Tanya Byron's 6 best books

Tanya Byron is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on countless British radio programs. She writes a weekly column for The Times (UK) and a monthly column for Good Housekeeping (UK). She advises on international policy relating to young people, mental health, and education, and is currently working in China to develop services for children and their families. Byron's new book is The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist.

One of her six best books, as shared at the Daily Express:

EMMA by Jane Austen

My desert island book. I love Emma. She's a precociously, stubbornly fantastic woman born in the wrong time. Austen was a social commentator and incredibly astute about human behaviour.

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Emma is on John Mullan's list of ten of the best wines in literature, and among Judith Martin's five favorite novels and Monica Ali's ten favorite books.

--Marshal Zeringue