This book isn't for the faint of heart, but it has been revered by TikTokers for its gorgeous prose. "A Little Life" (£10) follows four friends as they move to 1960s New York to start their post-uni lives. As the decades pass, their relationships both deepen and fray, with addiction, jealousy, success, and pride leaving prints on their lives. At the centre of it is Jude, a talented litigator who is also scarred by a horrific childhood and haunted by his trauma.