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7 must-read books this summer

Grab a delicious ice-cold drink and soak up the warm summer rays with your new favourite novel in hand. To get you inspired, we’ve gathered a collection of the top books to add to your reading list this summer.

The Family String

A darkly funny and poignant coming of age story by an extraordinary new voice.

Author : Denise Picton

Publisher : Ultimo Press

Horse

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses like Seabiscuit and Secretariat.

Author : Geraldine Brooks

Publisher : Hachette

A Recipe for Family

Perfect for fans of Meg Mason and Sally Hepworth; a powerful and heart-rending story about how food connects us and assumptions divide us – and how true family can come from where you least expect it.

Author : Tori Haschka

Publisher : Simon & Schuster

The Chosen: who pays the price of a writer’s fame?

A love story and a ghost story – and the story of how some of the greatest love poems ever written in English, the ‘Poems of 1912-13’, came to exist.

Author : Elizabeth Lowry

Publisher : Hachette

Runaways

Two women. Two cultures. And a friendship that freed them both.

Author : Shelley Davidow and Shaimaa Khalil

Publisher : Ultimo Press

My Heart is a Little Wild Thing

Blood is thicker than water, but the heart is a little wild thing that can’t be tamed.

Author : Nigel Featherstone

Publisher : Ultimo Press