The living

Anjali Joseph

The eight mountains

Paolo Cognetti

To the back of beyond

Peter Stamm

Orphans of the carnival

Carol Birch

When she was bad

Tammy Cohen

The labyrinth of the spirits

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Shylock is my name

Howard Jacobson

You will know me

Megan Abbott

Nobody is ever missing

Catherine Lacey

Lullaby

Leïla Slimani

Homeland

Fernando Aramburu

The end of loneliness

Benedict Wells

The sudden appearance of hope

Claire North

All is not forgotten

Wendy Walker

Different class

Joanne Harris

My name is Lucy Barton

Elizabeth Strout

Hot milk

Deborah Levy

I found you

Lisa Jewell

The muse

Jessie Burton

The girls

Emma Cline

Mothering Sunday

Graham Swift

Convenience store woman

Sayaka Murata

The nix

Nathan Hill

Find her

Lisa Gardner

Saturday requiem

Nicci French

Man on Fire

Stephen Kelman

The Household Spirit

Tod Wodicka

Love me back

Merritt Tierce

Larchfield

Polly Clark

The only ones

Carola Dibbell