Grimmer Revisionist Fairytales, Fables and Nursery Rhymes by Marissa Carter

Take a fairytale; give it a modern twist; infuse with satire and dry wit; present with others for humorous read

The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin

New Orleans: a city of mob and racial tension and now, there’s a serial killer on the loose in this well-written thriller

Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

This book was a pleasant surprise, a study of characters and relationships with a literary bent

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

A book about people and the injustices that are served and the battle to conquer them

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world

What News on the Rialto? by Anthony Wildman

Anyone for Venice at the time of Shakespeare with Shakespeare himself as your eyes there? Well, it worked for me!

The Fool’s Tale by Nicole Galland

An historical fiction book, loosely based on Welsh history, which tells a story of politics, love and the ties that bind

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

There are exploits; I’m not sure how glorious they are but this book doesn’t need glory to make it a triumph

Ruby by Jack Heape

A heart-warming story of friendship between a show dog called Ruby, her handler, Toby and a reclusive epileptic girl called Rachel