The best novels to read on the beach (or anywhere else) this summer
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- 24 May 2022
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Still, there are some books which are so sparkling, moving, funny and warm that they simply demand to be consumed.
If you do so by a pool, or on a beach, then even better (and lucky you!).
These are our picks for the best summer reads, from a sci-fi infused romantic debut by Holly Williams, to a blood-spattered go at fiction from everyone’s favourite media clergyman, the Reverend Richard Coles.
What Time Is Love? by Holly Williams (Orion)
Sliding Doors meets David Nicholls’ One Day – well, sort of – in this enticing debut.
Violet and Albert meet each other for the first time every 20 years, yet even though in each instance they are 20 years old, each time Britain itself is a very different place.
A fabulous love story and insightful social history in one.
The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray (Hutchinson)
A philanthropic millionaire invites some of the world’s most brilliant people to help build a utopia on a remote island.
But when his fiancée Cara, who has been there for six months, breaks off their engagement to stay there permanently, Ben is shocked at what he discovers when he attempts to get her back in this high-concept dystopian thriller from the author of the best-selling The Last Day.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Michael Joseph)
A recipe for a traditional Caribbean cake lies at the heart of this sparkling debut, which examines migration, estrangement and the stories we tell about ourselves as an estranged brother and sister embark on a continent-spanning quest to fulfil their mother’s dying wish.
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (Michael Joseph)
A woman wakes on her 40th birthday to discover she’s been returned to her 16-year-old self and her father Leonard, who is very ill, is suddenly much younger and full of health.
An excellent time-travelling novel about adolescence and second chances from the always brilliant Emma Straub. Read More...
