08.08.2019 - By David Runciman and Catherine Carr
We ask regular TP contributors and guests to tell us about the books they've most enjoyed recently and the ones they are looking forward to reading this summer. History, science fiction, philosophy, memoirs and a little bit of politics too: it's all here.
Sarah ChurchwellMy Face for the World to See, Alfred HayesIn Love, Alfred Hayes
Chris BickertonThe Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil
Hans van de VenThe Great Flowing River, Chi Pang-yuan
Helen ThompsonDominion, Tom HollandThe Hotel Years, Joseph RothThe Emigrants, W.G. Sebald
Dennis GrubeThe Fifth Risk, Michael LewisMiddle England, Jonathan Coe
Catherine BernardIn our Mad and Furious City, Guy Gunaratne
David RuncimanFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang
Clare ChambersInvisible Women, Caroline Criado PerezNormal People, Sally Rooney
Chris BrookeOn Mercy, Malcolm Bull
Paul MasonLove Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, Ethan Mordden
Tom Holland Nefertiti’s Face, Joyce Tyldesley