It’s been about a year and a half since I realised, to my shame, that I had completely forgotten to read any books that weren’t from America—let alone from my home country, the UK. I’ve put this right since then—even started a podcast about Brit Lit—and I’ve read some stonking great books. This year, those include Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan, The Lido by Libby Page, Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce, and I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan. I asked my fellow Book Rioters the best British books they’ve read this year, and here’s what they said.