Haunting and dark literary fiction with a horror/speculative premise
Funny upmarket/crossover fiction with complicated female protagonists (often in jeopardy)
Books that are likely to be categorised as ‘Weird Lit’, where we get inside the heads of unsavoury and slightly disturbed protagonists
A novel that considers identity and otherness from a unique angle
Literary/upmarket fiction about dysfunctional families, knotty sibling dynamics or toxic mother-daughter relationships
Literary fiction set in the world of a very specific job/industry
Exceptional horror from other parts of the world (especially Latin America, SWANA or East Asia)