Books to look out for in 2023

After a fair-to-middling 2022, it’s not unreasonable to hope that 2023 will see several stars burn brightly in the literary firmament. Whether what promises to be the most talked-about book of the year, Prince Harry’s Spare (out tomorrow with Bantam), is included in this number remains to be seen. On the plus side, the Prince has the estimable J.R. Moehringer as his ghostwriter; on the negative side is the fact that his every public appearance over the past few years has been so combative that we might expect little more than a 416-page exercise in score-settling.

More reliable pleasures await. Pamela Anderson’s memoir Love, Pamela (Headline, January) should be a revelatory and fascinating dive beyond the usual bimbo clichés. On the other side of the coin, legendary music producer Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act (Canongate, January) is an intriguing-sounding blend of self-help and spirituality, mixed, hopefully, with some high-quality anecdotes about people he has worked with, not least Johnny Cash.