This endearing tale of a German-Jew immigrant to England resolved to become a Very English Gentleman (bless!) is the perfect holiday read. His determination finds its ultimate expression in trying to build his own golf course (the height of Englishness is indeed to belong to a golf club, and none of the already established courses will accept his application). A light and charming tale, it is also the perfect gift, pleasing and amusing and completely inoffensive - of course it also helps that it comes in a gorgeous hardback!

Although Mr Rosenblum's List does not quite reach the adorable, enchanting heights of Mary Ann Shaffer's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, it is perfect for those who are hankering after a similar feel-good read and is perfectly delightful in its own right. There is just enough drama in Jack's relationship with his wife Sadie and Sadie's own melancholy as she dwells on her lost family's sad fate to keep you from drowning in a sea of sugary fluff. Definitely recommended.