Thursday, 5 July 2018

Summer books for the beach

July is here, the school year is almost over and many of us are looking forward to the beach, either here in the UK or further afield.

Even if you’re simply spending time at home in the garden soaking up the sun what better way to pass the time than by catching up on your reading.

Whether you’re into history, art, sport, literary fiction or a quick ‘pot boiler’, we’ve got something here for you.

Fiction

  • Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
  • Warlight – Michael Ondaatje
  • Circe – Madelaine Miller
  • The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
  • The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock – Imogen Hermes Gowar
  • Ordinary People – Diana Evans
  • The Shepherd’s Hut – Tim Winton
  • The Only Story – Julian Barnes
  • The Lido – Libby Page
  • Fear – Dirk Kurbjuweit
  • Friend Request – Laura Marshall


Non-fiction
  • Arnhem – Anthony Beevor
  • First Man in – Ant Middleton
  • Factfulness – Hans Rosling
  • Spitfire – John Nichol
  • Everything I know About Love – Dolly Alderton
  • Ikigai – Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
  • The Language of Kindness – Christie Watson
  • Lose Weight for Good – Tom Kerridge
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*@k
  • Coming Home – Fern Britton
  • The Summer of Impossible Things – Rowan Coleman
  • Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo



Children and Young Adult 
  • Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
  • The Moxie – Jennifer Mathieu
  • The Start of You and Me – Emery Lord
  • Not if I Save you First – Ally Carter
  • One of us is Lying – Karen McManus
  • The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
  • The Kissing Booth – Beth Reekles
  • Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll
  • The Legend of Podkin One-Ear – Kieran Larwood
  • See you in the Cosmos – Jack Cheng
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon – Kelly Barnhill
  • The Book of Dust – Philip Pullman



There are some great titles in here. There’s nothing wrong with getting your books online, but if you can, and there is one where you live, do consider using your independent bookshop.

Hope you have a great time this summer.