I don’t know about you, but I could certainly do with being transported to a fictional world right now. Books have always been my escape but now – when so much is uncertain, and what is certain is scary – I feel like I need them more than ever. Books can boost happiness, help to soothe anxiety and make us forget about the real world – even just for a little while.

Covid-19 has changed the shape of our days, weeks, lives for the foreseeable future and many of us are now spending a lot more time at home than we are used to. But while you are physically trapped inside, allow your mind to wander with these 15 feel-good fiction books as selected by Eason.

Eason’s feel-good fiction favourites include a range of uplifting and comforting tales including OMG, What A Complete Aisling by Irish authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Wonder by RJ Palico, Grown Ups by Irish author Marian Keyes and Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen.

1 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

2 Grown Ups by Marian Keyes

3 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

4 Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

5 The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary

6 Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

7 The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

8 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

9 Wonder by R. J. Palacio

10 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

11 The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

12 The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

13 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

14 One Day in December by Josie Silver

15 The Help by Kathryn Stockett