A tale of two best friends, one of them in end of life care at a hospice, the other trying to navigate her grief. We All Want Impossible Things is heartbreaking but also manages to be utterly joyous and life-affirming too.

When Lara was a promising young actress, she had an affair with an actor who later becomes a megastar. Now middle aged, she tells her adult daughters about that unforgettable summer. A masterclass in the art of story-telling, do check out Meryl Streep narrating the audiobook.

All her life Maddie has been the dutiful, diligent people pleaser in her Anglo Ghanaian family until she finally has a chance to break free. A touching coming-of-age story about finding the power within yourself.

Curtis Sittenfeld writes a romcom? Be still, my heart! Romantic Comedy was sexy, funny, thought-provoking and everything I hoped it would be. And even more pertinent now that Harry Styles has shaved his head. #iykyk. Her best novel since American Wife.

A gripping dystopian thriller about the end of the world as sponsored by three tech giants and the unlikely gang who comes together to stop them. One of those books that I still can’t stop thinking about.

I was utterly charmed by this debut novel set in the Indian coastal town of Chennai. Neighbours Kamala, Reva and British ex-pat Jason deal band together when evil property developers threaten their beloved apartment block.

Naoise Dolan followed up Exciting Times with this darkly funny, clever look at modern relationships centred around a wedding that seems doomed to everyone involved.

My debut novel of the year. I loved this tender-hearted story and its heroine Gwen who volunteers in a charity shop after being made redundant, and is as lost as the shop’s unwanted donations.

When literary sensation Athena Liu dies in a freak accident, her friend, the deliciously loathsome June, steals Athena’s unseen manuscript and passes it off as her own. This was one of the summer’s most talked about novels for good reason.

I fell hard for this New York-set, snarky but sexy, thoroughly modern take on When Harry Met Sally. And it still manages to be unashamedly romantic too. I’ve recommended You, Again to so many people in actual real life, all of whom loved it.