Summer Reading: The Books Worth Packing This Year, with Kate, Laura and Phil
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Kate, Laura, and Phil discuss the best books to read this summer and share their personal holiday reading lists.
Looking for the perfect summer read? Kate is joined by Laura Potter and returning guest Phil Chaffee to compare recent reads before putting this year's biggest summer books to the test. Inspired by reading lists from The New York Times , The Times , Lit Hub and The Booker Prize , they decide which books are beach reads, suitcase books, and which they'd happily leave behind at the airport. Plus, they reveal the books they're packing for their own holidays. Books discussed Recently read The Golden Mean — Annabel Lyon Plato and the Tyrant — James Romm Glorious Exploits — Ferdia Lennon The Game of Kings — Dorothy Dunnett The House of Niccolò series — Dorothy Dunnett We Are Green and Trembling — Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (trans. Robin Myers) Evaluating the picks from the summer reading lists Hot Milk — Deborah Levy The Eighth Life — Nino Haratischwili A Month in the Country — J. L. Carr Whistler — Ann Patchett The Things We Never Say — Elizabeth Strout Land — Maggie O'Farrell Instructions for a Heatwave — Maggie O'Farrell John of John — Douglas Stuart I Want You to Be Happy — Jem Calder The Director — Daniel Kehlmann Villa Coco — Andrew Sean Greer Our…
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