"Nilsson has a peculiar power to make you remember exactly what it was like to be small, fierce, disempowered and six..."

"has an exceptionally high joke count..."

"An intrepid dachshund tours Rome and meets a VIP in a charming adventure..."

"Written with feeling, honesty and conviction, this is a story about body image and self-esteem..."

" Love writes with such confidence, fluency and voice that it’s hard to imagine this is his first book..."

"caper of a debut..."

"this instalment deservedly introduces Paver to a new generation of readers..."

"Orphans of the Tide is both gripping and original – it demands a sequel..."

"Fountain writes about this fictitious situation with verisimilitude and verve..."

"It is absorbing, old-fashioned storytelling, reminiscent of The Secret Garden..."

"a good, old-fashioned mystery..."

"If you want to get children off TikTok and into tick-tocks, it’s a good place to start..."

"This story about homelessness is truthful and compelling, and Duffy has a talent for imparting serious ideas entertainingly..."

"Mian’s gentle mixing of humour and Muslim tradition ... is fresh and necessary...."

"a heartfelt story to snuggle into..."

"Fans of Kate Dicamillo will particularly love this ..."

"Harrison’s fully imagined world has conviction, and the perils of this story are lightened by the warmthand spirit of its characters..."

"Strap on your spacesuits and prepare for narrative G-force! ..."

"hopeful, magical, and beautifully told..."

"part of a commendable campaign to introduce reluctant readers to the classics...."

"a deceptively dense adventure that will appeal to readers well into their teens..."

"Michael Rosen does not mollycoddle his readers...."

"this book by the comedian Kate Weston will make you laugh out loud..."

"This twisted gothic novel is a winner..."

"an exotic journey with a feelgood ending..."

"Welford is a remarkably entertaining storyteller. ..."

"Teen genre fiction can so easily be awash with cliches and stereotypes, and she manages to disrupt them...."

"This is a story with characters who catch you up and carry you through their trials and triumphs..."

"Pullman is a consummate and gifted storyteller and his narrative skill and linguistic dexterity are on full display here..."

"A tale of high-speed bunnies is a wild ride..."

"A spellbinding fantasy ..."

"The book is proof that humour and clarity require sophisticated skill..."

"full of ... casual brilliance and beauty..."

"Marie Kondo’s Kiki & Jax introduces the young reader to a somewhat more privileged adult concern: the art of decluttering..."

"...this is a moving, authentic, humane novel which raises fundamental questions about what it means to be kind in an unkind world, and it will stay with me for a long time..."

"Tyler rarely disappoints, but this is her best novel in some time..."

"As a work of fiction, My Dark Vanessa is absolutely gripping..."

"Mytting’s cleverly crafted story heads inexorably towards a moving conclusion..."

"a sensual retelling of Shakespeare’s turbulent family life..."

"Louise Erdrich has been a persuasive interpreter of Native American life..."

" Balzano employs an unpretentious style to explore Trina’s life..."

"an engaging but not entirely successful mix of folklore and Victorian history..."

" Taylor confirms his status as one of our finest writers of historical thrillers..."

"masculine violence ... pulses viscerally throughout..."

"Seventysomething Bina has taken to her bed in a quirky novel that captures the mind’s twists and turns with crow-black humour..."

"This book is masterfully controlled and highly entertaining..."

"Partly based on the Stephen Lawrence case, this is an ambitious, darkly comic investigation into corruption and revenge..."

"a stodgy read, by no means as compelling as its predecessor..."

"One of Sebastian Barry’s extraordinary gifts as a writer is his boundless capacity for empathy..."

"Bruce’s spooky novel is lascivious and bloody..."

"subtle and stomach-churning, anticlimactic and eerily satisfying..."

"It’s safe to say the intent is as much ironic as iconoclastic..."

"McAuley is a damnably odd writer..."

" the novel is gory, visceral and apocalyptic..."

"No one individual can advise another on how to live their best life..."

"everything is here in the right proportion to make another cracking TV movie ..."

"super-readable..."

"a biting portrait of the artist as a ‘difficult’ woman..."

"a light-hearted thriller with a superbly dark, existential sting in its tail..."

"he captures something of what must be the claustrophobia of immortality..."

"This slim portrayal of an abusive gay relationship in the 1970s is the biggest small book of the year..."

"MacInnes’s intriguing second novel deserves to cement his reputation as a bold and curious writer...."

"heralds all that an eagerly awaited novel from Sweeney might do..."

"a sharp, insightful story collection..."