Book recommendations By Katya Church of Book Stop, Tavistock

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Tracking the experiences of 12 characters, spread over time and place but all linked together in some way, Evaristo defiantly unpacks and dissolves the idea of the 'single story’ so often placed onto black people, women, those living on the poverty line and members of the LGBTQ+ community, amongst many others. Her characters are so startlingly real and complex that they each stand before the reader, refusing to become subsumed into any stereotype we might consciously or unconsciously hold. Evaristo masterfully covers topics of abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia and more, leaving the reader feeling both educated and frustrated by the way society has been constructed. Beautiful, powerful and endlessly insightful, Girl, Woman, Other is a fast-paced exploration of multiple stories, and is testament to how no person, culture or place can ever be reduced to a generalised narrative.

Published by Penguin; £8.99

The Garden House by Marcia Willett

Wonderful new novel set in and around Tavistock, by local favourite author.

Transworld: £16.99 

Blue Moon by Lee Child

Latest in ever-popular Jack Reacher series.

Bantam: £8.99

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Moving fictional account of the impact of the death of Shakespeare's son on him and his family.

Tinder Press: £20.00 

South Devon Cattle in the Verdant Pastures Vols I and II by Colin Pearse

Wonderful new book on local farming.

£60.00

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Michelle Collins

Brand new Hunger Games novel.

Scholastic: £18.99