'Beach read', 'holiday read', 'summer read'. This year there’s another term in the mix: the ‘stay-cation read’. But whatever you call it, for us summer reading is all about choice. Reading what you want. Not reading what you should.

So, what do YOU feel like reading? Well, we’re here to help you decide. Speed read. Comforting classic. Wish fulfillment romance. Genre-bending Whodunnit. Rollicking historical epic. Forgotten 1930s gem. We’ve got you covered.

Listen in to find your perfect ‘beach read’ – even if you’re nowhere near a beach.

We’re joined by Emily of the Walking Book Group of Hampstead Heath, Elizabeth Morris of the Crib Notes newsletter, friend and journalist Phil Chaffee – who joins us on upcoming episode devoted to Rodham – and Simon of the Tea and Books podcast.

This show is all about recommendations. Here’s a list of everything we cover:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Gosh
Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Business As Usual by Jane Oliver and Ann Stafford
The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Blonde Roots by Bernadine Evaristo

Also mentioned:

You can find out more about Emily’s Walking Book Club, including how to join, here. We’d also encourage you to watch Emily sing the praises of Middlemarch, part of her brilliant lockdown series.

Have a listen to Tea or Books with Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) as they debate ideas around books. Warning: have your notepad at the ready, as this show will leave you with a ton of recommendations.

For more recommendations, from the back list to the hottest new new releases, sign up for Crib Notes, Elizabeth Morris’s monthly newsletter. Follow her on Instagram @cribnotesbookclub and Twitter @elizabethmoya for more tips and reviews.

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