20 most anticipated books of 2019

1. "Winter", Ali Smith

Scottish writer Ali Smith is working on a cycle of novels "Seasonal Quartet", in which each book is devoted to a particular time of year. The "Winter" we will focus on the most severe season, which teaches us to survive.

Winter - a time when the world freezes and shrinks. The days are getting shorter, blowing cold wind, the trees become bare, and the water in the rivers to spring freezes. But not all that bad. Winter - it is also a magic moment, the long-awaited holidays and an original reference point of a new life.

Sofia, her sister Iris and son Art and his girlfriend are coming together to celebrate Christmas. if they can only get on each other - good question.

2. "The Milkman" Anna Burns

Northern Ireland, the height of the 1970s. The town, whose name no one knows. The main character - a girl of eighteen, calling itself the "middle sister", secretly meets with an eccentric man named Milkman, about which little is known.

She is struggling to hide their relationship, but her nephew learns about the affair and begins to spread rumors. Interest to lovers increases dramatically, and this is not included in their plans. "Milkman" - a novel about a variety of gossip and rumors swarm, and at the same time of silence and deliberate deafness, which entailed terrible consequences.

3. "No one is more expensive you," Gabriel Tallent

Julia Olverston nicknamed Turtle lives in seclusion with his father in the American outback. The girl is very different from the usual teen she is fluent in the skills of survival and versed in weapons, but with people completely does not get along. Father Julie hardly a perfect parent. Morning he starts to drink, and his daughter brings on its own system of the country.

For a long time the turtle does not even know that her family is something wrong. But once she appears one Jacob, who shows by example how it should be a life and a happy family is a typical teenager. Julia realizes that for many years his father openly scoffed at her, so she decides to protect herself.

4. Everything under, Daisy Johnson

Words have always been important for Gretel. As a child, he and his mother invented a special language understood by only the two of them. However, the heroine has not seen her mother since the age of sixteen, and about her memories faded and blurred. Gretel grew up a loner and had found peace of mind in the lexicographer, where her company were only silent dictionaries.

But one day the girl broke the quiet life of a phone call. The hospital reported the arrival of her mother Sarah. Reunited after so many years, Gretel persuades his mother to tell the story of his life, but because of the raging dementia Sarah still somewhat complicated.

5. "Where singing crabs," Delia Owens

In the quiet town of Barkly Cove for many years there were rumors about the mysterious Swamp girl, kidnapped people. When the dazzling handsome Chase Andrews was found dead, suspicion immediately fell on unsociable Kia Clark. Local buzz, as if she was the same girl from the legend.

But Kia was not the same as it was represented by others. Undoubtedly, the fact that she lived in the marshes and birds considered his best friends, might seem to someone strange. However, at the same time she was a fascinating beauty, which if known some mystery. One day two young men seriously interested Kiey. What happened then, while will remain a mystery to them.

6. "The middle of England," Jonathan Coe

The final part of the trilogy, which began in the novels "Rakalj Club" and "The Closed Circle". These three books are a grand canvas, covering a huge layer of history of Albion from the 1970s to the present day.

"The middle of England" - a novel about ordinary people who are trying to survive in a chaotic and strange modern world. About the newlyweds, who disagree with the country's future, the political commentator who writes a column about the austerity of his townhouse in Chelsea, a middle-aged man, who starts career from scratch.

And in all these fates - the life of modern Britain. History of nostalgia and delusion, confusion and barely suppressed fury.

7. "The disappearance of Stephanie Mailer", Joël Dicker

July 30, 1994 on a quiet seaside resort, was killed the mayor and his family. The police, which is entrusted investigation, Found the murderer and even received awards for the prompt disclosure of high-profile case.

Details have surfaced 20 years later. Journalist Stephanie Mailer said one of the policemen involved in the case, that the investigation was made a terrible mistake - the real killer still walks free.

After a sensational statement the journalist disappeared, forcing all the puzzle over what had happened in that long-ago summer day in fact.

8. 'The Voice', Christina Dalcher

In America, the near future, all the women are forced to wear a special bracelet on his arm. It controls the amount of spoken words: they are allowed to say no more than a hundred a day. If you exceed the limit - get current discharge.

It was not always. Everything changed when the new government came to power: women forbidden to speak, forbidden to work, Deprived of the right to vote, and the girls are no longer taught to read and write.

However, Jean McClellan does not intend to agree to such a fate for himself, his daughter and all the surrounding women. She will fight for her to hear again.

9. "Nine very strangers," Liane Moriarty

Nine strangers gather in a closed resort. Someone here to get in shape. Others came to rest from the city. Some of them do not know why there were.

