Queen of contemporary fiction Marian Keyes is looking forward to a feelgood read. Her latest novel is My Favourite Mistake.
‘Last summer, Costa Prize winner Francesca Segal released Welcome To Glorious Tuga, a magical, hopeful book that has the feel of an instant classic (Elizabeth Day called it “a modernday Jane Austen meets the Durrells”). But the very best thing about it? It’s the first of a trilogy. The second in the series, Island Calling, is out on 19 June. I’m beside myself with happiness.’
TV presenter turned author Dawn O’Porter is reading a foodie memoir. Her novel Honey Bee is out now.
‘I’ve been excited about Peach Street To Lobster Lane by Felicity Cloake hitting the stores. I was lucky enough to get an early copy and it’s so rich with travel, adventure and great food – a journey through American food. It left me very hungry!'
Irish writer John Boyne has a twisty thriller on his reading list. His latest novel is Air.
‘I’m looking forward to Shari Lapena’s She Didn’t See It Coming. Lapena is one of the best thriller writers at work today, combining compulsive storylines with great characterisation and twists the reader never sees coming. I’m also excited to read Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s novel Watching Over Her, which won the Prix Goncourt, France’s most important literary award, and will be published in English in August.’
Bestselling YA author Holly Bourne is enjoying a short story collection. Her new novel for adults, So Thrilled For You, is out now.
‘I’ve just started Curtis Sittenfeld’s short story collection, Show Don’t Tell, and already know it will be my book of the summer. I’m obsessed with her low-key yet engrossing writing style. She’s so talented at giving the everyday nuances of our lives credence and recognition. So far, I’ve read a brilliant story about a mother being cancelled online, and another imagining what it would be like to babysit for Jeff Bezos.’
Author and podcast host Daisy Buchanan is packing a fable in her suitcase. Her latest book is Read Yourself Happy: How To Use Books To Ease Your Anxiety.
‘I can’t wait to read A New New Me, the latest novel from one of my favourite writers, Helen Oyeyemi. In this fable, seven versions of the main character, Kinga, are all fighting with each other. I think we all feel as though we need to send different versions of ourselves into the world, and this promises to take that idea to inventive new extremes.’
