all the best pre-orders for 2026

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Which book was our favourite?

Our Books of the Year 2025

We’ve wrangled the opinions into an epic list of all the best stuff our booksellers read this year. But which book came out on top as our most beloved?

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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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Booker Prize Shortlist Bundle!

Now that David ‘the sizzler’ Szalay has been crowned as this year’s winner, it only makes sense to circle back and read the whole shortlist – which is your favourite? Get the whole lot with a delicious discount!

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Domination

Domination

Alice Roberts

£10.99
Weekend Recipes

Weekend Recipes

Jess Elliott, Dennison

£23.50
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The Old Fire

The Old Fire

Élisa Shua, Dusapin

£14.99
The Safekeep

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

£9.99
Glyph (signed)

Glyph (signed)

Ali Smith

£20.00
Good Things

Good Things

Samin Nosrat

£30.00
Half His Age

Half His Age

Jennette McCurdy

£16.99
Flesh

Flesh

David Szalay

£18.99
The Place of Tides

The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

£10.99
This Way Up

This Way Up

Mark Cooper-Jones

£16.99
Strange Houses

Strange Houses

Uketsu

£14.99
Chosen Family

Chosen Family

Madeleine Gray

£20.00
On Their Hearts, They Walked

On Their Hearts, They Walked

Jehad Jarbou

£20.00
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Palaver

Palaver

Bryan Washington

£14.99
Katabasis

Katabasis

£22.00
House of Day, House of Night

House of Day, House of Night

Olga Tokarczuk

£14.99
Seven

Seven

£16.99
The Land in Winter

The Land in Winter

Andrew Miller

£10.99
The Expansion Project

The Expansion Project

£16.99
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Good Girl

Good Girl

Aria Aber

£9.99
James

James

Percival Everett

£9.99
Butter

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

£9.99
Disappoint Me

Disappoint Me

Nicola Dinan

£9.99
TonyInterruptor

TonyInterruptor

£16.99
Small boat

Small boat

Vincent Delecroix

£12.99
There Is No Antimemetics Division

There Is No Antimemetics Division

£18.99
Imagine Breaking Everything

Imagine Breaking Everything

£12.99
Called by the Hills

Called by the Hills

£12.99
The Persians

The Persians

£9.99
Book of Dust Volume 3: The Rose Field

Book of Dust Volume 3: The Rose Field

Philip Pullman

£25.00
On the Calculation of Volume III

On the Calculation of Volume III

Solvej Balle

£12.99
Departure(s)

Departure(s)

£18.99
There are rivers in the sky

There are rivers in the sky

Elif Shafak

£9.99
Love in Exile (signed)

Love in Exile (signed)

Shon Faye

£12.99
Berlin Shuffle

Berlin Shuffle

£18.99
The Almanac

The Almanac

Lia Leendertz

£12.99
The Long Shoe

The Long Shoe

Bob Mortimer

£22.00
Shadow Ticket

Shadow Ticket

£22.00
Susaki Paradise

Susaki Paradise

Yoshiko Shibaki

£12.00

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The Future of Truth

The Future of Truth

Werner Herzog

£14.99
Swimming Studies

Swimming Studies

£13.99
All fours

All fours

Miranda July

£9.99
Where we come from

Where we come from

Aniefiok Ekpoudom

£10.99
The Boyhood of Cain

The Boyhood of Cain

£9.99
Deep house (signed)

Deep house (signed)

Jeremy Atherton Lin

£25.00
Mountainish

Mountainish

£12.00
This part is silent

This part is silent

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

Fair: The Life Art of Translation – Indie Edition

Jen Calleja

£12.99
Failed Summer Vacation

Failed Summer Vacation

Heuijung Hur

£10.99
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

Irene Solà

£14.99
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On the clock

On the clock

£9.99
Just a Little Dinner

Just a Little Dinner

Cécile Tlili

£12.99
Hunchback

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa

£10.99
Curling

Curling

Yaiza Berrocal

£12.99
The Seers

The Seers

Sulaiman Addonia

£12.00
Greyhound

Greyhound

Joanna Pocock

£14.99
Money to Burn

Money to Burn

Asta Olivia Nordenhof

£9.99
A leopard-skin hat

A leopard-skin hat

Anne Serre

£11.99
The history of my sexuality

The history of my sexuality

Tobi Lakmaker

£9.99
Cannon

Cannon

Lee Lai

£25.00
My heavenly favourite

My heavenly favourite

Lucas Rijneveld

£9.99
The Accidentals

The Accidentals

Guadalupe Nettel

£12.99
There’s always this year

There’s always this year

Hanif Abdurraqib

£10.99
This Year: 365 Songs Annotated (signed bookplate)

This Year: 365 Songs Annotated (signed bookplate)

£30.00
Vigil (signed)

Vigil (signed)

George Saunders

£18.99
TonyInterruptor

TonyInterruptor

£16.99
The Möbius Book

The Möbius Book

Catherine Lacey

£16.99
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This room is impossible to eat

This room is impossible to eat

Nicol Hochholczerová

£11.00
Will There Ever Be Another You (signed)

Will There Ever Be Another You (signed)

Patricia Lockwood

£16.99
The Silver Book

The Silver Book

Olivia Laing

£20.00
Crapalachia

Crapalachia

£12.99
A State of Siege

A State of Siege

Janet Frame

£14.99
Didion & Babitz

Didion & Babitz

Lili Anolik

£10.99
Revolutionary acts

Revolutionary acts

Jason Okundaye

£10.99
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

Mariana Enriquez

£20.00
Vanishing world

Vanishing world

Sayaka Murata

£16.99
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye

Claire-Louise Bennett

£12.99
Pathemata, or, the story of my mouth

Pathemata, or, the story of my mouth

Maggie Nelson

£12.99
Creation Lake

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

£9.99

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What Am I, a Deer? (signed pre-order)

What Am I, a Deer? (signed pre-order)

Polly Barton

£14.99
Cathedrals (signed bookplate pre-order)

Cathedrals (signed bookplate pre-order)

Claudia Piniero

£11.99
Heartstopper Volume 6 (pre-order)

Heartstopper Volume 6 (pre-order)

Alice Oseman

£14.99
The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks (signed pre-order)

The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks (signed pre-order)

Katie Kirby

£14.99
Light and Thread (pre-order)

Light and Thread (pre-order)

£12.99
Hooked (pre-order)

Hooked (pre-order)

Asako Yuzuki

£14.99
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
On the Calculation of Volume IV (pre-order)

On the Calculation of Volume IV (pre-order)

Solvej Balle

£12.99
London Falling (signed pre-order)

London Falling (signed pre-order)

Keefe Patrick Radden

£22.00
Strange Buildings (pre-order)

Strange Buildings (pre-order)

Uketsu

£14.99
The Castle (signed pre-order)

The Castle (signed pre-order)

Jon Ronson

£20.00
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
The Things We Never Say (signed pre-order)

The Things We Never Say (signed pre-order)

Elizabeth Strout

£18.99
Dear Historian (signed pre-order)

Dear Historian (signed pre-order)

Joff Winterhart

£20.00
Little F (pre-order)

Little F (pre-order)

Michelle Tea

£12.99
Megalomaniacs (signed bookplate pre-order)

Megalomaniacs (signed bookplate pre-order)

Jamie Smart

£9.99
Peregrine Quinn and the Mask of Chaos (signed paperback pre-order)

Peregrine Quinn and the Mask of Chaos (signed paperback pre-order)

Ash Bond

£7.99
Sisters in Yellow (signed pre-order)

Sisters in Yellow (signed pre-order)

Mieko Kawakami

£16.99

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