OK; so you might not be packing a beach bag or getting ready to sit by the pool and sip frappes this summer.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t intend to spend the next few weeks getting lost in some seriously great books. I mean; that’s what summer is all about, no?
If this sounds like your idea of summer too (and remember, it doesn’t matter whether you are reading these books in your back garden, in bed or on a blustery beach in Connemara), then we have rounded up 10 new(ish) and seriously great summer reads:
by Terri White
To the outside world, White looked like she was winning at life, with a hotshot media career in New York. But inside, the poverty and abuse she witnessed as a child was starting to catch up with her.
by Brit Bennett
Two identical black twin sisters run away at 16, and as adults, one returns with a black husband and child and the other pretends to be white in California. The incredible story follows each of their lives, their identities, and how these sisters lives intertwine, even in adulthood.
by Kevin Kwan