Your Summer Reading List Is Here

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Yael van der Wouden bagged the Women’s Prize for Fiction with this exhilarating tale of twisted desire set in post-war rural Netherlands.

Paperback, £9.99

Albion by Anna Hope

A dysfunctional family reunites at their ancestral pile in Sussex for the patriarch’s funeral in this C&TH Book Club pick.

Hardback, £16.99

Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day

Prepare for Chelsea Arts Festival 2025 – where Elizabeth Day will be launching her new novel One Of Us – with this life-affirming meditation on friendship.

Paperback, £10.99

Universality by Natasha Brown

The author of 2021’s must-read novella Assembly is back with a searing tale of truth and power.

Hardback, £14.99

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn

It’s summertime, and a vulnerable man discovers his birth family in this Orwell Prize Finalist.

Hardback, £20

The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke

This touching organ donation tale weaves two intimate family stories together, and clinched the second annual Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

Paperback, £10.99

Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd

It’s time to get acquainted with William Boyd‘s new reluctant spy ahead of the sequel, published just before the author talks at Chelsea Arts Festival.

Paperback, £9.99

Ripeness by Sarah Moss

An unwanted baby cleaves the heart of this breathtaking love story, spanning ’60s Italy to contemporary Ireland.

Hardback, £20

Gunk by Saba Sams

Brighton nightclub worker Jules is left holding the baby in this queer gem by the author of Send Nudes.

Hardback, £16.99

Girl, 1983 by Lin Ullmann

A naive girl flees her mother for a Paris casting couch in this startling and genre-defying autofictional work.

Hardback, £18.99

Audition by Katie Kitamura

This taut, hypnotic and destabilising novel is one of fiction’s strongest new voices at her best.

Hardback, £18.99

Lessons by Ian McEwan

Lessons is McEwan’s most autobiographical work to date; pick it up ahead of the launch of his new cli-fi novel What We Can Know at Chelsea Arts Festival on 18 September.

Paperback, £9.99

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

Family ghosts flavour a New York restaurant when spirits are summoned in Daria Lavelle’s debut novel.

Hardback, £16.99

The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Beloved writer Ocean Vuong spins a tale of love and loneliness in this summer 2025 must-read.

Hardback, £20

Favourite Daughter by Morgan Dick

Sibling rivalry propels Morgan Dick’s darkly funny debut novel.

Hardback, £16.99

Food Person by Adam Roberts

If Bridget Jones worked in a test kitchen, she would be Isabella Pasternak in this food writer’s delicious debut novel.

Hardback, £16.99

Out 3 July

Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood

This timely tragi-comic satire tears through the guts of the war news industry.

Hardback, £16.99

Out 3 July

Six Weeks by the Sea by Paula Byrne

History’s greatest romance writer becomes the subject in this in this new historical fiction backdropped by a fashionable Georgian seaside resort.

Hardback, £16.99

Out 28 August

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

The cult-followed, globally best-selling author of Normal People is back with arguably her best work to date – and it’s now in paperback, too.

Paperback, £9.99

Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna

It’s a sweltering summer in London when a beached whale and four stories collide in Oisin McKenna’s tour de force debut.

Paperback, £9.99

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Persist with the density and you’ll be rewarded with a salaciously rich tale of three generations in a wealthy American family.

Paperback, £9.99

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

This Women’s Prize longlisted novel is grippingly nightmarish, with echoes of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Hardback, £19.99