Claire Powell

A brilliant summer read... funny and moving, with characters you feel you really know

The Times *BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER*

Poignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable

Intensely funny… profoundly touching… a very superior literary beach read, the sort of book that you need to finish urgently but that lives on in your head for years

Captures the reality of various relationships on the rocks with startling accuracy and emotional intimacy. I laughed, I cried, I couldn’t pull my eyes away

A really great book... the perfect holiday read

Perfectly observed characters in the pressure cooker of an all-inclusive holiday... I loved it

Powell excels at writing about the thousands of paper cuts that kill a relationship and does it with humour and honesty

A brilliantly relatable novel... superb

I loved Claire Powell's poignant and funny novel about a luxury family holiday that is far from idyllic

Beneath the sunshine and glamour old resentments and family tensions simmer... A perfect poolside read

What Claire Powell does so beautifully is to write about the messy humanity of being a person just trying to exist in the world

I couldn’t stop reading... Claire Powell is a real talent

JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things

A superior beach read with a propulsive plot; but Powell is also doing something quietly political by placing Jo and Dave centre stage and showing us the complexity and richness of these so-called ordinary lives

I was having such fun reading that its emotional undertow caught me off guard. I had tears in my eyes at the end

REBECCA WAIT, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way

Elegant, sensitive and sympathetic

JESSICA STANLEY, author of Consider Yourself Kissed

Quietly devastating. Not a word out of place

SARAH VAUGHAN, author of Anatomy of a Scandal

An exquisitely observed, propulsively plotted story of a family in free fall

A deliciously messy tale of marriage, money, and miscommunication

As funny and sad as a dropped ice cream

ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY, author of A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering

A beautifully nuanced and completely gripping exploration of love, family and marriage by an exceptionally gifted writer

Brilliantly observed and beautifully written. It takes real genius to turn a believably awful family holiday into a painful, funny and touching examination of a marriage… I loved it

A painfully funny, honest and compassionate novel written with superb precision and psychological acuity

Brilliant… expertly drawn family drama, loveable flawed characters and a very sweet dog… a perfect holiday read

CLAIRE LYNCH, author of A Family Matter 

Hugely enjoyable... had me snorting with laughter on almost every page. Claire writes with such deft humour and insight into marriage and family

HANNAH BECKERMAN, author of The Forgetting

The setting is so vivid, the dialogue so zingy and these deliciously flawed, but totally believable, characters are so plausible, I absolutely devoured it

JOSIE LLOYD, author of You & Me & You & Me & You & Me

Irresistible, wry and absorbing, All In is both deeply fun and wildly compelling... A heartstopper of a novel

Partners, parents, siblings, in-laws… Claire writes about family dynamics so believably. I looked forward to going to bed every night so I could read it and felt genuinely disappointed to get to the end

A poignant exploration of a marriage on the edge, All In made me laugh and brought me to tears in equal measure. Powell's ever-perceptive eye on relationships, family, and love makes this a summer read with heart. I couldn't stop reading

A highly amusing, meticulously written comedy about a marriage in crisis and a hideous family holiday abroad

A big-hearted and hilarious novel about people doing their best, badly. There’s no-one better than Claire Powell at finding the true love stories in our daily lives

No one writes relationships and British families quite like Claire Powell does. All In is a heartwarming, funny and beautifully observed novel that astutely captures the peculiarities of the British summer holiday, and of Brits abroad. It's the must-have book for summer 2026! I loved it

LAURA PRICE, author of Single Bald Female

Powell offers another expertly wry examination of the intricate bonds that hold families together, and the painful efforts to create new ones

A different take on a familiar theme and Powell delivers it all with a humour and wit that makes it a thoroughly enjoyable read… [and] enough drama to keep you hooked

A brilliantly relatable novel, capturing a marriage in crisis with incredible insight

It's giving big White Lotus vibes and we can't wait to read while at an all-inclusive...

A blisteringly astute, endlessly entertaining account of marriage and family

All In is a compulsively entertaining and bittersweet novel

Wry, emotionally astute and packed with brilliantly observed characters... balances laugh-out-loud moments with genuine poignancy. Fans of The White Lotus will race through it

‘Intensely funny… profoundly touching’ INDIA KNIGHT, SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'I laughed, I cried, I couldn't pull my eyes away' VOGUE BEST BEACH READS 2026 
 
'Captures all the awkwardness of family dynamics and marriage with such compassion and authenticity' JENNIE GODFREY 
 
* A BEST SUMMER READ in The Times, Cosmopolitan, Daily Mail * A Good Housekeeping MOST ANTICIPATED READ 2026 * 
 
A marriage on the rocks. A family in disarray. A weekend in the sun at a luxury, all-inclusive hotel. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Jo and Dave haven't had a holiday in years. They've had other things on their plate: failed IVF, the death of Dave's mother, doing up the bathroom. 
 
So when Dave’s flashy brother Teddy offers to fly in from Dubai and take them – along with his gorgeous young girlfriend and their curmudgeonly father – to a beachfront resort in the Med, the couple can hardly refuse. 
 
But while romance might be on the cards for some, Jo and Dave soon find that tensions don't disappear in paradise. In fact, they might just get worse... 
 
Set over the course of one scorching weekend, All In is a compulsively entertaining and bittersweet novel that asks: when life gets choppy, how does love stay afloat? 
 
'One for fans of The Wedding People and White Lotus' BOOKSELLER 1O TITLES NOT TO MISS 
 
READERS ARE LOVING THIS YEAR'S FUNNIEST, MOST PERCEPTIVE SUMMER READ 
'Tender, hilarious and wonderfully perceptive, this will be the summer read of the season' 
'Oh I loved this book so much! The writing is so SO good - beautiful and poignant and funny - just brilliant. And the story is so relatable - the stress of travelling, group holidays, suitcases going missing, family dynamics... fabulous!' 
'Smart, immersive and surprisingly moving — a standout contemporary read' 
'An ideal holiday read... Beautifully written and hard to put down' 
'A wonderful emotional snapshot' 
'A brilliant book to take on holiday'

Claire Powell

Praise for All In

A brilliant summer read... funny and moving, with characters you feel you really know

Poignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable

Intensely funny… profoundly touching… a very superior literary beach read, the sort of book that you need to finish urgently but that lives on in your head for years

A brilliant summer read... funny and moving, with characters you feel you really know

Poignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable

Intensely funny… profoundly touching… a very superior literary beach read, the sort of book that you need to finish urgently but that lives on in your head for years

A brilliant summer read... funny and moving, with characters you feel you really know

Poignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable

Intensely funny… profoundly touching… a very superior literary beach read, the sort of book that you need to finish urgently but that lives on in your head for years

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