Books

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Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca

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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

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The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects

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These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms

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Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene

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‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel

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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

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Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor

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Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby

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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom

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House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic

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Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality

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Top 5 crime collections, chosen by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards

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Hum by Helen Phillips review – a dystopian drama with emotional impact

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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – an understated family saga

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This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together

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Ruth by Kate Riley review – a refreshing new author to watch

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The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occult

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Children's books

Top 5 children’s books to inspire awe for our universe, chosen by Chloe Savage

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Poet Rowan McCabe didn’t know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them

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