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The Best in Summer Reading
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Whether you're heading to Europe, kicking back at the cottage, or sweating in the city, we're sure you'll find the perfect book to accompany you in our summer reading roundup.
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Jamie Oliver, the infamous naked chef, called The Food of Love “a fantastic novel that makes you feel like you’re there in Italy, in the story, smelling and tasting the food,” and if he’s raving about this debut novel from Anthony Capella, you know it’s gotta be cool. Set in Rome, this modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac tale about an intrepid young American woman and the chef who secretly admires her is all you’ll need for a scrumptious summer adventure. To read more, click here.
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In Crossing California , the California in question is not the state, but California Avenue, the first of two east–west dividing lines in the Jewish neighbourhood of West Rogers Park in Chicago. West is home to doctors and lawyers, leafy parks, and everything else pristine and white-collared. East is where Jill Wasserman, her slutty sister Michelle, and their father Charlie live in a one-bedroom apartment. Set on the cusp of the 1980s, this hilarious and poignant debut novel tells the story of three families and their smart, free-spirited teens. Read more. |
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Lightweight, nearly seven hundred pages, and with a hilarious, smart, and endearing heroine, Marian Keyes's latest novel seems a natural choice for the coveted beach reading pick. If you've read Sushi for Beginners or Angels or any of her other bestsellers, you know we're right. If you haven't, it's high time you and the queen of feel-good fiction got acquainted. To find out more about Marian Keyes, check out her author site or click here for more about The Other Side of the Story. |
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How does Hitler measure up to Stalin? It's a question that even today, years after their terrifying reigns, most of us don't want to ask. Who was more ruthless? What values did they stand for? Who was more loved by their people and why? In his fascinating new book, Richard Overy, the author of Russia's War, The Battle, and Interrogations, places these two ambitious and unscrupulous men side by side. To read more about The Dictators, click here.
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If you're looking for a page-turning thriller to keep you on the edge of your seat this summer, look no further than Charles McCarry's Old Boys. In a recent review, Margaret Canon of The Globe and Mail writes, "This is a novel so smart, so bright that it begs to be read. You'll find it impossible to put down." Which isn't surprising given McCarry's longtime success of writing gritty authentic thrillers, made all the more realistic by his experience as a former undercover CIA agent. Read more.
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Just as Bridget Jones comforted our occasionally humiliated and chronically hungry inner selves, Helen Fielding's newest heroine has an equally irresistible appeal. Her name is Joules—Olivia Joules—as in kinetic energy. She's a fearless, dazzling journalist turned master spy—think James Bond with breasts—who has just discovered Osama bin Laden (at a face cream launch in New York—it's the perfect hideout!) and that's just the tip of the iceberg. To read more about Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, click here.
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