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 Ferrante
• The Flashman Papers -  George MacDonald Fraser
• Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
• The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
• Wellness - Nathan Hill
• Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
• The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
• Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
• On Beauty - Zadie Smith
• Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Close to Home - Michael Magee
• Absolutely and Forever - Rose Tremain
• Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh 
• The Mortdecai Trilogy - Kyril Bonfiglioli
• All Our Yesterdays - Natalia Ginzburg
• The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden
• James - Percival Everett
• Long Island - Colm Toibin
• Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst
• Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
• The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

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