This month’s BEST BOOKS

LITERARY EDITOR Sarra Manning PICKS YOUR NEW FAVOURITE READS…

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

(Simon & Schuster, £14.99, out 4th August)

The queen of the closed-room thriller is back with a deliciously addictive whodunnit. Ten years ago, beautiful April’s body is found by Hannah in their college rooms. It’s clear that porter John Neville is the murderer. But after he dies in prison, new evidence comes to light and Hannah starts to suspect that the real culprit is closer to home.

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

(Bloomsbury, £16.99, out 4th August)

In a city like New York, Lola expects to bump into ex-boyfriends occasionally, but when she keeps running into her past loves, it leads her to a cult started by her ex-boss and her best friend, and populated by her exes. Yes, really! Will emotionally avoidant Lola be able to learn from her past relationship mistakes in order to forge a happy future? A whip-smart, darkly amusing novel about the state of modern love, as insightful as it is incisive.

Diary Of A Void by Emi Yagi

(Harvill Secker, £12.99, out 11th August)

A subversive, surreal read that will strike a chord with many women. Ms Shibata, the only woman at her workplace, is expected to fetch and carry for her male colleagues, until she becomes pregnant. Now Ms Shibata can’t serve coffee (the smell nauseates her) or work overtime, but there’s one small problem, Ms Shibata isn’t actually pregnant. Still, she’s determined to carry on with her hoax until she’s not quite sure what’s fact and what’s fiction.

Love And Other Human Errors by Bethany Clift

(Hodder & Stoughton, £16.99, out 4th August) Indiana Dylan is the last person you’d expect to create an algorithm to match perfect soulmates. However, in order to secure funding, she has to road test her own invention and soon she’s having feelings, making friends and maybe even falling in love. Even the most hardened cynic won’t resist this funny and touching love story.

So Happy For You by Celia Laskey

(HQ, £14.99, out 4th August) In a slightly dystopian version of America (but not that dystopian), where getting married is the ultimate attainment, Robin is happy with her girlfriend Aimee, but is emphatically anti-wedding. So when her best friend Ellie gets engaged, Robin is a reluctant maid of honour, especially as Ellie will stop at nothing to guarantee a successful marriage. But when Ellie’s wedding plans become increasingly sinister, is Robin a bridesmaid or victim? A glorious mash-up of Bridesmaids and Get Out!