Edits of themes, moods and similarities between books.
A quick way to find your next amazing read. So, what are you in the mood for?
based on real people
The Girls by Emma Cline
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Rapture by Claire McGlasson
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
People Like Them by Samira Sedira
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
bookish themed books
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Bookworm by Lucy Mangan
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
celebrity authors (who are great!)
Never Greener by Ruth Jones
A Keeper by Graham Norton
Come Again by Robert Webb
contemporary female characters
How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne
In at the Deep End by Kate Davies
Snowflake by Louise Nealon
So Lucky by Dawn O’Porter
Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
deadpan dreams
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
debut delights
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet
The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap
Himself by Jess Kidd
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
dystopian & spookily accurate
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
gothic gems
The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Corset by Laura Purcell
feel-good stories
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
historical but so relevant
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
memoirs with a message
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Becoming by Michelle Obama
How Not to be a Boy by Robert Webb
Educated by Tara Westover
motherhood – the ups & downs
The Push by Ashley Audrain
I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
Trying by Emily Phillips
Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder
murder mystery marvels
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder by Sarah J. Harris
The Murder of Graham Catton by Katie Lowe
The Chalk Man by C J Tudor
Beast by Matt Wesolowski
older characters aged 60+
Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
psychological & tense
The Body Lies by Jo Baker
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Fragile by Sarah Hilary
Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
set in brighton
The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
set in ireland
Dubliners by James Joyce
Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
Scenes of a Graphic Nature by Caroline O’Donoghue
Normal People by Sally Rooney
set in london
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
Through the Wall by Caroline Corcoran
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
set in scotland
The Cut by Chris Brookmyre
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea
Pine by Francine Toon
social media themed
How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne
The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
Underbelly by Anna Whitehouse
thrilling thrillers
The Castaways by Lucy Clarke
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
Changeling by Matt Wesolowski
time-travel themed
Time in my Pocket by Gina Dewink
Space Hopper by Helen Fisher
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Come Again by Robert Webb
tear-jerkers
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Lost Property by Helen Paris
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
twins as lead characters
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
which witch?
The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton
The Familiars by Stacey Halls
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
