Some of you might have time off over the holidays, and a rare chance to read, or you might be a bookworm as it is. I can thoroughly recommend the following titles. Something here for all tastes, I think. Is it just me or are there an amazing number of great stories being published these days?

The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

Wake by Anna Hope

The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Vixen by Rosie Garland

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

How To Be Both by Ali Smith

Woman of the Dead by Bernhard Aichner

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters