The books I read and loved in September and October.

Soooo many goodies.

Hello!

It’s my favourite time of the month, where I share the books I’ve read, loved and would genuinely recommend to the people in my life.

Everybody knows I love my psychological thrillers and over the past two months, I’ve read three that blew my goddamn mind. I also inhaled a couple of debut novels that made me laugh out loud!

Here are the books I read and loved in September and October:

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

None Of This Is True is the kind of pacey psychological thriller you’ll want to read in one sitting.

Alix and Josie meet in the bathroom of a gastropub on the night of their 45th birthdays. When Alix, a well-known podcaster, runs into Josie outside her kids’ school the next week, she thinks it’s merely a coincidence. But Josie has a plan — she wants Alix to make a podcast about her life.

As Alix starts delving into Josie’s story, she begins to wonder whether her ‘birthday twin’ is actually telling her the whole truth.

Soon, Alix starts to regret letting this woman into her life and into her home.

Read it if you liked: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

I can’t tell you how many times I laughed out loud listening to the audiobook version of Monica Heisey’s debut novel, which feels like the love child of Nora Ephron and Broad City.

It follows Maggie, who at 29, is divorcing her husband of 608 days. But she's fine. She's doing really good, actually — and she's determined to embrace her new life as a ‘Surprisingly Young Divorcee’.

Really Good, Actually is a hilarious, heartfelt novel about picking up the pieces when your life doesn't exactly pan out as you planned.

Read it if you liked: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton