right politics and religion ... It’s a sumptuous, sweeping read' 🌊

@nikeshshukla.bsky.social is reading #Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal ✨ @thebristolcable.bsky.social

Is it a scam? - The Society of Authors The SoA’s advisors warn about misleading websites and unsolicited emails

The Society of Authors (@societyofauthors.bsky.social) have noticed more cases of author impersonation online. If you’re following writers, agents and publishers, do remember to check that social media accounts are official.

The SoA has plenty of advice here:

Xenobe Purvis and Gurnaik Johal

🎧 Lunchtime listening 🎧

Check out Gurnaik Johal discussing his debut novel #Saraswati on the Book Off! podcast, along with fellow debut novelist Xenobe Purvis.

Waterstones Ones to Watch: Reading Group Fiction - Glasgow Life Aye Write 2025 presents Waterstones Ones to Watch: Reading Group Fiction

If you're in Glasgow, don't miss Gurnaik in this Waterstones Glasgow 'Ones to Watch' event, with Heather Mottershead and Lisa Smith.

📍 Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall Street
📅 Fri 7th Nov
🕖 7pm
🎟️ £6.72 via link below

Catherine Airey & Gurnaik Johal - Belfast International Arts Festival Discover two outstanding new talents in fiction as Catherine Airey and Gurnaik Johal – both shortlisted for the 2025 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize – join us for a conversation about their novels.

Join Gurnaik at the @belfastfestival.bsky.social in this sure to be brilliant event with #Confessions author Catherine Airey.

📍 Belfast International Arts Festival
📅 Thurs 6th Nov
🕕 6:00pm
🎟️ £7 via link below

New Voices Spotlight | Cheltenham Festivals Join us as we celebrate some of this year’s hottest debut fiction in our New Voices Spotlight. Christina Fonthes (Where You Go, I Will Go), Niamh Ní Mhaoil

Gurnaik will be part of the New Voices Spotlight panel at
Cheltenham Festival this year, along with authors
Christina Fonthes, @niamhsquared.bsky.social and @spacedolphin93.bsky.social, compèred by Liv Little.

📍 Cheltenham Festival
📅 Thurs 16th Oct
🕡 6:30pm
🎟️ £15 via link