My reading tastes vary year to year, depending on where I am and what I'm doing in any particular moment. It means some of my favourite books seem slightly idiosyncratic, but they just makes sense in my weird, little brain! I like a bit of everything really, but I'm mainly drawn to fully fleshed out characters and locations, and a plot hook that grabs me by the scruff. In my list below you'll find (among other things) hippies, Neapolitans, shapeshifters, and Palestinian freedom fighters. These are books that I have avidly recommended to friends and readers of all kinds, so I hope you'll find something that piques your literary interest.