all the best pre-orders for 2026

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All new books from Polly Barton, Joff Winterhart, Asako Yuzuki and many more…

2026 Pre-orders

The year ahead is filled with serious literary goodness. We’ve rounded up some of the books we’re most excited for so you can pre-order them (sometimes even special signed editions) and feel very smug when you collect them on publication day.

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Hello, we’re a bookshop

Welcome to Storysmith!

Storysmith is an award-winning independent bookshop situated on North Street in Bedminster, stocking a curated selection of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. We also serve locally roasted coffee, host a busy programme of literary events across Bristol, and pride ourselves on the recommendation skills of our expert booksellers. Come and see us to chat books, drink coffee and maybe give our shop dog Roy a lil’ head scratch.

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Berlin Shuffle

Berlin Shuffle

£18.99
Shadow Ticket

Shadow Ticket

£22.00
Love in Exile (signed)

Love in Exile (signed)

Shon Faye

£12.99
On the Calculation of Volume III

On the Calculation of Volume III

Solvej Balle

£12.99
Weekend Recipes

Weekend Recipes

Jess Elliott, Dennison

£23.50
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On Their Hearts, They Walked

On Their Hearts, They Walked

Jehad Jarbou

£20.00
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The Almanac

The Almanac

Lia Leendertz

£12.99
The Expansion Project

The Expansion Project

£16.99
Chosen Family

Chosen Family

Madeleine Gray

£20.00
The Long Shoe

The Long Shoe

Bob Mortimer

£22.00
Good Girl

Good Girl

Aria Aber

£9.99
The Persians

The Persians

£9.99
There Is No Antimemetics Division

There Is No Antimemetics Division

£18.99
Seven

Seven

£16.99
Called by the Hills

Called by the Hills

£12.99
The Place of Tides

The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

£10.99
There are rivers in the sky

There are rivers in the sky

Elif Shafak

£9.99
Strange Houses

Strange Houses

Uketsu

£14.99
The Old Fire

The Old Fire

Élisa Shua, Dusapin

£14.99
James

James

Percival Everett

£9.99
TonyInterruptor

TonyInterruptor

£16.99
House of Day, House of Night

House of Day, House of Night

Olga Tokarczuk

£14.99
Katabasis

Katabasis

£22.00
The Safekeep

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

£9.99
Glyph (signed)

Glyph (signed)

Ali Smith

£20.00
Butter

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

£9.99
Disappoint Me

Disappoint Me

Nicola Dinan

£9.99
Palaver

Palaver

Bryan Washington

£14.99
Half His Age

Half His Age

Jennette McCurdy

£16.99
This Way Up

This Way Up

Mark Cooper-Jones

£16.99
Small boat

Small boat

Vincent Delecroix

£12.99
Susaki Paradise

Susaki Paradise

Yoshiko Shibaki

£12.00
Flesh

Flesh

David Szalay

£18.99
Domination

Domination

Alice Roberts

£10.99
Good Things

Good Things

Samin Nosrat

£30.00
The Land in Winter

The Land in Winter

Andrew Miller

£10.99
Departure(s)

Departure(s)

£18.99
Imagine Breaking Everything

Imagine Breaking Everything

£12.99
Book of Dust Volume 3: The Rose Field

Book of Dust Volume 3: The Rose Field

Philip Pullman

£25.00
Favorita

Favorita

£16.99

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Vanishing world

Vanishing world

Sayaka Murata

£16.99
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There’s always this year

There’s always this year

Hanif Abdurraqib

£10.99
Crapalachia

Crapalachia

£12.99
A State of Siege

A State of Siege

Janet Frame

£14.99
Vigil (signed)

Vigil (signed)

George Saunders

£18.99
Swimming Studies

Swimming Studies

£13.99
On the clock

On the clock

£9.99
This part is silent

This part is silent

£14.99
Cannon

Cannon

Lee Lai

£25.00
They

They

£12.99
All Consuming

All Consuming

Ruby Tandoh

£18.99
Just a Little Dinner

Just a Little Dinner

Cécile Tlili

£12.99
The Future of Truth

The Future of Truth

Werner Herzog

£14.99
Dreaming of Dead People

Dreaming of Dead People

£14.99
All fours

All fours

Miranda July

£9.99
Noopiming

Noopiming

Leanne Betasamosake, Simpson

£14.99
A leopard-skin hat

A leopard-skin hat

Anne Serre

£11.99
Money to Burn

Money to Burn

Asta Olivia Nordenhof

£9.99
Greyhound

Greyhound

Joanna Pocock

£14.99
Eurotrash

Eurotrash

£9.99
This Year: 365 Songs Annotated (signed bookplate)

