With the shock of returning to work after Christmas still as raw as the January weather, there's some consolation to be had in looking ahead to the coming year. A fresh batch of catalogues sit snug on the books desk shelves, full of tempting titles which put a spring in the step, despite the sleet on the street, the ice on the canal.

A proof of Alain Mabanckou's Broken Glass has been working its way up my to-read pile for a couple of weeks now – can't wait to see how it measures up to his first, African Psycho. Short stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Pettina Gappah give my stack a bit of an African flavour, balanced up with the quintessentially English attraction of the collaboration between Alice Oswald and Jessica Greenman, Weeds and Wild Flowers. I've only seen a couple of photocopied sheets, but they look like they're going to be tremendous.

But what am I missing? What treats are you looking forward to? Or are your reading resolutions more about a desire for order, a literary clearout to kick-start the year with a clean slate? Any suggestions for ways to make sense of my magpie reading gratefully received.