1. The Strays by Emily Bitto
2. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
3. The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
4. The Green Road by Anne Enright
5. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
6. Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
7. Double Act: The Remarkable Lives & Careers of Googie Withers & John McCallum by Brian McFarlane
8. One Life: My Mother’s Story by Kate Grenville
9. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (translated by Simon Pare)
10. Bloodhound: Searching for My Father by Ramona Koval

Our head book buyer Martin Shaw described the month of May as ‘a bountiful one in terms of new releases’, and this is evident by the number of fantastic new releases in our top ten list. This includes Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins (“one of the most remarkable story tellers of our time”), Anne Enright’s The Green Road (“Enright’s portrayal of a big family is perfectly pitched”) and Nina George’s The Little Paris Bookshop.

It’s also worth noting that nine of the ten books on our list are by women.