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Observer summer reading special

Your guide to the best books for summer 2019

  • essay

    Summer reading: dive into the perfect book

    As publishers vie to persuade us to pack their titles for the holidays, we chart the evolution of the ’beach read’
  • Illustration by Dominic McKenzie.

    Best book to read on the Riviera… or a damp campsite in Scotland?

    Whatever your holiday plans, our Book Clinic experts have just the titles to make your summer sparkle
  • David Bloomfield and Julie Danskin outside their shop, Golden Hare Books, in Edinburgh

    Summer reading: booksellers recommend…

    Staff at four award-winning independent bookshops tell us what they’ll be packing for their holidays
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