Books of the year: There’s beauty and there are beasts in real world and fiction

Chloe Barrett selects her books of the year, from a tender, beautiful story about beating the odds to one that exposes what really goes on behind the scenes of the global tech elite

Taylor Jenkins Reid explored the barriers faced by women in the space programme during the eighties in ‘Atmosphere’. Picture: Emma McIntyre/Getty

Looking  back on every book I have read this year and choosing my favourites always feels like a daunting task. 

I imagine it must be similar to choosing a favourite child, except, thankfully, books can’t complain about their ranking.