Helen McGinn Books in Order

A guided journal combines weekly wine-tasting prompts with explanations of styles, labels and terminology. By evaluating a new wine each week for a year, readers build a personal record of preferences and greater confidence in choosing bottles.

McGinn offers recipes for alcohol-free cocktails, infusions and cordials, alongside guidance on non-alcoholic wines, beers and spirits. The book provides practical alternatives for readers taking a break from drinking who want variety beyond familiar soft drinks.

McGinn explains how to choose wine confidently for everyday meals, celebrations and gatherings. Her guide covers food pairings, reliable crowd-pleasers and alternatives to habitual purchases, helping readers understand styles and expand their preferences beyond familiar bottles.

McGinn brings cocktail-making into the home with recipes and practical advice on classic drinks, contemporary variations, infusions, syrups and shrubs. She explains how to use existing cupboard ingredients and prepare drinks for guests or an evening in.

Flora and her brother Billy have been inseparable since childhood and remain close as adults. When a single day shatters her familiar life, she must learn how to begin again in a story spanning Britain and Venice.

Julia travels to Rome to reunite with Patrick, her first love, after fifty years. Her daughters Annie and Jess secretly follow to keep her safe, but the journey revives old secrets and opens unexpected possibilities for all four travellers.

Stella believes she has a secure marriage, three children and a successful shared business until her husband Simon vanishes. Supported by friends and family, she begins rebuilding her life while questioning what she understood about their years together.

After calling off her wedding, Martha accepts a solo holiday on the Greek island of Paxos. Meeting single father Harry and his son Milo reveals an alternative to her routines at home and makes departure increasingly difficult.