Perhaps the only thing better than a great book recommendation is a great book recommendation to take with you on holiday. A summer read just hits different, as the kids say. Something that would typically be an annoyance like, say, your pages getting stuck together isn’t so annoying when the cause isn’t the leftovers of a sad desk lunch but sea salt or the juice of a ripe nectarine.
And while there is a certain type of book that comes to mind when you hear “summer read”, really it’s a term as loose and free-floating as a kaftan in the breeze. From sexy romantasy to hard-hitting polemics and witty travelogues, anything goes.