Non-fiction
Terre des Hommes, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2011)
Fanny Kemble and the lovely land, by Constance Wright (2016)

SF
River of Gods, by Ian McDonald (2004)
The Door into Summer, by Robert A. Heinlein (2004)
Earth is Room Enough, by Isaac Asimov (2007)
Newry Bridge, or Ireland in 1887 (2018)
Tooth and Claw, by Jo Walton (2020)
The Chosen Twelve, by James Breakwell (2023)
Godkiller, by Hannah Kaner (2024)

Doctor Who
Doctor Who – Warriors of the Deep, by Terrance Dicks (2008) [Fifth Doctor, novelisation]
Doctor Who – The Awakening, by Eric Pringle (2008) [Fifth Doctor, novelisation]
Doctor Who – Frontios, by Christopher H. Bidmead (2008) [Fifth Doctor, novelisation]
Doctor Who – Resurrection of the Daleks, by Paul Scoones (2008) [Fifth Doctor, novelisation]
Doctor Who – Planet of Fire, by Peter Grimwade (2008) [Fifth Doctor, novelisation]
Moon Blink, by Sadie Miller (2019) [Lethbridge-Stewart]

The best
My favourite of these is Ian McDonald’s great Indian novel River of Gods, which in these days of AI seems more and more relevant. (Review; get it here.)

Honourable mention
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry explores the challenges of flying in North Africa in Terre des Hommes, whose lyric description of the desert almost makes up for the colonialism. (Review; get it here.)

The one you haven’t heard of
I’m fascinated by the nineteenth-century actor, writer and campaigner Fanny Kemble; Constance Wright’s book looks at her relationships with America, with her American husband; and with abolitionism. (Review; get it here.)

The one to avoid
The Chosen Twelve is an awkward rehash of The Hunger Games. (Review; get it here)