My recent favourites have taken me to worlds far and near – 19th century New England, the video games industry, murder in rural India, a haunted indie book store as the pandemic hits, the ex-pat community in Shanghai – in stories about finding identity, family strife, secrets, fights for justice and the power of love and friendship.

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Tinkers by Paul Harding

River East River West by Aube Rey Lescure

Milk Teeth by Jessica Andrews

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

A Lesson in Violence by Jordan Harper

Sharp Glass by Sarah Hilary

Black River by Nilanjana Roy

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin