Loathe to love you

Ali Hazelwood

Companion piece

Ali Smith

Sparring partners

John Grisham

Blackout

If it bleeds

Stephen King

Paris for one and other stories

Jojo Moyes

The kissing game

Aidan Chambers

The faithful ghost and other tall tales

Close range: Brokeback Mountain and other stories

E. Annie Proulx

The girl who married a lion

Alexander McCall Smith

Runaway

Alice Munro

Mr Jealous

The loneliness of the long distance runner

Alan Sillitoe

Dubliners

James Joyce