Summer books

Illustrations by Chris Bentham Out 7 August (Atlantic Books, £16.99) This looks like another smash hit from the reliable Shteyngart, renowned author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country Friend

A year without reading

T hey’re still going on about it. The ...

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

Let It Come Down Paul Bowles (Penguin ...

Best books… Steph McGovern The journalist and television ...