fiction:

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
• The Deep by Rivers Solomon
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
• How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Real Life by Brandon Taylor
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore
• Sunset by Jessie Cave
• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
• Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver

non-fiction

• Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma
• Misfits by Michaela Coel
• The Otter's Tale by Simon Cooper
• Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
• It's Not About the Burqa ed. by Mariam Khan
• Set the Night on Fire by Robby Krieger, with Jeff Alulis
• A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister
• How to be Champion by Sarah Millican
• Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison
• Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy
• Animal by Sara Pascoe
• Sex Power Money by Sara Pascoe
• Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh
• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold