The Cicada House
by Ella Ward

When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds.

She's about to tell her husband Paul that they're leaving London to Eat Pray Love their way around the world, only ... before she can, he tells her that he's leaving her.

After a drunken night trying to console herself, Caitlin books tickets to Australia - anything to get as far away as possible.

What does the world feel like when it's ending for you, and no-one else? What does life feel like when you are running away from it?

A very human tale of sex and loss and seawater and the primal joy of coming home. This is The Cicada House.

The Crash
by Frieda McFadden

Tegan is single and eight months pregnant, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake.

Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offer her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she realizes she is in grave danger.

This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself and her unborn child.

Source Code
by Bill Gates

Source Code describes Bill Gates' life from his childhood in Seattle to dropping out of Harvard aged 20 in 1975.

Shortly afterwards, he wrote the programme which became the foundation of Microsoft and eventually the entire software industry.

Gates writes about the centrality of family to his life - his encouraging grandmother and ambitious parents, about struggles to fit in, his rebelliousness, and the impact of the death of his closest friend.

We see his extraordinary mind developing as a teenager, his excitement about the rapidly emerging technology of computing, and the earliest signs of his phenomenal business acumen.

The Last Illusion of Paige White by Vanessa McCausland

Paige White's life is documented for her thousands of followers: lakeside picnics, breakfasts with her daughter, sunny afternoons in the family van and picnics with her husband.

After she posts an ominous, brooding image, her body is discovered in a lake.
Everyone immediately wonders – suicide or foul play?

Paige finds herself suspended in a strange, idyllic place that resembles her most 'liked' Instagram post, forced to watch as life continues without her.

When Paige's death makes national news, Jane Masters, a journalist who was close to Paige in childhood, reluctantly travels home to cover her friend's death, Jane will confront the dark undercurrents of the town she left behind.

We All Live Here
by Jojo Moyes

Welcome to the Kennedy household.

There's Lila, who wrote a book about keeping your marriage alive. Now divorced, she watches her ex play happy families with another woman.

There's Bill - her stepdad - who moved in after Lila's mum died. 

Celie, Lila's eldest, hates school so much she's stopped going.

Violet is nine and sings age-inappropriate rap songs and laughs at fart jokes.

Gene, Lila's father, walked out on Lila and her mum years ago. Gene's presence changes things in unexpected ways.

Soon the girls discover a kindred spirit in a man always chasing life's joys.

The Third Gilmore Girl
by Kelly Bishop

Kelly Bishop, famous for playing the iconic Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, finally tells her story.

Kelly's career has been defined by achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn A Chorus Line on Broadway to her performance in Dirty Dancing, but it is her role as matriarch Emily in Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy.

From marrying young to a compulsive gambler, to the losses and achievements she experienced—marching for women's rights and losing her second husband to cancer—Bishop offers a genuine celebration of her life.

The Third Gilmore Girl is a warm, powerful memoir.

On the Grid:
The Inside Track on Formula 1
by Luke Smith

Luke Smith has spent over ten years reporting on Formula 1 from all over the world.

Luke takes us behind the scenes of Formula 1, telling its story through the eyes of the people who create it - not just the drivers and larger-than-life team principals, but also the pit crew, the fans and more.

There's plenty of thrilling drama, cutting-edge technology and glamour, but Smith also shows us the critical mid-race decisions, how that 50-pence screw in the wrong place could cause a £15m car to break down, how F1 has influenced not just the cars we drive but our fridges, life-saving medical equipment and even croissants.

Revolution from Within:
A Book of Self-Esteem
by Gloria Steinem

For decades, Gloria Steinem has led a social revolution against injustice.

In Revolution from Within , she sets out to restore the authority and self-confidence that such injustice has undermined.

Steinem uses stories from her own life and others to illustrate the connections between the personal and the political, offering lessons on how to bring down barriers to equality.

"This book has stayed in print longer than anything I've ever written. I think this is because the idea of self-esteem is so basic.
Valuing the unique self within each of us is the source of democracy and rebelling against injustice."- Gloria Steinem.