Around the world in 20 books

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 Carol Kirkwood (£16.99, HB, HarperCollins) On the scorching isle of Majorca, everyone is hiding something. Designer Camille Fontaine arrives there with a broken heart, fleeing from the ruins of a l

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

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

Illustrations by Chris Bentham Out 7 August (Atlantic Books, £16.99) This looks like another smash hit from the reliable Shteyngart, renowned author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country Friend

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