Lauren Henderson is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Cape Town, and she shares her best books with us this week.

My top 5 favourite books are:

Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

The Harry Potter  series by J.K. Rowling

The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman

The Island by Victoria Hyslop

The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extense

My best chick lit book is anything by Marion Keyes

My best coffee-table book is 1000 Places To See Before You Die

My favourite kids’ book growing up was Velveteen Rabbit

My best self-help book is The Real Meal Revolution. It’s not strictly self-help, but it’s helped me look at my lifestyle and learn some new ideas.

Not strictly a self help book but found Tim Noakes Real food revolution helped me look at my lifestyle and learn some new ideas

The books that I’ll reread again and again are Hotel Babylon an Beach Babylon by Imogen Edward Jones

What I’m reading now? The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver

If I was a writer, I wish I would have written something clever, perhaps Gone Girl, or Sharp Objects, both by Gillian Flynn

My kids’ favourite books are anything by Julia Donaldson

A book that deserves a special mention is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts