Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are. 

Mark Thompson's latest novel 'Age of Consent' is a coming-of-age romance novel that addresses a taboo subject - a teen boy falls in love with his teacher, challenging our assumptions about love and power. 

Daniel Wright writes stories rooted in real people, raw emotions, and the world he grew up in. His debut novel 'Northern Monkeys' is a gritty story of working class lads in Bradford. At the heart of the story is The Ointment - a football firm built on pride and reputation. But behind the match day classes are deeper struggles; addiction, poverty, broken homes, love, revenge, and the fight to stay above water. 

Rupa Mahadevan is an acclaimed author of psychological thrillers. Her debut novel won the Joffe Books prize in 2024. She grew up in India, and has lived in Scotland for over 15 years. Her debut novel 'Nine Dolls' is set in a remote manor house in Scotland. When a group of friends reunite to celebrate the Hindu Dolls festival, they're hit by more than just the storm. 

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Bremond Berry MacDougal and Lisa Endo Cooper are the co-founders of 'Quite Literally Books', a small publisher that reissues books by nineteenth and twentieth century American women authors that are compelling reads today. Their latest three to be published are 'The Little Dinner' by Christine Terhune Herrick, 'Who Would Have Thought It?' by Maria Ampara Ruiz de Burton, and 'Herland' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Louise Treger is the acclimed author of three novels, including 'Madwoman', which was Book of the Month in The Independent and The Sunday Times. In her fiction she focuses on the lives of historical women whose stories have often been overshadowed by the men they were involved with. 'The Paris Muse' ensures that Dora Maar, a talented woman, who gave her life to Picasso, is no longer overlooked. 

Kam Bhui is Professor of Psychiatry at University of Oxford. Being of Punjabi Sikh heritage, his fascination with the opulent lives of his ancestors, the Maharajas, led him to create a time-fantasy fusion of historical India and post-colonial Britain. 'The Maharaja's Bodyguard' is a young adult tale of courage, love and loss

Russell Luyt grew up in South Africa before moving to the UK. He went on to become a professor in the social psychology of gender, with a particular focus on men and masculinity. Now based in Paris, he has traded lecture halls for quiet cafes, channeling his passion for understanding human behaviour into fiction. 'The Midnight Factory' is part 1 of the Shimmerfall trilogy. It's set in the near future where the Bureau for Virtue ensures the world stays hooked and always watching