Stranger In My Heart
By Mary Monro
Retracing her father’s heroic escape across China in World War Two leads his daughter on a gripping voyage of discovery about him, China and, inevitably, herself.
Smart Tart
By Tamasin Day-Lewis
A life spent cooking and writing turned into a delicious memoir
The House of Fiction
By Phyllis Richardson
A cultural exploration of British houses in fiction from Shandy Hall to Manderley
Ireland's Green Larder
By Margaret Hickey
A glorious ramble down the centuries telling the story of food and drink in Ireland
Rife: Twenty Stories from Britain’s Youth
By Nikesh Shukla
A book of essays by writers under 24, edited
Repeal the 8th Anthology
By Una Mullally (editor)
A collection of stories, essays, poetry and photography around the movement for reproductive rights in Ireland
Better
By John Grant
From beanbags to mindfulness; how wellbeing is making business more human friendly
A Hare-Marked Moon
By David Lascelles
From Bhutan to Yorkshire: The story of the Harewood Stupa
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
By Simon Napier-Bell
A one-volume insider history of the whole damn music business
Dead Babies and Seaside Towns
By Alice Jolly
A compelling memoir of stillbirth, surrogacy and seaside towns
Children of Las Vegas
By Timothy O'Grady and Steve Pyke
10 true stories about growing up in the world's playground
Pop Stars in My Pantry
By Paul Simper
A memoir of pop folk and clubbing in the 1980s (Formerly known as Just Got Lucky: My Life in Pop)