What to read this summer by Mark Haddon, Samantha Harvey, Zadie Smith and more
Leading authors including Sarah Waters, William Dalrymple, Bernardine Evaristo and Anne Enright reveal their perfect holiday reading
Tahmima Anam, William Boyd, Jonathan Coe, William Dalrymple, Joe Dunthorne, Anne Enright, Virginia Evans, Bernardine Evaristo, Stephen Grosz, Mark Haddon, Luke Kennard, Marian Keyes, Olivia Laing, Sarah Moss,Gary Shteyngart, Zadie Smith, Nina Stibbe and Sarah Waters
Sat 13 Jun 2026 09.00 BST
Zadie Smith
Margaret Busby’s Part of the Story: Writings from Half a Century is the record of one woman’s lifelong passion for the literature and life of Africa and its diaspora, wherever she finds it. A beautiful collection. The funniest and smartest novel I’ve read in a while is Black Bag by Luke Kennard.