In the midst of all this luxury and wealth, strangers hoping for one thing - good to relax. None of them even in the head does not come, what trials await them in the next 10 days.

10. "Do not say that we have nothing," Madeleine Thien

Marie Jiang family immigrated to Canada from China, settling in Vancouver. After the suicide of his father, a talented pianist, Marie sits down to disassemble the paper and gradually learns what trials fell to his lot.

Events of the past and the present are layered on top of each other, intertwining and becoming a massive saga covering three generations and a huge layer of history of the country: from the Civil War and the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Marie tries to piece together the shattered pieces of the puzzle to reconstruct the history of his family.

11. "Clay Bridge", Markus Zusak

Family saga Zusaka Marcus - author, who gave the world bestseller "The Book Thief". This is the story of five brothers, immigrants who have lost their father. They are forced to grow up alone in a turbulent and unfriendly adult world.

One of the brothers, Clay, will take on the role of the man who built the bridge between the past, present and future of his family. And at the same time to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of his father.

12. "Dirt cemetery," Martin O'Kayn

This book is an example of the Irish modernismBut until recently, virtually no one could read it. The fact that it is written in Irish Gaelic. And for nearly 70 years, the translators were afraid to approach it, to translate into English. Eventually, however, the product is still moved and is now published in Russian.

The characters of the novel - dead, buried in the Irish cemetery during the Second World War. Instead of just lying down and decompose, they lead each other funny dialogues: remember the past, make fun of svezhepostupivshimi the dead and just gossip.

13. "Serotonin", Michel Houellebecq

According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, this book is Houellebecq - visionary, because the writer long before the actual street protests failed to predict the movementThe movement of yellow jackets yellow vests in France.

The novel's plot is as follows: Agricultural engineer returns to his home in a small French provincial town. There reigns desolation and decay, which were the result of globalization, and not the most successful agricultural policy of the European Union. And to show their displeasure, the locals organize protests, blocking highways.

This grim prophecy of the product-intended to show that in the West it is not so rosy as it may seem.

14. "Golden House", Salman Rushdie

Influential tycoon Golden Nero and his three sons immigrated to the United States under mysterious circumstances. They change their names, invent a new biography, call in a huge mansion in Manhattan and very quickly earned itself a good reputation in the high society of New York society.

The history of the family told the rich on behalf of their neighbor, the novice director Rene, who believes that life Goldens - the perfect story for his mockumentary.

15. "Paris Echo", Sebastian Faulks

"Paris Echo" - a novel about complicated destinies. In it the two main characters: a young Tariq, a refugee from Morocco, and Hannah - graduate student, engaged in their own research.

The girl came to Paris to collect the stories of women who survived the German occupation. At Tariq have a vague goal to learn more about her mother, who died when he was 10 years old. Hannah spends time collecting the crumbs of the past Paris and Moroccan desperately seeking a brighter future.

16. "Stranger," Stephen King

In the city park discovering the mutilated corpse of the eleven-year boy. The testimony of witnesses and fingerprints indicate Terry Maitland, coach local children's baseball team.

The man has an airtight alibi, but Detective Ralph Anderson still holds the public the arrest of the suspect. It seems the culprit is found, and it expects a life sentence, but suddenly pop up previously unknown details of the case.

17. "Heroes", Stephen Fry

Last year, the Russian language is translated in Greek myths retold by Stephen Fry. Now, in the light exits the second book of ancient cycle. In it we will focus on the characters and their exciting feats.

The book tells how smyshlony Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx, and Bellerophon, riding Pegasus, overcomes the Chimera. And also give the opportunity to go along with Jason and the Argonauts search for the Golden Fleece, and watch a variety of other brave men who are ready to move mountains for the sake of glory.

18. "We are against you," Fredrik Backman

"We are against you" - the continuation of the book "backwater district"A provincial Swedish town where the entire population is obsessed with hockey. Residents Birtauna learn that their local team will soon be disbanded, and former players somehow do not care.

At the same time around the fastest player Amata begins to form a new team. But in order to make it rallied need to spend a lot of time and effort.

19. "Assistant wizard" Anne Petchett

Young Sabina - a charming assistant, a professional magician-illusionist, part-time her husband - suddenly becomes a widow. After the death of her husband found out that he was doing magic tricks, not only on stage, but in life. It turns out that all this time he had another family.

But when faced with unfamiliar names in the will, Sabine does not think to think about her husband is bad: it is too loves and therefore decides to get to the truth.

20. "Knife", Jo Nesbø

Twelfth novel about the exciting investigations charismatic detective Harry Hole. A new story begins with the fact that the detective wakes up with a terrible hangover, his hands and clothes covered with blood.

This time, Harry has to face not only with one of his sworn enemies, but also to overcome their own fears.