These were the books I read when I was away this year. All superb, all very different. Enjoy!

Autumn by Ali Smith

Fell by Jenn Ashworth

My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal

The Muse by Jessie Burton

Willnot by Jim Sallis

Happy Accidents by Tiffany Murray

Darktown by Thomas Mullen

South by Frank Owen

The Dry by Jane Harper