The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

The fictionalised true story of Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz – a tale of human survival and the will to endure, as well as love

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

A coming-of-age book about a boy with extraordinary abilities who embarks on a quest to find his father when he disappears

I Lick My Cheese and Other Notes from the Frontline of Flat-Sharing by Oonagh O’Hagan

A strange little book, crammed with notes written by flatmates with witty and irreverent discussion of and conjecture about, their contents

The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell

A wake-up call, raising awareness of the truly wonderful creatures which inhabit our wonderful world and how unlikely they are to thrive

A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

A nice story, nothing too demanding about a woman escaping a controlling mother to live a life of her own independently

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

A novel based on history and “The Last Duchess”, a poem by Robert Browning – intense and dark, and highly evocative of Renaissance Italy