This Year: 365 Songs Annotated (signed bookplate)

£30.00
Hunchback

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa

£10.99
The Boyhood of Cain

The Boyhood of Cain

£9.99
The Silver Book

The Silver Book

Olivia Laing

£20.00
My heavenly favourite

My heavenly favourite

Lucas Rijneveld

£9.99
The Möbius Book

The Möbius Book

Catherine Lacey

£16.99
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The Seers

The Seers

Sulaiman Addonia

£12.00
Curling

Curling

Yaiza Berrocal

£12.99
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

Mariana Enriquez

£20.00
Will There Ever Be Another You (signed)

Will There Ever Be Another You (signed)

Patricia Lockwood

£16.99
This room is impossible to eat

This room is impossible to eat

Nicol Hochholczerová

£11.00
TonyInterruptor

TonyInterruptor

£16.99
The Woman Dies

The Woman Dies

£14.99
Fair: The Life Art of Translation – Indie Edition

Fair: The Life Art of Translation – Indie Edition

Jen Calleja

£12.99
The Accidentals

The Accidentals

Guadalupe Nettel

£12.99
Mountainish

Mountainish

£12.00
The history of my sexuality

The history of my sexuality

Tobi Lakmaker

£9.99
Creation Lake

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

£9.99
Pathemata, or, the story of my mouth

Pathemata, or, the story of my mouth

Maggie Nelson

£12.99
Where we come from

Where we come from

Aniefiok Ekpoudom

£10.99

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The Things We Never Say (signed pre-order)

The Things We Never Say (signed pre-order)

Elizabeth Strout

£18.99
Boyhood (signed pre-order)

Boyhood (signed pre-order)

David Keenan

£25.00
Megalomaniacs (signed bookplate pre-order)

Megalomaniacs (signed bookplate pre-order)

Jamie Smart

£9.99
On the Calculation of Volume IV (pre-order)

On the Calculation of Volume IV (pre-order)

Solvej Balle

£12.99
Transcription (pre-order)

Transcription (pre-order)

Ben Lerner

£14.99
Strange Buildings (pre-order)

Strange Buildings (pre-order)

Uketsu

£14.99
Light and Thread (pre-order)

Light and Thread (pre-order)

£12.99
As If (pre-order)

As If (pre-order)

Isabel Waidner

£16.99
Cathedrals (signed bookplate pre-order)

Cathedrals (signed bookplate pre-order)

Claudia Piniero

£11.99
London Falling (signed pre-order)

London Falling (signed pre-order)

Keefe Patrick Radden

£22.00
The Castle (signed pre-order)

The Castle (signed pre-order)

Jon Ronson

£20.00
Little F (pre-order)

Little F (pre-order)

Michelle Tea

£12.99
My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein (signed pre-order)

My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein (signed pre-order)

Deborah Levy

£18.99
Queenie Is Working On It (signed pre-order)

Queenie Is Working On It (signed pre-order)

Candice Carty-Williams

£20.00
Having Spent Life Seeking (signed pre-order)

Having Spent Life Seeking (signed pre-order)

Kae Tempest

£18.99
Minor Black Figures (signed pre-order)

Minor Black Figures (signed pre-order)

Brandon Taylor

£18.99
The News From Dublin (signed pre-order)

The News From Dublin (signed pre-order)

Colm Tóibín

£20.00
John of John (signed indie exclusive edition pre-order)

John of John (signed indie exclusive edition pre-order)

Douglas Stuart

£20.00
Cool Machine (signed pre-order)

Cool Machine (signed pre-order)

Colson Whitehead

£22.00
Sisters in Yellow (signed pre-order)

Sisters in Yellow (signed pre-order)

Mieko Kawakami

£16.99

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