RECOMMENDED BY CASSY

Expect woe and weal, whimsy and comfort, and a melancholic hug in novella form from this modern classic of Japanese literature.

RECOMMENDED BY EDIE

Palaver follows an unnamed queer man living in Tokyo who is reunited with his mother after a decade, their relationship hovering over the complicated and foggy border of estrangement and love.

RECOMMENDED BY ELLE

Cozy, wholesome, and philosophical. Reading this two-part series felt like sinking into a warm hug. Elle wanted to go and live in this world.

RECOMMENDED BY ANNE

A subtle and powerful novella about childhood and murder that Anne read in one sitting (twice).

RECOMMENDED BY ELLE

A feminist gender-bending retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Easy-to-read and beautiful.

RECOMMENDED BY JASMINE

Amazingly written but made Jasmine cry too much. Like Orwell’s Animal Farm set in an African authoritarian state.

RECOMMENDED BY JASMINE

This is some super great science writing, in depth but still totally devourable.

RECOMMENDED BY HANNAH

A Leopard-Skin Hat is both the celebration of a tragically foreshortened life and a valedictory farewell.

RECOMMENDED BY ELLE

Epic, with fierce, complex and well-written female characters. This book and sequel Day of Fallen Night ignited Elle's love of fantasy again.

RECOMMENDED BY KRISTY

Always Home, Always Homesick is Hannah Kent's exquisite love letter to a land that has forged a nation of storytellers, her ode to the transcendent power of creativity, and her invitation to us all to join her in the realms of mystery, spirit and wonder.

RECOMMENDED BY KAT

With Is a River Alive?, Robert Macfarlane has delivered his most urgent, political and exquisitely written book yet.

RECOMMENDED BY EDIE

Things In Nature Merely Grow is essential reading, especially if you've ever been depressed, though it's not a self help book.

RECOMMENDED BY ANNE

Four teenagers are sent ahead to their holiday cottage in the south of France for the summer. Luke, Connor, Thea and Violet share a father, but have only lately come to know about one another.

RECOMMENDED BY HANNAH

n Limbo is a story about living in the spaces in-between: the stretch between two cultures, the gap between a child and parent, the lagging between childhood and adulthood, the time between crisis and recovery.