If you aren't a fan of Valentine's Day and all things associated with it, here are six books and films that don't involve cherubs, red roses and happily ever after. 

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers her husband is in love with another woman. This book has it all, love, betrayal, loss and most satisfyingly, revenge. 

The Lonely City: Adventures in the art of being alone by Olivia Laing

The Lonely City is not just a map, but a celebration of the state of loneliness. It's a voyage out to a strange and sometimes lovely island, adrift from the larger continent of human experience, but visited by many. 

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Was it murder, a tragic accident or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead, but who did what? Big Little Lies follows a group of doting mums whose lives are at a crossroads.

You by Caroline Kepnes

When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he's instantly smitten but there's more to Joe than Beck realises. A chilling account of unrelenting passion, You is a perversely romantic thriller that's more dangerously clever than you may think. 

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

On their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Soon, everyone is asking the same question - Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

The Lobster (dvd)

In a dystopian future, single people are taken to The Hotel where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days, according to the laws of The City. If they don't, they are transformed into beasts.