Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas

Lottie has had her turn in the spotlight, so this Christmas the rest of the Queens of Eight Green get theirs. Katie Kirby's new collection of short stories follows Lottie's friends through the festive season: what Amber eats on Christmas Day, whether Molly unwraps the present she has been hoping for, what goes wrong for Poppy on New Year's Eve, and how Jess comes to her family's rescue.

It sits alongside The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks, which spent the holidays with the Brooks family, and has the same warm, giggly honesty about friendship and growing up that has made the series a bestseller. Hand it to a Lottie devotee of nine or ten upwards, along with a whole chocolate orange, and expect to hear the funniest bits read aloud.