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HOW DO YOU LIKE ME

NOW? by Holly Bourne, Hodder & Stoughton, £12.99 (ebook £6.99)

AS if navigating your early thirties wasn’t already tough enough, Tori Bailey is doing it as an inspirational memoir writer whose reality is secretly far from perfect.

Despite her mass of fans, she’s deeply unhappy – both in love and with herself. Stuck in a stale relationship while friends marry and progress, Tori can’t help but think her entire persona and claim to fame are little more than a lie.

And she’s under pressure from her publishing house to write another bestseller.

A brutally honest look at entering the decade of life so many fear, How Do You Like Me Now? is not just unflinchingly hilarious, but at many times poignant. Adding a social media and millennial take to the Bridget Jones Diary genre, Holly Bourne’s novel is a raucous and relatable read for anyone who’s ever feared getting left behind.

THE PRESIDENT IS

MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, Century, £20 (ebook £9.99)

A SERIOUSLY hyped collaboration between commercial thriller juggernaut, James Patterson, and former leader of the free world, Bill Clinton – the casting alone is enough to make you want to read it, even if you’re not into stories fraught with potential terrorist cyber-attacks that could trigger nationwide panic and shut down America.

President Jon Duncan, an Iraq war veteran and recent widower – who’s also battling a blood disorder and possible impeachment – is in the throes of trying to outwit the leader of the so-called Sons of Jihad.

Although there’s little wit and rather a lot of US political logistics, it’s most engaging when you’re attempting to decipher which bits are Patterson, and which are all Clinton. It’s like watching reality TV and trying to separate the staged moments from the real ones. Clinton’s stamp of approval helps tether your disbelief when the plot sidles into the far-fetched, while Duncan’s words can be biting and timely, if a little arduous.

BOOKS CHART

1. Heartburn: Nora Ephron (inset) 2. Travellers in the Third Reich: Julia Boyd 3. The President is Missing: President Bill Clinton

4. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Gail Honeyman 5. Can You Hear Me?: Elena Varvello 6. The Break: Marian Keyes 7. First Man In: Ant Middleton 8. This is Going to Hurt: Adam Kay 9. Into the Water: Paula Hawkins

10. Boy Underwater: Adam Baron

CHART COURTESY OF WATERSTONES