The big hitters of bestselling fiction are getting their latest novels on to the market in time for Christmas – or just the year-end holidays. The northern hemisphere is facing winter, so the books are perhaps destined to be curled up with in some warm, cosy space there, but here in the southern hemisphere we’re likely to be thinking about what books to take to the beach, to read by the pool, or just to fill some holiday hours. Here are the top international fiction titles of the season.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Faber)