Best books for november

Best books… Steph McGovern The journalist and television ...

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

by Liz Fenwick (£9.99, PB, HarperCollins) Newlyn, Cornwall. Kerensa is sent by her father’s auction house to catalogue a ramshackle building overlooking the sea. What she discovers inside changes her

by Hazel Gaynor (£16.99, HarperCollins, HB) The greatest journeys will test your courage. Many years before Dorothy arrives in Oz, her aunt begins an unexpected adventure of her own. Emily Gale become

Best books… Sarah Dunant The author, historian and ...

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month, plus Cathy Bramley shares her writing secrets