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As ever, there are plenty more books we couldn’t fit in. Set in Nigeria, Nuzo Onoh’s WHERE THE DEAD BRIDES GATHER (out now, Titan) follows an 11-year-old girl who, after helping her cousin escape a vengeful ghost once engaged to the man she’s about to marry, is transported to the realm of dead brides. Expect the surreal, gross and transgressive from the 11 stories in Eliza Clark’s body horror collection SHE’S ALWAYS HUNGRY (7 November, Faber & Faber). Same goes for a night out with the SFX team. A sequel to Tim Burton’s 1989 film, John Jackson Miller’s BATMAN: RESURRECTION (out now, Random House) sees survivors of exposure to Smylex, the Joker’s chemical weapon, still crowding Gotham City’s main hospital, and remnants from his gang leading an arson campaign. Could the Clown Prince of Crime somehow have survived? The relationship between Number One and Pike is at the heart of Una McCormack’s Strange New Worlds novel ASYLUM (5 November, Pocket Books). When a terrorist is taken into custody after trying to sabotage a trade agreement, Una’s past associations resurface… Scratching your head regarding what to get a Ghosts fan for Christmas? Making Of book GHOSTS: BROUGHT TO LIFE (out now, Bloomsbury) might be just the ticket. As you’d expect, it features interviews with cast and crew. Finally, TV critics Emily St James and Noel Murray’s critical companion LOST:BACK TO THE ISLAND (out now, Abrams) takes readers through the classic noughties drama one episode at a time, via over 100 essays.