Nelson writes about closeness, with family, with lovers, with art, as careful, essential labour

A mesmerising Peckham love story

An affecting meditation on the migrant experience

Caleb Azumah Nelson's writing is touching, heartfelt, and musically rich

Small Worlds is an emotionally astute novel that cements this 29-year-old south London author as one of the UK's best.

SMALL WORLDS is a miracle of observation, of attention and attunement. Caleb Azumah Nelson writes prose that is unmatched in its musicality and sensitivity. A gorgeous, rhapsodic, wise novel

In his beautiful new novel Nelson summons the sounds of Black Youth, love and discovery to the page. A celebration of the heart

Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water was a slim masterpiece. His second novel, Small Worlds is a similarly lapidary coming-of-age story set over three years in the life of an extraordinary young man.

A gentle reflection on self-discovery

If you haven't had a chance to read Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut, Open Water, about a gorgeous love affair in modern-day London, then please do; it'll keep you occupied until his new release is out on 11 May, which is about fathers and sons, the power of dance and how one man can create a life he loves

A wonderful, dexterous work. Caleb Azumah Nelson explores modes of blackness in ways that are enriching and invigorating

Caleb Azumah Nelson's writing captures nostalgia-that most essential of sentiments-like no other. I was immersed, transported, and at the same time affirmed in the familiar. Gorgeous

Small Worlds grabs you by the heart and holds tightly, revealing a story as beautiful and as lyrical as the words that adorn the pages.

Both intimate and inviting, Azumah Nelson weaves not just worlds but exquisite universes with his words. SMALL WORLDS is a masterful exploration of love, masculinity, coming of age and community, and Azumah Nelson's dextrous, sublime pen brings it into dazzling life.

A book which is alert and enlivening, at once serious and a pleasure to read

Small Worlds is a Vermeer universe of a novel, of warmth, deep feeling, aching and gorgeousness. To read is to be hugged by a rich brown oak, ever stretching out. It is as charged as it is earthed. It is wonderful.

It's a story about finding both one's identity and one's place in the world.

moving, intimate, and sizzling hot

Steeped in nostalgia, grief and heartbreak, yet somehow still hopeful, this is one of the best books I've read all year.

This story about rebuilding small worlds - places in which to feel beautiful and free - is itself a thing of beauty

Explores themes of female friendship, motherhood, ageing, love and disillusionment. Moyes brings her main characters - a unlikely group of women thrown together - to life, each as flawed as they are brilliant, and stronger together

Something to get excited about . . . [The] most compelling and readable of novels, which will make you wonder what it's really like to walk in someone else's shoes

Showcases Moyes' ability to portray emotion and female friendship with themes of love, betrayal, family, and hope. It is action packed and will have readers rooting for Nisha and Sam

Full of fun, unlikely friendships . . . and female empowerment, it's a welcome escape. A funny romp

A love letter to the strength of female friendship and how women can really be there for each other

A stirring tale of sisterhood, survival and being seen

A heartfelt story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances

Praise for Jojo Moyes

Moyes is on dazzling form in this big-hearted story

Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best

Blisteringly good

This truly beautiful story made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it

Entertaining, immersive and moving

Dazzling

Moyes somehow manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love

A genuinely entertaining book, a really cracking story