In Be My Guest (Canongate, £12.99; Tablet price £11.69), Priya Basil explores the importance of hospitality and what it means to welcome strangers today. Basil has an Indian heritage, grew up in Kenya and Britain, and currently lives in Berlin, so is perfectly placed to reflect on food and family, identity and community. She touches on the work of Hannah Arendt, Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida and Immanuel Kant, and poignantly compares her relatively privileged life with that of many refugees who are unable to travel freely and enjoy few basic rights.