The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Hyeonseo escaped from North Korea aged 17, driven out by the devastating famine of the 1990s and lived in China for 12 years before returning home to rescue her mother and brother. This is the story of her escape that proved so popular as a TEDtalk. (Collins, July 2)
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
A former foreign affairs and diplomatic editor at Sky News, Marshall picks 10 maps that illustrate his thesis that global politics is driven and constrained by physical geography. The well-travelled newsman brings his personal experiences to bear. (Elliott & Thompson, July 9)
Zero, Zero, Zero by Roberto Saviano
Journalist Saviano has lived under armed guard for the past eight years since writing about the Italian Mafia’s secrets in Gomorrah. Now, he turns his attention to the illegal drugs trade, specifically cocaine, and how it has distorted global society. (Allen Lane, July 2)
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood
A colony for frustrated artists, musicians, architects and writers, off the coast of Istanbul, falls into confusion with the arrival of a young man. Fullerton suffers from a dangerous recurring nightmare and one of the residents decides to step in and try to solve the mystery. (Simon & Schuster, July 2)
Muse by Jonathan Galassi
Heir to a prestigious New York publishing house, Paul Stern is learning the vagaries of the publishing scene when he travels to the Venetian home of poet Ida Perkins. He is dazzled by her creative genius and determined to woo her from his firm’s great rival. (Jonathan Cape, July 2)
You Don't Have to Live Like This by Benjamin Markovits
A modern tale about the decline and uneasy regeneration of one of America’s great industrial cities: Detroit. An outsider becomes embroiled in a wealthy entrepreneur’s plan to buy up swathes of Detroit and build a great new American city. But almost everyone else who lives in the city has a different idea. (Faber, July 2)
