American fiction – Scuffed Granny

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

A quiet book in many ways but dealing with big subjects like family dynamics and history, marriage, motherhood and moving on

This vivid coming-of-age tale is an insightful story of the intensity of first love and the temptation of sexual discovery for young Mormons

The past threatens the love between Arturo and Dan, which is already up against it due to the difference in their backgrounds…can love win out?

A unique book which is made up of detection mixed with a surrealist dreamscape of carnivals and the eccentric people who form them

Fast-paced and imaginative with whip-crack exchanges of dialogue, this is a great cross-genre read, mixing sci-fi with humour and romance

A thriller which spans many things – love, terrorism, secrets, promises, espionage – all propelled by a meeting that might never happen

An international thriller, pacy and well-plotted with twists to keep you guessing and characters to root for

Tension mounts as the Catholic Church comes under attack in this ecumenical thriller but where is the threat coming from? Is it from within?

This is a bloody psychological wild ride of a book, set in 70s’ Chicago, and centred on crime, families and power plays

The origin story of an unlikely superhero called Cockroach aka Kyle Alexander, an ordinary schoolboy who finds a magic ring…