Not sure what to read?

Every page below answers one real question — going on holiday, starting a book club, stuck in a slump — with a shortlist chosen to suit it, at prices that make saying yes easy. 20 questions answered so far.

For the occasionSix days of sun, three books, zero regretsThe holiday packing list for people who fear running out of book before they run out of beach.For the occasionThe honeymoon book problem, solvedRomantic enough to suit the mood. Absorbing enough for the flight. Nothing where the marriage fails.For the occasionShakespeare for people who fell asleep in schoolNo footnotes, no shame. The side door into the greatest hits.Deals deskThe one everyone was actually talking aboutHamnet, the film, made the book club circuit combust all over again. The backlist got cheap. Move.For the occasionBooks your book club will fight aboutGuaranteed to split the room. Wine sold separately.Deals deskCrime so cosy it should be illegalMurder, but with tea and a nice village. The backlist is a crime scene of bargains.For the occasionSci-fi for people who say they don't read sci-fiNo spaceship diagrams. No glossary. Just the good stuff, smuggled in.Deals deskUnder £2 and better than most things at full priceThe whole point of the backlist, in one shameless list.For the occasionThe comfort re-read shelfFor the week the news got loud. Books that behave like a warm bath.For the occasionLong train, big bookFour hours of track deserve a thousand pages of plot. Doorstops, priced like paperweights.For the occasionThe commute, in ten-minute chaptersShort books, short chapters, stops that arrive too soon.For the occasionBooks to give your dad (that he'll actually read)War, walking, and how to build a Formula 1 car. Know your audience.Deals deskThe 99p classics cartelA hundred years of quality control, priced like a packet of crisps.For the occasionThe rainy bank holiday survival kitThree days off, horizontal rain. Sofa, blanket, and something with a twist.Deals deskRead it before the series ruins the queueAdaptations send backlists on sale. Get in before the tie-in cover does.For the occasionNon-fiction that reads like a thrillerAll true, unputdownable anyway. The gateway drug out of fiction.For the occasionThe reading slump breakersHaven't finished a book since March? These are the defibrillators.For the occasionBooks set where you're goingThe city break upgrade: arrive already homesick for the place.For the occasionLove stories for people who don't read love storiesNo windswept covers. Feelings arrive anyway. Nobody needs to know.Deals deskCold cases, colder placesScandinavia's finest exports: flat-pack furniture and beautifully miserable murder.