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I read constantly as a child. So many of my early favourites are millennial staples – Nancy Drew, Babysitters Club, and of course, the pinnacle of the classics, RL Stine’s Goosebumps books. I also abs

by Isabel Ibañez (£20, HB, Hodder & Stoughton) If you’ve been curious about fantasy literature but never tempted to try it, this sumptuous, Renaissance-set tale may be the perfect way in. It follows s

by Harriet Lane (£20, HB, Orion) What lies beneath the image we construct of ourselves? Ruth, newly divorced and drifting as her daughter leaves home, feels invisible – until Sookie, her dazzling form