There is nothing quite like seeing a book you have been wanting to read out in its new cheaper format, and this month brings with it plenty of great choices. From literary big hitters like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a decade, Dream Count, and Salman Rushdie’s spellbinding story collection The Eleventh Hour, to debut mysteries already being adapted for screen and gripping nonfiction, here is our pick of the best….

All the Way to the River by Liz Gilbert

In the latest memoir from the author of the hit Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert dissects a relationship she had which was shaped by addiction and grief. She writes openly about obsession, loss and the painful work of understanding how two lives became so deeply entwined.

Bloomsbury, £10.99

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