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11 Summertime Books to Read When You're Not Feeling Very Sunny

Feeling the summer bummer malaise? No problem.

Marie Claire

David Nicholls: ‘I’m nervous to admit it but I struggled with Jane Austen’

The One Day author on laughing hysterically at Adrian Mole and coming around to Persuasion

The Guardian - UK

My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud review – Hideous Kinky, the teenage years

A subtle, intriguing sequel revisits two girls as they grow into adults and question the impact of their unconventional upbringing

The Guardian - UK

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Too Much to Jaws @ 50 – the seven best shows to stream this week

Lena Dunham’s new comedy is delightfully unafraid to shred both Brits and Americans, plus a rollicking deep dive into one of the biggest films of all time

The Guardian - UK

Florida retirees may face trial in France over sale of stolen gold from 18th-century shipwreck

The novelist and her husband were detained in 2022 and have since been under house arrest

The Independent UK

Princess Margaret Ended Up Giving Queen Elizabeth Advice After "Ironic" Role "Reversal"

"This is not how anyone could ever have seen things turning out."

Marie Claire

Alan Cumming and Val McDermid recieve honours from Scottish universities

ACTOR Alan Cumming and author Val McDermid have both been honoured by Scottish universities for their contribution to arts and culture ...

The National (Scotland)

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Israel’s actions offend us more than Bob Vylan

Letters: Readers on the controversy over the rap group’s appearance at Glastonbury festival, livestreamed by the BBC

The Guardian - UK

A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan review – an immersive but imperfect coming-of-age mystery

Subject of a fierce bidding war, this charming debut shows Trevelyan has an impressive knack for character, but is let down by a predictable plot

The Guardian - AU

New book details how Obama slammed Biden’s re-election bid: ‘Your campaign is a mess’

Details include how White House staff thought ex-president ‘was a prick’ who disrespected and mistreated Biden

The Guardian - US

Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson audiobook review – indie pop’s ultimate underdog

This warm, funny account of a mercurial talent gone to waste teems with love for its subject

The Guardian - UK

‘Accelerated censorship’: advocates criticize US supreme court ruling on LGBTQ+ books

Opponents say the decision allowing parents to let their kids opt out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes will hurt the US education system

The Guardian - US

The Sandman season 2 contains one of the worst American accents ever committed to the small screen

2/5 Comic adaptation feels like being trapped in a whirlwind of plot and intrigue, which never materialises into something solid enough to get to grips with

The Independent UK

Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists' commitment to abolition

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery

The Independent UK

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Total Film

The Institute star Mary Louise Parker praises Stephen King's craft, but admits she doesn’t watch horror movies: "I cry at Verizon Wireless commercials"

Exclusive: Mary-Louise Parker talks horror, anxiety, and Stephen King

The Guardian - UK

Charles Chadwick obituary

Other lives: British Council officer who had his first novel published at the age of 73, three decades after he had written the manuscript

The Guardian - UK

Maurice Gee obituary

New Zealand author who wrote about his country’s darker side and was best known for his Plumb trilogy of novels

Evening Standard

Battle of the London bookshop as Westminster council seizes tomes in street raid

‘This was a deeply distressing incident,’ says the bookstore’s manager Glenn Smart

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The Guardian - UK

Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age

I’m writing a book and can’t quote a single line from a song. So how can big tech legally feast on all the lyrics ever written? asks Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Independent UK

This Friends actor is set to star in I’m Glad My Mom Died – read the book behind the series

Apple TV is making a 10-episode adaptation of the bestselling memoir

The Guardian - UK

Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell by Michael Haag review – a Mediterranean life

This unfinished biography evokes Corfu and Alexandria – but leaves disturbing questions unanswered

Woman & Home

8 brilliant new must-reads for July 2025, chosen by our books editor

These are the new novels everyone will be talking about this summer

The Guardian - UK

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret review – endlessly inventive short stories

Alien spaceships, parallel worlds… the Israeli writer’s seventh collection is vast in reach, yet grounded in the bewildering absurdity of modern life

The Guardian - UK

Choose comfort, ditch boring and prioritise pleasure – how to find the perfect beach read

It’s easy to dismiss holiday novels as pulpy, but relaxing with a book you enjoy has huge health benefits. Here’s how to read yourself happy this summer

Evening Standard

Camilla laments library closures in visit to Edinburgh community hub

The Queen met authors Sir Ian Rankin and Gillian Flynn at the newly-launched Ratho Library.

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