Wondering what to read this summer? We've added our current favourite fiction and non-fiction reads to your list.
So whether you're reading on a sun lounger poolside or modelling books over screens with children this summer, this selection has been through the page-turning test…
1. Games & Rituals by Katherine Henry The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us eleven glittering stories of love – friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts – in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime.
3. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict by Elizabeth Day As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely complex bonds mean to us? Renowned writer and podcaster Elizabeth Day embarks on a journey to answer these questions
4. Still Life by Sarah Winmen From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us - a joyous read that will stay with you.
5. I May Be Wrong & Other Wisdoms From Life As A Forest Monk We like to think we can determine the path our life takes, but events rarely unfold the way we plan for or expect. In this international bestseller, former forest monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad draws on his humbling journey towards navigating uncertainty - helping you, with kindness and good humour, too.
A brilliant compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself. From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these stories have become modern classics and are now for the first time collected in one volume.
Set over one sizzling summer, this is a witty love story that will make you laugh a lot, cry a little and fall head over heels - a perfect Beach Read to escape with this summer.
Dr Louise Newson is one of the UK's leading medical experts on the menopause; the doctor "who kick started the menopause revolution". Having transformed the lives of hundreds and thousands of women and their families through her work, Dr Louise is determined to help even more women thrive, to debunk myths and break taboos, and to educate everyone - including men - about the menopause.
A mesmerizing journey through the splendour of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means and what it costs to face the truth.
10. I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai From one of the most acclaimed contemporary American writers, this novel is both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination of one woman's reckoning with her past.
