Previous books

Orphan Monster Spy

Matt Killeen

Great for: Young people who like adventure and history

The Chalk Pit

Elly Griffiths

Great for: Fans of crime and dramas

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi

Great for: Young people who want to escape to a magical world

The Things We Thought We Knew

Mahsuda Snaith

Great for: Anyone who likes stories of families, friendships and the struggles of growing up

Thinking Out Loud

Rio Ferdinand

Great for: Anyone affected by bereavement

Shadows in Heaven

Nadine Dorries

Great for: Fans of sagas and romance

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

Great for: Young people and adults interested in the truth about what it means to live in a black community in America

Die Last

Tony Parsons

Great for: Fans of fast-paced mysteries

Juliet, Naked

Nick Hornby

Great for: Anyone in need of a laugh with moments of poignancy

The Children

Ann Leary

Great for: Fans of family mysteries

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green

Great for: Young people affected by anxiety, fans of The Fault in Our Stars

Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.

Malcolm Duffy

Great for: Young people growing up in the North East of England

The Rosie Project

Graeme Simsion

Great for: Adults who enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

Great for: Anyone who likes science fiction

The Seven Sisters

Lucinda Riley

Great for: Fans of historical fiction and family dramas

The Ice Cream Girls

Dorothy Koomson

Great for: Fans of crime dramas

Artemis

Andy Weir

Great for: Fans of The Martian and people who dream of going to space

Close Enough to Touch

Colleen Oakley

Great for: People facing difficulties and isolation

Himself

Jess Kidd

Great for: Fans of the supernatural and ghost stories

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Great for: Fans of the TV show; those who think about how the world could be different

Mad Girl

Bryony Gordon

Great for: Anyone affected by OCD

The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age

Marina Cantacuzino

Great for: Anyone facing adversity or difficulties. Particularly suitable for people in prisons.

Rosie Loves Jack

Mel Darbon

Great for: Young people who like a story of love and adventure

Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Great for: Older readers and anyone who loves to reminisce

The Detective's Daughter

Lesley Thomson

Great for: Fans of fast-paced, suspenseful mystery

Genuine Fraud

E. Lockhart

Great for: Fans of mind-twisting stories like The Talented Mr Ripley

The Recovery Letters: Addressed to People Experiencing Depression

Olivia Sagan (Author), James Withey (Author), Tom Couser

Great for: Anyone who currently affected by depression or recovering from it

Elizabeth is Missing

Emma Healey

Great for: Older readers and anyone who loves poignant and compelling stories

My Everything

Katie Marsh

Great for: Anyone who'd enjoy a story of both the ordinary and extraordinary dramas of family life

Dangerous Lady

Martina Cole

Great for: Fans of Lynda la Plante and gritty crime dramas

My Name Is Leon

Kit De Waal

Great for: Anyone who enjoys both the feel-good and gritty moments in life, who remembers early-80s Britain, or who has experienced or worked in foster care

The Woman In Black

Susan Hill

Great for: Anyone who loves horror and craves a genuine fright

What the Dog Knows: scent, science, and the amazing ways dogs perceive the world

Cat Warren

Great for: Dog-lovers and fans of true crime

Kith

Jo Bell

Great for: Older readers, young adults and anyone in between

You Don't Know Me

Imran Mahmood

Great for: Fans of crime dramas

Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world

J. Mark G. Williams, Dr. Danny Penman

Great for: Anyone experiencing anxiety or depression, or those struggling with daily life

Our Summer Together

Fanny Blake

Great for: Older readers and fans of romantic, uplifting stories

The Beach Wedding

Dorothy Koomson

Great for: Less confident adult readers or those who need a short, punchy read

Satellite

Nick Lake

Great for: Fans of science fiction and The Martian

The Loney

Andrew Michael Hurley

Great for: Fans of gothic and eerie tales

At My Mother's Knee...: And Other Low Joints

Paul O'Grady

Great for: Fans of Paul O'Grady himself or his much-loved Lily Savage

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be

Gemma Cairney

Great for: Young people who'd benefit from practical, fun and kind-hearted advice

One Of Us Is Lying

Karen McManus

Great for: Perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars

After The Fire

Will Hill

Great for: Young adults and fans of suspense

Carry On, Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)

P. G. Wodehouse

Great for: Fans of the hit TV adaptation, or of whimsical, hilarious tales

Gilded Cage

Vic James

Great for: Fans of the Hunger Games trilogy and other YA fantasy

The Traitor

Jonathan Holt

Faded Glory

David Essex

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

False Nine

Philip Kerr

Payback

Kimberley Chambers

One False Move

Dreda Say Mitchell

Wonder

R. J. Palacio,

The Secret Marriage Pact

Georgie Lee

The Good Son

Paul McVeigh

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Helen Fielding

The Girl Who Wasn't There

Ferdinand von Schirach, Anthea Bell

Raven Black

Ann Cleeves

Mr Loverman

Bernardine Evaristo

A Very Distant Shore: Quick Reads

Jenny Colgan

Orangeboy

Patrice Lawrence

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

The Beach Cafe

Lucy Diamond

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Robin Talley

The Bones of Grace

Tahmima Anam

Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom

Millie Marotta

The Missing

C. L. Taylor

The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Streets of Darkness

A. A. Dhand

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 Years Old

Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged: A Heartwarming Romantic Comedy

