Described as "1984" meets "The Umbrella Academy" with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in, TJ Klune's "The House in the Cerulean Sea" (£9) sounds like a great read just from that Gail Carriger quote. The novel follows Linus Baker, a case-worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth who is tasked with figuring out if six children are capable of bringing about the end of the world, and the found family trope will completely tug at your heartstrings.