This sweeping, inventive story revolves around the occupants of a yellow house set in the atmospheric woods of western Massachusetts over four centuries. Captivating and original. A popular book club choice.

Another powerful must-read novel from Colson Whitehead (giving him his second Pulitzer Prize in Fiction), exposing the segregation and racism at a reform school during the '60s. Now this crushing book has been made into a film which has received widespread praise, so the perfect time to to read this compelling story.

A touching and thoughtful study of friendship as discovered by writer Rachel Cooke who shares her literary wisdom, diaries and letters that present an endearing insight into women’s friendship.