AMy Favourite BooksJo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co-author of the This Book Will series (系列) of lifestyle books
Here she picks her top reads
Matilda Roald DahlI once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words
Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress Miss Trunchbull, are equally fumy and frightening but they're also aspirational
After DarkHaruki Murakami It ’ s about two sisters — Eri a model who either won’ t or can’ t stop sleeping and Mari a young student
In trying to connect to her sister Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse "night people" who are hiding secrets
Gone Girl Gillian FlynnThere was a bit of me th