Books for Christmas: The best YA Fiction

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies (Penguin, £12.99) is a collection of short stories, poems and memories curated by Scarlett Curtis in partnership with Girl Up - a frank and fascinating insight into what it means to be a woman and a feminist in the modern world. Each piece of writing is unique and special, much like the contributors that brought them to the collection. From Gemma Arterton’s scathing rewrite of Quantum of Solace, in which her character maintains a professional distance from Bond, to Amani Al-Khatahtbeh’s hilarious “17 Truths about Muslim Women” which teaches us that asking to see “what’s under there” is not a successful Tinder conversation starter. There is a smorgasbord of different voices and experiences in this book, all showing young women (and men) that whoever you are and whatever your point of view you can and should be a feminist.