I'm always fascinated to know what other people are reading, and like many authors I usually have several books on the go at once. In fact, I get palpitations if I don't!
My tastes vary enormously, sometimes depending on what stage in the writing process I'm at myself... If I'm writing a first draft I try to steer clear of books which are in the same genre as my own, so I'll go for a nice juicy thriller instead. But if I'm editing then pretty much anything goes! The selection here is just a small sample of what I've been reading over recent weeks.
 Never Look Back by Mary Burton |  A Man With One of Those faces by Caimh McDonnell |  The Murder game by Rachel Abbott |
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 One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson |  The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths |  The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall |
 The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz |  Crooked heart by Lissa Evans |  Case histories by Anthony Horowitz |
 Figuring by Maria Popover |  False Value by Ben Aaronovitch |  A Dozen Second Chances by Kate Field |
 The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |  The Levels by Helen Pendry |  Restless by William Boyd |
 Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield |  The Binding by Bridget Collins |  Overstory by Richard Powers |
 Timbuktu by Paul Auster |  Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz |  Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd |
 The Silent Wife by Kerry Fisher |  Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell |  Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet |
 Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott |  Mr Vertigo by Paul Auster |  Mr Godley's Phantom by Mal Peet |
 The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton |  The Man I Fell In Love With by Kate Field |  Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch |
 A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes |  The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |  Letters To a Beekeeper by Alys Fowler and Steve Benbow |
 The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce |  Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |  Rivers Of London by Ben Aaronovitch |
 Stoner by John Williams |  The Wisdom of Trees by Max Adams. |  Forgive Me Not by Samantha Tonge. |
 Consolations by David Whyte. |  Keep You Safe by Rona Halsall. |  The Ballad of Lee Cotton by Christopher Wilson |