Show Notes
Your favourite books podcast returns with an episode on Beach Reads. Literally.
In this episode we discuss our favourite books set on the coast - perfect for your holiday reading. We also cover the cultural highlights from the break (The Odyssey! Off Campus! Heartstopper! Yesteryear!) and go absolutely mad responding to a Shelf Help dilemma about nature writing.
The books featured in this week’s STACK:
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
Also mentioned:
Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel
Who Owns England by Guy Shrubsole
Albion by Anna Hope
When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift
Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro
Layover by Emily Henry can be found here: https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/bonus-content
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