Some people, the author included, love shopping so much that even the weekly trawl round Waitrose is a treat. In this essential guide/memoir, India Knight dissects the singular pleasures afforded by everyone's favourite pastime: from dragging your mother around TopShop aged 14 to feeling your entire life would somehow be perfect if only you bought that battered leather sofa.

Part series of essays, part lists of essential information, The Shops is an essential guide/memoir for anyone who's ever dragged their mother around TopShop or taken pleasure from the weekly trawl round Waitrose.