Our four rules for your summer reading

Sally Rooney, confessions of guilt, and fist fights - two of our books editors take you through their four golden rules for what to read on your holidays this summer. 

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Guests:

Robbie Millen, Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.Laura Hackett, Deputy Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Books mentioned:

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The Neapolitan Novels - Elena FerranteThe Flashman Papers -  George MacDonald FraserLine of Beauty - Alan HollinghurstThe Ministry of Time - Kaliane BradleyWellness - Nathan HillLife after Life - Kate AtkinsonThe Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret AtwoodLolita - Vladimir NabokovOn Beauty - Zadie SmithAmericanah - Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieClose to Home - Michael MageeAbsolutely and Forever - Rose TremainDecline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh The Mortdecai Trilogy - Kyril BonfiglioliAll Our Yesterdays - Natalia GinzburgThe Safekeep - Yael van der WoudenJames - Percival EverettLong Island - Colm ToibinOur Evenings - Alan HollinghurstIntermezzo - Sally RooneyThe City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

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