Ayisha Malik

Love Poems

Carol Ann Duffy

Great for: Anyone who's ever loved or lost

I Can't Begin to Tell You

Elizabeth Buchan

Great for: Anyone who loved The Imitation Game & spy dramas

Band of Brothers

Stephen E. Ambrose

Great for: Military history buffs & fans of the TV series

Too Good to be True

Ann Cleeves

Great for: Fans of Tartan noir and John le Carré

Last Bus to Coffeeville

J. Paul Henderson

Great for: Any reluctant readers who need a careering, emotion-filled story to grip them

Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

Great for: Game of Thrones-obssessives

Someone Else's Skin

Sarah Hilary

Great for: Anyone who loves gripping, plot-driven crime stories

Perfect Daughter

Amanda Prowse

Great for: Exploring the everyday dramas and ongoing trials of family life

Now You See Me: Lacey Flint Series, Book 1

Sharon Bolton

Great for: Fans of TV crime dramas from Prime Suspect to The Killing

Reasons to Stay Alive

Matt Haig

Great for: Anyone who's ever suffered, recovered from or encountered depression

Treachery

S. J. Parris

Great for: Fans of TV historical thrillers and period dramas

The Rotters' Club

Jonathan Coe

Great for: Brummies, teenagers, anyone who grew up in Thatcher's Britain

Am I Normal Yet?

Holly Bourne

Great for: Teenagers and young women (current and former)

A Baby at the Beach Café

Lucy Diamond

Great for: Expectant mums who might like a restful read

Whispering Shadows

Jan-Philipp Sendker

Great for: Fans of cinematic thrillers and neo-noir

When God Was a Rabbit

Sarah Winman

Queen's Gambit

Elizabeth Fremantle

Prime Suspect

Lynda La Plante

The Martian

Andy Weir

Honour

Elif Shafak

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

M. C. Beaton

Skellig

David Almond

Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy

ed. Neil Astley

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce

The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

Annabel Pitcher

Chickenfeed

Minette Walters

Spring Tide

Cilla Borjlind, Rolf Borjlind

After the Fall

Charity Norman

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb

Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts

Mary Gibson

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

Street Cat Bob: How One Man and a Cat Saved Each Other's Lives. A True Story.

James Bowen

Dead Man Talking

Roddy Doyle

Vengeance is Mine

Roald Dahl

The Perfect Murder

Peter James

The Humans

Matt Haig

Today Everything Changes: Quick Read

Andy McNab

Hello Mum

Bernardine Evaristo

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

Four Warned

Jeffrey Archer

Confessions of a GP

Benjamin Daniels

Rivers of London

Ben Aaronovitch

Tales of the City

Armistead Maupin

Whatever it Takes

Adele Parks

Getting Rid of Matthew

Jane Fallon

Geezer Girls

Dreda Say Mitchell

The Recruit

Robert Muchamore

The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton

Sathnam Sanghera

Theodore Boone

John Grisham

59 Seconds: How Psychology Can Improve Your Life in Less Than a Minute

Professor Richard Wiseman

Gorky Park

Martin Cruz Smith

After the Funeral

Agatha Christie

Black Hills

Nora Roberts

The Island

Victoria Hislop

Casino Royale

Ian Fleming

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

The Secret Scripture: A Novel

Sebastian Barry

A Little History of the World

Ernst H. Gombrich, Clifford Harper, Caroline Mustill

The White Queen

Philippa Gregory

Last Night Another Soldier

Andy McNab

Little Face: Book 1: Culver Valley Crime

Sophie Hannah

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Tracy Chevalier

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson, Eoin Colfer, John Seelye

Red Dust Road

Jackie Kay

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Patrick Ness

Noughts and Crosses: Book 1

Malorie Blackman

The Road Home

Rose Tremain

Damage

Josephine Hart

The Eyre Affair

Jasper Fforde

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Judge Dredd: the Dark Judges

John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland, Brett Ewins, Cliff Robinson

The Reader

Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway

Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

Misery

Stephen King

I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith, Valerie Grove

Room

Emma Donoghue

The Take

Martina Cole

Let the Right One in

John Ajvide Lindqvist

The Damned Utd

David Peace

Someone Like You

Roald Dahl

Sleepyhead

Mark Billingham

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

Harlequin

Bernard Cornwell

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Maggie O'Farrell

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier, Sally Beauman

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Good Omens

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Touching the Void

Joe Simpson

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Small Island

Andrea Levy

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic: (Shopaholic Book 1)

Sophie Kinsella

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

One Day

David Nicholls

Rachels Holiday

Marian Keyes

Dissolution

C. J. Sansom

The World's Wife

Carol Ann Duffy

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark, Candia McWilliam

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque, Brian O. Murdoch

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Alexander Masters

Killing Floor: (Jack Reacher 1)

Lee Child

A Life Like Other People's

Alan Bennett

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Mark Haddon

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

Kate Atkinson

Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Nigel Slater

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John Le Carre, William Boyd, John Le Carre

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: The Most Notorious Double Agent of World War II

Ben Macintyre

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

The Blind Assassin

Margaret Atwood

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie