Sally Rooney, confessions of guilt, and fist fights - two of our books editors take you through their four golden rules for what to read on your holidays this summer.
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Guests:
- Robbie Millen, Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.
- Laura Hackett, Deputy Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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- The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante
- The Flashman Papers - George MacDonald Fraser
- Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
- The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
- Wellness - Nathan Hill
- Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
- The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
- Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
- On Beauty - Zadie Smith
- Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Close to Home - Michael Magee
- Absolutely and Forever - Rose Tremain
- Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh
- The Mortdecai Trilogy - Kyril Bonfiglioli
- All Our Yesterdays - Natalia Ginzburg
- The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden
- James - Percival Everett
- Long Island - Colm Toibin
- Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst
- Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
- The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami
Read our critics 100 best summer reads for 2024
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