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
My Face for the World to See, Alfred HayesIn Love, Alfred HayesChris Bickerton
The Man Without Qualities, Robert MusilHans van de Ven
The Great Flowing River, Chi Pang-yuanHelen Thompson
Dominion, Tom HollandThe Hotel Years, Joseph RothThe Emigrants, W.G. SebaldDennis Grube
The Fifth Risk, Michael LewisMiddle England, Jonathan CoeCatherine Bernard
In our Mad and Furious City, Guy GunaratneDavid Runciman
From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted ChiangClare Chambers
Invisible Women, Caroline Criado PerezNormal People, Sally RooneyChris Brooke
On Mercy, Malcolm BullPaul Mason
Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, Ethan MorddenTom Holland
Nefertiti’s Face, Joyce Tyldesley
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Helen's History of Ideas
James Meek on Healthcare: from WHO to NHS
Brexit in the Age of Covid
Burma's Hidden History
Britain Wrestles with its Past
American Fascism: Then and Now
Police State USA
What Just Happened at the New York Times?
Matt Forde
Facts vs Opinions
Dan Snow on Covid History (and Cummings)
Bread, Cement, Cactus
Europe Blows Up
Labour and Brexit: Beyond the Crisis
Ebola, COVID and the WHO
David Miliband on the Crisis
History of Ideas: Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics
History of Ideas: Hobbes on the State
What's Happening in Italy Now?
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