3.83 avg rating — 205,570 ratings

"Gill Hornby has chosen Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, which traces the lives of six step-siblings over a span of fifty years. "

3.99 avg rating — 47,870 ratings

"Paul Burston loves Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, which helped him come out to his parents as a young man."

3.97 avg rating — 53,423 ratings

"Harriett's choice is Tin Man by Sarah Winman which describes the friendship of two men and a woman."

3.92 avg rating — 92,442 ratings

"Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters is centred on the lives of Reece, a trans woman, her ex Ames, and her ex's new lover, Katrina."

3.99 avg rating — 89,498 ratings

"Yomi recommends Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut book, Open Water, a lyrical romance story set in South East London. "

3.64 avg rating — 42,110 ratings

"Harriett's choice is Intimacies, a novel by Katie Kitamura, where the main character is an interpreter at the International Court in The Hague, where unease bubbles below the surface of the novel's cool narration. "

3.78 avg rating — 21,683 ratings

" Orwell's less well known novels, Coming Up for Air, chosen by Hal after he played the central character in a one man show. "

3.82 avg rating — 11,641 ratings

"Daisy has gone for Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin"

3.88 avg rating — 873 ratings

"Harriett loves Jenny Diski's Stranger on a Train, a travel memoir by someone who is not too keen on travel."

3.97 avg rating — 10,012 ratings

"Merlin picks 'The Age of Wonder' by Richard Holmes, a biographical portrait of scientific innovators in the late 18th century. In this historical book."

3.57 avg rating — 6,322 ratings

"Jo's choice, 'You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto', is by computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier. In this prescient book from 2010, Jaron delves into the digital world, examining what went wrong in its development, and how we might fix these problems. "

3.89 avg rating — 28,461 ratings

"And Harriett recommends the classic, magical children's novel, 'The Sword In The Stone' by T. H. White, which she argues merits re-reading as an adult."