Put your feet up for a while and enjoy a read, and why not choose something Isle of Wight related?

We've picked five books with an Isle of Wight link for you to test out.

Far From Home - Miranda Acland

IW based author Miranda Acland makes her debut with the psychological thriller Far From Home.

Three young friends attempt to solve mysteries from the past in Britain and across Central Asia as their individual stories dovetail and intertwine with one truth that unites them.

The Chale Green author is said to write with a deceptively simple way of looking at complex contemporary issues.

A Drowning Tide - Sarah Lawton 

Sarah Lawton, based on the Island, draws on her experiences of having aphantasia, the inability to form mental images of real or imaginary people, places or things, for her debut crime novel.

Protagonist Merry, a cryptic crossword writer and wild swimming enthusiast, takes an unexpected turn when her neighbour Lucas goes missing - leading her to form an unlikely alliance with the private investigator assigned to look for him. 

Isle of Wight Historic Sites Vol. 1: Buildings and Vol. 2: Churches - John Blythe Smart

Totland-based John Blythe Smart details historic sites on the Island over two volumes, indexed into buildings and churches.

Due to isolation created by the Solent, the Island has a unique historical geography with sites little changed down the centuries.

Smart's books cover lists of Domesday manors, Island family genealogies, governors and town mayors, all brought to life by 600 photographs.

Both books are available in Island bookshops.

This Volcanic Isle - Robert Muir-Wood

Did you know that the iconic Needles are part of the northern foothills of the Pyrenees?

Robert Muir-Wood takes the reader through a tectonic history of Britain, showing how earthquakes, eruptions, plumes, and plate boundaries shaped the landscape of Britain.

Telling the story of geological Britain through personalities such as Charles Darwin, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Benoit Mandelbrot, This Volcanic Isle chronicles through “rock-tinted spectacles”.

The Busy Narrow Sea - Robin Laurance

Robin Laurance’s social history of the English Channel illustrates and documents the rich past of creativity, spirit and courage, as well as the ploys of politicians and the greed of smugglers that have characterised the English Channel.

Find out about General Garibaldi’s visit to the Island, when the Seely family hosted him, the first America’s Cup race in Cowes, the sinking of the Mary Rose and the first IW Festival.