In my opinion her best novel. This one is all about the women who served in the Vietnam war. War has always been all about men, and these feminist insights into it are rare. Hannah has a uniquely addictive prose style and the audio narration of her books is superb. I found this entertaining, gripping and educational in equal measure.

This one got me into dystopian fiction and I recommend it to everyone. The premise is society having to start again after the world has been wiped out. What is human nature when stripped down to survival mode? This one stuck with me because it makes me appreciate everything I have, everything society has built that I take for granted. Stunning writing. Page-turner. (And the Sci-fi Masterworks series looks great on a bookshelf).

She puts her money where her mouth is. This is an account of Polly Toynbee’s decision to try to live and work on the minimum wage. For those of us who haven’t known real poverty, this is a shocking and sobering insight into what it’s really like when you can’t get a job without an address, and can’t get an address without a job. Eye-opening, unforgettable.

BIO: Lucy Martin is a feminist, optimist, non-conformist (that’s my strapline on X anyway).  Author of detective thrillers starring DS Ronnie Delmar, escapee from London, now running all-inclusive monthly writers’ retreats from my home in Devon. More details HERE. Follow her on Facebook, HERE and on IG as@lucy_martin_books