Kerry Fowler suggests the best books to curl up with this month

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the

In the charming Wickstone area, Naya and Jake search for their dream home amid an overcrowded market. After years of looking, they may have found The One – until Naya’s dad, Sonny, loses his house and

by Christina Applegate (£22, HB, Headline) Actor Christina Applegate’s memoir is a candid, heartfelt journey through a life lived in the spotlight. From Kelly Bundy in Married… with Children to Anchor

As a child, Camilla was captivated by Anna Sewell's Black Beauty. She says, "I have to admit, I ended up probably being a pony-mad child with Black Beauty. which I howled over, night after night after