What to read next in your book club
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the latest novel by Matt Haig, mental health campaigner and bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive. The Midnight Library follows the troubled Nora Seed, who feels she has let everyone in her life down and, after deciding to kill herself, finds herself transported to a mysterious library in which the books enable her to live as if she has done things differently. Fearne Cotton called it beautiful, Jeanette Winterson is ‘in awe’… And it’s not even out until next Thursday. Canongate, £16.99
Debut novel of the summer
Journalist and host of the popular Ctrl Alt Delete podcast Emma Gannon’s first novel, Olive, was released last month – and it’s a corker. It follows the 30-something titular character as her friends’ lives branch off in different directions to her own, and she grapples with questions around motherhood and marriage. Warm, nostalgic, moreish – with a striking yellow, coffee-table-worthy cover too. HarperCollins, £14.99
Pre-order now…
Just Like You by Nick Hornby
A charming – and sharp – love story about what it means to fall for someone who is your polar opposite. Out 17 Sept; Viking £16.99
Trio by William Boyd
A swinging ’60s-set novel about a writer, a producer and an actress all hiding secrets on a doomed movie shoot in Brighton. Out 8 Oct; Viking, £18.99
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
This witty debut novel from the author of Everything I Know About Love follows a food writer whose life is falling apart. Out 14 Oct; Penguin, £14.99
