Hot Holiday Reads

Whether you’re heading overseas for a pool-side break or you’re hogging a park bench to catch some rays on your lunch break, you’re probably looking for this summer’s hottest page-turner. Here are our 5 must-reads for you to choose from. From mystery to romance, suspense to statistics, we’ve got something to reel you in and keep you hooked.

 

 

In this debut novel by Burton we follow Louise Wilson, a 20-something juggling 3 jobs, who takes dark foray into modern, messy society life in Manhattan. Sitting somewhere between Gossip Girl and The Talented Mr Ripley, this tale of intense female friendship and the raucous nightlife of the Big Apple is hard to put down.

 

 

Award winning millennial author Sally Rooney introduces us to Marianne, a rich girl, and Connell, the son of her family’s housecleaner. The story follows the push and pull of their relationship, starting at school, coming together and falling apart again over the course of many years. You’ll only need a few sittings for this one, trust us.

 

 

If rom-coms are your jam, go no further. Annie Cassidy is obsessed too so you’re in good company. Follow her as she watches Sleepless in Seattle on loop and waits for her own leading man to enter, stage-right. As the tale pans out, what Annie gets is a little different to what she expected. 

 

 

For the thriller lovers out there, we’ve got you. In I’ll Never Tell we watch as the MacAllister siblings return to the scene of their sister’s death, 20 years after the trail to her murderer went cold. While they squabble over the prime real estate they’ve inherited, it transpires that they each hold a piece of the puzzle that explains what really happened to Amanda that night.

 

 

Take a deep dive into the glaring data bias that faces women in a world largely built for and designed by men. Did you know that women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car accident? Perez finds out why and uncovers many more of the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact that has on their health and well-being. A shocking read for the non-fiction junkies.