 | Small Island by Andrea Levy
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.01 An absorbing read with four wonderfully depicted main characters.
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 | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £4.77 / Used from: £0.01 Chilling book set in a present-day alternate reality Britain.
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 | Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Buy new: £5.55 / Used from: £0.01 Great coming-of-age novel that enables you to empathise strongly with the character of outsider Lee.
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 | On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Buy new: £4.56 / Used from: £0.01 Absorbing novel set in the vividly realised worlds of academia.
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 | In a Good Light by Clare Chambers
Buy new: £4.53 / Used from: £0.01 Very engaging book in which a young woman looks back on her unconventional childhood.
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 | The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 Wonderful historical novel - I learnt a lot about this time period and thoroughly enjoyed the read.
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 | The Family Tree by Carole Cadwalladr
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £0.01 A very good read - I loved the portrayal of 1970s culture and family life.
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 | Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £0.01 Short, gripping and shocking book about child soldiers in Africa.
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 | Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates
Buy used from: £1.66 Moving novella about the aftermath of rape.
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 | I Am No One You Know: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
Buy new: £8.51 / Used from: £3.25 Excellent collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates.
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 | How to Breathe Underwater: Stories by Julie Orringer
Buy used from: £0.01 Excellent collection of short stories - I enjoyed every one of them.
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 | Borrowed Light by Joolz Denby
Buy used from: £0.01 This book brought to life the Cornish community in which it is set, and builds up tension until the shocking finale.
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 | Swallowing Grandma by Kate Long
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Warm and funny read with a very sympathetic main character.
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 | Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Buy used from: £0.01 Absorbing Jodi Picoult novel set in an Amish community.
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 | One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Buy new: £17.09 / Used from: £0.01 Great book that skilfully intertwines many characters and plotlines.
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 | The Devil's Feather by Minette Walters
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 Engrossing psychological thriller - one of my favourite Minette Walters books.
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 | The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett
Buy used from: £0.01 Solid crime thriller with a twist that I didn't see coming.
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 | Disordered Minds by Minette Walters
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 Very interesting thriller, another one of Minette Walters' best.
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 | Bad Moon Rising by Sheila Quigley
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 Fast-paced crime thriller, a very good read.
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 | A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Excellent crime novel - #3 in the Grant County series featuring Sara Linton.
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 | Indelible by Karin Slaughter
Buy new: £4.35 / Used from: £0.01 #4 in the Grant County series, and another gripping read.
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 | Faithless by Karin Slaughter
Buy new: £4.20 / Used from: £0.01 #5 in the Grant County series, also an excellent thriller.
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 | Sleepyhead (Tom Thorne Novels) by Mark Billingham
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 The first crime novel featuring DI Tom Thorne.
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 | Scaredy Cat (Tom Thorne Novels) by Mark Billingham
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 The second DI Thorne novel, also excellent.
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 | Lazybones (Tom Thorne Novels) by Mark Billingham
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 The third DI Thorne novel - I would highly recommend the whole series (although I found #4 less engrossing than the other five).
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