TALKING POLITICS

Talking Politics Guide to ... Summer Reading

We ask regular TP contributors and guests to tell us about the books they've most enjoyed recently and the ones they are looking forward to reading this summer. History, science fiction, philosophy, memoirs and a little bit of politics too: it's all here. Sarah Churchwell<a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/my-face-for-the-world-to-see?variant=1094930397" target="_blank">My Face for the World to See, Alfred Hayes</a><a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/in-love?variant=1094929869" target="_blank">In Love, Alfred Hayes</a> Chris Bickerton<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Qualities-Vol-Introduction/dp/0679767878" target="_blank">The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil</a> Hans van de Ven<a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-great-flowing-river/9780231188401" target="_blank">The Great Flowing River, Chi Pang-yuan</a> Helen Thompson<a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/tom-holland/dominion/9780465093502/" target="_blank">Dominion, Tom Holland</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hotel-Years-Joseph-Roth/dp/0811224872" target="_blank">The Hotel Years, Joseph Roth</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emigrants-New-Directions-Paperbook/dp/081122614X" target="_blank">The Emigrants, W.G. Sebald</a> Dennis Grube<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311900/the-fifth-risk/9780241373545.html" target="_blank">The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis</a><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305809/middle-england/9780241983683.html" target="_blank">Middle England, Jonathan Coe</a> Catherine Bernard<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374175771" target="_blank">In our Mad and Furious City, Guy Gunaratne</a> David Runciman<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253/253900/from-bacteria-to-bach-and-back/9780141978048.html" target="_blank">From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett </a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1447289234" target="_blank">Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang</a> Clare Chambers<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1113605/invisible-women/9781784741723.html" target="_blank">Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez</a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=normal+people+sally+rooney&amp;oq=normal+people+sally+&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.4943j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Normal People, Sally Rooney</a> Chris Brooke<a href="https://press.princeton.edu/titles/13276.html" target="_blank">On Mercy, Malcolm Bull</a> Paul Mason<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Song-Lives-Weill-Lotte/dp/0312676573" target="_blank">Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, Ethan Mordden</a> Tom Holland<a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674983755" target="_blank">Nefertiti’s Face, Joyce Tyldesley</a>

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