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CONTEMPORARY  

Bourne won multiple plaudits for her Young Adult books but moved into grown-up territory in 2018 with How Do You Like Me Now?




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LITERARY FICTION  

Hold on - wasn't Anne Tyler going to retire? This is her third outing since 2015's A Spool Of Blue Thread, supposedly her final novel




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MUST READS 

A photograph in Annabel Venning's account of her family in wartime shows the six Walker children in order of height




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PICTURE THIS 

This escapist read showcases stunning homes ensconced in nature across the globe




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LITERARY FICTION 

Five months after the death of her alcoholic mother, sales assistant Ava is hit by a car




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WHAT BOOK would novelist Anne Tyler take to a desert island? 

Anne Tyler has recently finished reading Miriam Toews's All My Puny Sorrows. The American novelist revealed that she would take Eudora Welty's The Golden Apples to a desert island.




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PSYCHO THRILLERS 

Sarah Vaughan brings to this book the same tension-building expertise that made her bestseller Anatomy Of A Scandal such a success




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POPULAR  

This brilliant novel, by the bestselling author of The Secret Life Of Bees, imagines that Jesus had a wife: brainy, rebellious and resourceful Ana.




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MUST READS 

In 1950 the Kaufman family - Ken, Sarah and daughters Jo and Bethie - have just moved into their new house in a pleasant Detroit suburb




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DEBUTS 

When 11-year-old Elly disappears, last seen riding her bike to the sports field, she is presumed dead




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PICTURE THIS 

In this opulent book, Christian Louboutin details his eclectic sources of inspiration, ranging from Cher to Japanese pipes.




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LITERARY FICTION 

Lancashire: a neglected space caught between the twin poles of tourist magnets the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales - two places, incidentally, that are also richly imagined in literature.




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CRIME 

This heart-rending story set in one of the poorest parts of rural America is among the most powerful and moving I have read in years.




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MUST READS 

Pericles, by Shakespeare, inspires the latest novel by Mark Haddon, author of the award-winning bestseller, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.




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MUST READS 

Back in 2006, Thomas Harris published Hannibal Rising, the fourth of his Hannibal Lecter novels.




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PICTURE THIS 

The swimming pool evokes holiday, exercise, tranquillity and perhaps even fantasy in the current climate




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WHAT BOOK would comedian and writer Robert Webb take to a desert island? 

Robert Webb is currently reading Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking. The British novelist revealed he would take Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy stories by Douglas Adams to a desert island.




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LITERARY FICTION 

Greenwell's exquisitely written debut, What Belongs To You, followed an aspiring poet who moves from Kentucky to Bulgaria




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CONTEMPORARY  

I loved Hulse's hilarious, skilful debut The Adults, which was stuffed with believable characters, and this second book is just as witty, warm and brilliantly realised




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MUST READS 

With its commanding situation at the top of a hill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the Dutch House is a glittering prize




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PICTURE THIS 

How do you show people that you are a king? Gorgeous architecture, sumptuous feasts and, of course, enviable fashion.




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LITERARY FICTION 

Like the titular mammal, this is a curiosity: part 21st-century political satire, part unexpectedly affecting 19th-century love story.




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POPULAR 

Eve Chase's novels are about glamorous families with tragic pasts, set in wonderful locations




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POETRY 

This collection shows that although a man may abandon his Muse for years, she'll tag along like a faithful wife




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THRILLERS 

This widely anticipated debut comes surrounded by a lot of hype, sold to 25 countries, plus a hotly contested auction for TV rights




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WHAT BOOK would farmer and writer Amanda Owen take to a desert island? 

Amanda Owen is currently reading The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak And High Society Scandal In Kenya by Frances Osborne. The British writer would take Swaledale to a desert island.




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PSYCHO THRILLERS 

This book opens with a vivid description of an unnamed woman watching an advertising company's office burning to the ground and a body bag being carried out




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HISTORICAL  

Thick fog, a Tiger Moth plane and an emergency landing provide the gripping opening to a terrific World War II novel




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LITERARY FICTION 

A library for rejected manuscripts established by a book-loving loner in a sleepy Breton town becomes the talk of literary Paris




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PICTURE THIS  

This beauty of a book highlights the best wild swimming locations in the Lake District




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MUST READS 

Moggach's 2004 novel, These Foolish Things, which inspired the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, featured a cast of elderly characters




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WHAT BOOK would writer Emily Gunnis take to a desert island? 

