Ones for the bookshelf… fact & fiction

Annie has been dealt a bad hand in life – until she meets Polly. Despite facing terminal cancer, Polly is happy and determined to bring colour back to Annie’s life. The pair launch into a project to bring joy to each day in How to be Happy, by Eva Woods. An uplifting book on loss, love and female friendship.

■ Out now, rrp £7.99 If you delved down the rabbit hole or opened the wardrobe into Narnia, you’ll love Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading. Lucy Mangan looks back over classic books that shaped her, including the Railway Children, Charlotte’s Web and Milly-Molly-Mandy. ■ Out now, rrp £14.99