Marianne de Pierres author of Burn Bright, Angel Arias and The Sentients of Orion series reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… Faithful Place by Tana French Marianne de Pierres: Tana French is a relatively new Irish crime writer with only three novels released to date. With each book she goes from strength to strength, and this, her third novel delivers superior characterisation and ... Read more

Adriana Koulias author of The Sixth Key, The Seal and Temple of the Grail reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… The Painter of Battles By Arturo Perez Reverte Adriana: A retired war photographer lives in a crumbling tower by the sea. He is spending his last days trying to depict on the tower’s interior wall a vast circular mural of war in which landscapes and history fuse together to... Read more

H. J. (Holly) Harper author of the Star League series reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… The Fear By Charlie Higson Holly Harper: The third in Charlie Higson’s The Enemy series, this is the zombie apocalypse at its best. A huge cast of characters means you never know who’s safe and who isn’t. The Blurb: HE DOESN’T KNOW IT, BUT DOGNUT IS ABOUT TO SET OFF A CHAIN O... Read more

Caroline Overington author of Matilda is Missing, I Came To Say Goodbye and Ghost Child reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… The Spare Room by Helen Garner Blurb: Helen lovingly prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola. She is coming to visit for three weeks, to receive treatment she believes will cure her cancer. From the moment Nicola staggers off the plane, gaunt and hoarse ... Read more

Kylie Ladd author of Last Summer and After the Fall reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… Caribou Island by David Vann An Alaskan Revolutionary Road, Caribou Island from David Vann, bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Legend of a Suicide, is a devastating novel about a marriage, a couple blighted by past shadows and the weight of expectation, of themselves and of each othe... Read more

Charlotte Wood author of Animal People, The Children and more… reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… Read more

Jessica Rudd author of Campaign Ruby and Ruby Blues, reveals… The 5 best novels I read this year are… The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons The tale of an immigrant’s experiences in England, Natasha Solomons describes a story of the sea, of love lost and found, and of a novel hidden inside a viola. When they started coming for people like us, I was forced to swap my life ... Read more