Emily Gunnis is currently reading Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey. The British writer would take The Wicked Wit Of Winston Churchill to a desert island.




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Harrowing account of: Facing death in the desert 

Claire Nelson who shattered her pelvis when she fell 20ft while hiking in California, reveals how she survived in the desert until she was found in a new memoir.




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Acclaimed author Jan Morris is 93: One hell of a dame (So why don't they make her one?)

Jan Morris, 93, who lives in the Llyn Peninsula has penned new book, Thinking Again. She would become the first transgender person honoured if made Dame Jan Morris.




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Keep laughing and read on!  our pick of the most riotously funny stories ever written 

British writer Roger Lewis, rounded up a selection of the funniest stories ever written. Among his picks is the eccentric absurdity of the Starkadders in Cold Comfort Farm.




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The one battle he could not win: Soldier turned MP Dan Jarvis

Former paratrooper Dan Jarvis, who is now Labour MP for Barnsley Central, has penned a memoir revealing the horrors of war and the heart-wrenching death of his first wife Caroline.




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Blood, guts and junk food! Fascinating new book delves into the lives of fishermen on trawler boats 

Lamorna Ash who took a break from her career in London as a playwright, spent months living with Cornish fishermen for a new book. Almost everyone she met has lost someone to the sea.




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Former Secret Service agent is teaching the rest of us how to take on the world 

Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras, has penned a memoir. The tome started with the idea of how to create inner strength and mental resilience.




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I just wish Hitler could hear the cheering! That was one little girl's take on VE Day

Maureen Waller's detailed portrait of London in 1945, has been reissued in paperback to commemorate this year's anniversary of VE Day.




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Life on the ocean wave was a floating HELL! 

Stephen Taylor examines the 'heroic age of sail' in a fascinating new book. The British author reveals how more sailors died from fever and accidents, than in war.




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Helen É Makeup Kit for just £20 for every reader!

This weekend, the Mail on Sunday is offering every reader the chance to claim a Helen É Celebrity Red Carpet Kit, RRP £42.97, for just £20 This fantastic kit includes all the products you need to make your eyes really stand out for your special night out




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A whole pile of trouble! How did TV¿s Ruth Watson stop this family¿s Cornish mansion from crumbling to pieces? With drastic action ¿ and some very tough love...

Georgina Le Grice is no stranger to horror stories, but she never expected to find herself in one when her family's picturesque 18th-century property was falling apart, and there was no money to save it.




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Two women file $15m claims against California school district after suffering sexual abuse

The two women, whose names have been withheld, says they were abused on multiple times by science teacher Dan Witters and accuse the Moraga School District of covering it up.




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'I should end up dead': 19-year-old pleads for capital punishment after murdering Good Samaritan while high on PCP

Jason Jones says that he doesn't deserve to live after shooting dead the man who tried to prevent his Dallas crime spree.




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Five 'kids aged three to 12' found dead 'of carbon monoxide poisoning' in family home in Georgia

The children were identified as Wendi Morales-Garcia, 12; Yakelin Morales-Garcia, 11; Gudalupe Morales-Garcia, 8; Johnathan Garcia-Garcia, 4; and Nattaly Garcia-Garcia, 3.




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Lori Vallow's brother, 51, had Narcan in his system but died of NATURAL CAUSES, Arizona coroner said

Maricopa County Medical Examiner has concluded that Alex Cox (left), 51, died of natural causes. Cox, the brother of 'cult mom' Lori Vallow (right), fatally shot her estranged husband Charles Vallow.




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Mother could not see her daughter before she died from cancer because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mary Hagen Roberts, 64, penned an essay about how her daughter Laura Hagen Hoffman, 33, died just a day after learning her cancer had spread to her lungs.




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Victoria Beckham 'told to ditch her chauffeur' after fashion empire plunges £36m in debt

Victoria Beckham has reportedly been forced to make dramatic cuts after her eponymous fashion label plunged £36million in debt.




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Victoria Beckham pays tribute to her late friend Ed Filipowski 

The fashion designer, 45, said that Ed Filipowski, 58, was the 'kindest man and an incredible force in the fashion industry' in a heartfelt tribute shared on her Instagram page on Friday.




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Get peachy skin guilt-free! 

The sheet masks market is expected to value £1.49 billion worldwide by 2023. As the beauty staple continues to increase in popularity, Alice Hart-Davis picked out the best eco-friendly masks.