FEEL-GOOD STORIES TO CURL UP WITH OVER CHRISTMAS

by Julia McKay (£9.99, PB, Penguin) Ten years after her heart was broken, journalist Emory Oakes has sworn off love. But when her father’s financial scandal lands him in prison, she knows it is time t

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by Lily King (£18.99, HB, Canongate Books) The choices we make when we’re young can reverberate throughout our lives. As a young woman at university, our narrator is swept off into the intoxicating wo

From magical adventures to fun activity books, Zoe West picks the gifts your children will treasure

Books make the best Christmas presents — from Attenborough to quizzes, here are ten terrific tomes to pop under the tree!e!