Summer reading SORTED

Sarra LITERARY EDITOR Manning PICKS 10 NEW BOOKS FOR SUMMER THAT WILL TAKE YOU FROM BACK GARDEN TO BEACH

The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat

(Magpie, £16.99, out 1st June) Soon to be a Netflix series, this is a gorgeous novel about a family of time travellers. When their parents don’t return from an adventure, twins Tommy and Eva use their powers to deal with their grief in very different ways.

Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess

(Picador, £16.99, out 8th June)

Fans of Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age will enjoy this nuanced, witty love story taking in race, privilege and what it’s like to love someone (but not always like them).

Zero Days by Ruth Ware

(Simon & Schuster, £16.99, out 23rd July)

A high-octane thriller featuring a married couple who are hacking experts. When Gabe is murdered, Jack is the prime suspect and goes on the run to evade arrest and find her husband’s killer.

Over Sharing by Jane Fallon

(Michael Joseph, £16.99, out 22nd June) A deliciously dark read about Maddy, an influencer whose brand is all about wholesome family life, and Iris, whose marriage she destroyed. Oof!

The Other Side Of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker

(Fourth Estate, £14.99, out 22nd June) Two Victorian mediums, the venerated Mrs Wood and former protégée Emmie Finch, fight for supremacy in the drawing rooms of upper-class society. Fans of Sarah Waters will love this clever debut.

You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith

(Simon & Schuster, £18.99, out now)

Part memoir about the breakdown of poet Maggie Smith’s marriage and part meditation on what it means to be a modern woman, this is as beautiful and lyrical as they come.

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

(Michael Joseph, £16.99, out 8th June) Think Succession by the sea as a group of entitled New Yorkers decamp to their holiday homes on Fire Island so they can spend the summer playing tennis and behaving absolutely atrociously.

Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk

(Harper Collins, £8.99, out 20th July)

In this Hollywoodset summer romcom, Phoebe – an incurable romantic – matchmakes her friend Bel with the handsome Ren, who lives next door – the same Ren who she’s falling for herself.

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’donoghue

(Virago, £16.99, out 22nd June)

This heartache-y read set in Cork during the Celtic Tiger recession follows best friends Rachel and James, who find their relationship changed when Rachel falls for her married university professor.

The Beach Party by Nikki Smith

(Penguin, £8.99, out 6th July) Mallorca, 1989, and a group of friends have one last blow-out. At a wild beach party, tragedy strikes and now, more than 30 years later, someone is about to reveal what really happened that night.