The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry

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

I, Mona Lisa by Natasha Solomons

Imagine if the Mona Lisa could talk! What stories could she tell? In Natasha Solomons’ book, we get a novel which imagines just that.

Eve and Me: The Shadow that Spans 3,000 Years by Karen Gilden

A book for everyone which highlights what it’s like to be a woman through the ages reflecting on past struggles/triumphs and the present day

Lovestruck Maggot by Jarrett Brandon Early

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

No Matter What by Kevin Coll

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

Diary of a Rich White Woman by Marcia Li-Liën

A book which conveys a rollercoaster of a story where a luxury life is all excess but can it endure with this as its foundation?

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Meet Thursday Next, literary detective and a female to be reckoned with, intelligent, resourceful and poised

Alice in Mullah Land by Amir H. Taheri

A thought-provoking book for our times, dressed up in a parody of a classic story, acting allegorically to show the fight against oppression

A Rock and a Hard Place by J.D. Kirk

D.C.I. Jack Logan faces more than the challenge of a police investigation in this great thriller