I grew up loving stories about these big houses, everything from The Secret Garden to Brideshead Revisited, they occupy such a space in literature — and then you get older and realise that, if you’re working-class, you wouldn’t be one of the main characters, you’d have been below stairs.

I’ve always been fascinated by moral ambiguity, by the secrets each of us hold and by the lies we are prepared to tell. For me, these are always the most intriguing stories to read and watch.

Family and heartbreak stretch through the eternity of this story as one man finds himself jumping through time.

A captivating study of human relationships and the impact of social media on people jumping to conclusions. Every step closer to the truth turned my stomach into a mess of knots as I worried for Odette and her safety.

So when a stalker starts threatening the stability of everything she has fought for and drags secrets to light that should have always remained hidden, what can Elle do?

Slow and careful, this story unravels around us, whispering the secrets it holds. With every page we learn more about Shannon and Victoria, the friendship that holds them together and the world they dream about.

She lets no one close to her, fighting hard to never allow herself to feel that loss again until Aleksandr walks into her life with his awful zodiac birth chart.

Grab a peach iced tea, set up a reading spot and prepare to be transported to the heat of present-day and 1976 Thailand, where Lin returns to care for her dying mother.

Did somebody cosy, heart-warming fantasy and a magic bookshop with an array of magically creatures?

With a darkly funny spin on what feels like The Haunting of Hill House meets workplace mishaps, Danielle is loving the freedom of working occasionally from home and all of the space of this stately home...

This book is a tender, coming-of-age novel that will make you smile and cry (take it from someone who may or may not have ugly cried multiple times on the train to work).

A tender and heart aching story of growing up, grief and girlhood.

An interconnected tale of a couple who open their marriage and navigate a non-monogamous relationship.

A brilliant romantasy, brimming with adventure. Edern and Ari are incredible, fighting to save the country they love and the people they love.

The Leveret is a gorgeously tender short novel exploring grief, baby loss and queer love.

Will the Earth survive the Sun’s red giant phase, or will the Sun consume it? The projections have gone back and forth, wobbling, and no one can say for certain.

Over the next five years, they explore their sexualities, navigating through jealousy, betrayal, desire, and obsession—and the friends and lovers in their circle find themselves asking new questions about their own lives and relationships. But when each is pulled in a new and unexpected direction, Ben and Frances are forced to confront the consequences of their experiment.

So many people have experienced miscarriage, and yet it’s hardly spoken about. Even less so in the context of queer relationships, where the journey to pregnancy is often so much more complex.

Louisa Bello’s debut is a thoughtful meditation on grief, childhood trauma and dual heritage.

If you read one book this summer, it has to be this one. Friendship, romance and comedy play out on the page in beautiful harmony, warming my heart with each sentence.