Sally Rooney, confessions of guilt, and fist fights - two of our books editors take you through their four golden rules for what to read on your holidays this summer.

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Guests:

Robbie Millen, Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.
Laura Hackett, Deputy Literary Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Books mentioned:

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The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante
The Flashman Papers - George MacDonald Fraser
Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
Wellness - Nathan Hill
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
On Beauty - Zadie Smith
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Close to Home - Michael Magee
Absolutely and Forever - Rose Tremain
Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh
The Mortdecai Trilogy - Kyril Bonfiglioli
All Our Yesterdays - Natalia Ginzburg
The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden
James - Percival Everett
Long Island - Colm Toibin
Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst
Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

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