A story all about wanting and dreaming of a life you haven’t got yet, Green Dot follows twenty-something Hera as she attempts to figure out who she is and what she wants via a workplace romance with Arthur – something that quickly takes over her life.

One thing about this novel? Don’t read it when you’re hungry. Exploring the world of food, greed and a curated life, this story follows the protagonist, Piglet, who is about to get married to her partner, Kit, in what appears at first to be a picture-perfect relationship. However, a couple of weeks before their wedding day, Kit reveals an awful truth to Piglet, which has the potential to destroy their entire lives.

An exploration of good and evil, Vanessa Chan’s debut focuses on Cecily across two different time periods. In 1930s British Malaya, Cecily is seduced by Japanese general, Fujiwara, and becomes embedded in his world as a spy and plays a part in ushering in a brutal Japanese dictatorship. Fast forward to 1945 in Japanese-occupied Malaya and Cecily and her family are barely surviving – but can she face up to her own past to save her family in the present?

With each chapter focusing on a different man that she’s loved or liked, As Young As This is an interesting and relatable look at our expectations versus reality. The story charts the journey of Margot as she looks back over all the men she’s dated and how they’ve shaped her in different ways, asking the question: how did Margot find herself here, single at 34, and about to make the biggest decision of her life?

A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches, bruises and a significant gap in her memory. But as the truth begins to come back to her, she becomes increasingly angry until she meets Helene, who winds up knowing the man from the party. The two embark upon a relationship where Helene reveals she too has had a similar experience with the man from the party, but the difference is her anger is fuelling a plan for revenge.

On a wild and remote island, artist Nell finds herself working with the mysterious commune of women, the Inions, on a piece of art to celebrate their history. But in its creation, Nell will uncover things about the community and about herself that will challenge everything she thought she knew.

A futuristic novel of sorts, The Ministry Of Time follows a disgruntled civil servant who’s offered a mysterious new job gathering expats from across history to test out time travel. Her role is to work as the ‘bridge’, living with and monitoring an expat known as 1847 or Commander Graham Gore. However, as the two develop a real friendship, Gore and the bridge have to confront their past choices as well as their futures in the project.

An apt story about renting and the housing crisis, The Lodgers is about a woman who returns to her hometown to look after her mother. Living in a sublet, she’s always on edge and anticipating a visit from the landlord. However, she also spends a lot of time thinking about the rented room she left behind and the imaginings of the new lodger in her previous home…

What if your attic created an endless supply of husbands for you? Well, that’s exactly the case for Lauren. One evening, she finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband, with all the evidence pointing to him being right. But Lauren slowly realises that her house is producing husbands for different purposes and occasions. But when you can change husbands so easily, how do you know whether the one you have now is the wrong one or the best one?

A story of a broken family and different perspectives, The House Of Broken Bricks follows the Hembry family through the seasons of a year, during which the breakdown in their domestic life and relationships seem beyond repair. It’s a tale of love, grief and the possibility of hope in the small cracks of life.