As a complete bookworm who storms through books faster than I can download them, I’ve very recently started asking new subscribers for their recommended reads.

Here’s a gradually growing list of your and my recommendations to enjoy - for ease I’ve separated them into fiction and learning & development.

I’m going to carry on adding to this so be sure to return. And if you have something you think should be added, please email me!

Fiction

1. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - “a really gorgeous summer read”. Recommended by Lucy Peachey

2. The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson “an easy read but thought provoking”.

3. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Just wonderful. Be prepared to ugly cry.

4. A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. Recommended by Graham Titley.

5. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist by Lori Gottlieb. Recommended by Sophie Astin.

6. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods.

7. Unruly by David Mitchell - “Horrible Histories for grownups”. Recommended by Mr Chimpology (husband)

8. The Sons of Fez by Kay Hardy Campbell - Moroccan time travel.

9. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (but DON’T get it on Kindle, that version is awful).

10. The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris. Recommended by Ashleigh Longfield.

11. The Binding by Bridget Collins. Recommended by Sally Archer.

12. Chronicles of St Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor. Recommended by Janet Penny

Learning & Personal Development

1. Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday. Recommended by Brett Stone

2. Atomic habits by James Clear. Recommended by Brett Stone and me

3. The power of habit by Charles Duhigg. Recommended by Brett Stone

4. Slow productivity by Cal Newport. Recommended by Brett Stone

5. I can’t accept not trying by Michael Jordan. Recommended by Brett Stone

6. Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath. Recommended by Melinda Brecheisen.