10 Books To Read This Summer

Kirsty Moody | 31st May 2016

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Stuck on what to read this summer? We have 10 books here which we are sure you will love!

Me Before You by Jojo Mayes
Me Before You is now a major motion picture releasing soon with Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (Hunger Games). This is a book about two people, their lives before they met each other and how the actions in their lives affects how they meet and how much is going to change. A contemporary romance book.

me before you

The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
This book will change the way you look at other people’s lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night, watching the same couple on their deck. Until she sees something shocking. Rachel goes to the police but is she really as unreliable as they say? The Girl On The Train is a psychological thriller that will make you keep on reading.

the girl on the train

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
The Danish Girl is now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne. This is a book loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? The remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, and the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage and her own ambitions and desires.

the danish girl

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
No summer reading list is complete without a Nicholas Sparks book and once again he doesn’t disappoint. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: good job, loyal friends, he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would cramp his style. Until Gabby Holland moves in next door. The Choice ultimately confronts us with the most heart wrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

the choice

Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
This book will grip you from start to end, wanting to know what’s going to happen next.
Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to wonder where Esther is.

dont you cry

The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian is a book that has been on everyone’s must read list since it came out so why not read it this summer whilst you have the time to just sit and read?
A science fiction book about one man becoming one of the first people to walk on mars and how he is sure he’ll be the first to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars’ surface, completely alone, with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive.

the martian

Girl In The Dark by Marion Pauw
This mystery thriller will keep you on your toes just from the blurb! A twisting tale of psychological suspense about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his name. Iris has a demanding boss, a young son with behaviour issues, and a judgmental, aloof mother. One thing that keeps Aaron calm is the larger aquarium in Iris’s mother’s home, Iris has never understood why Agatha would keep a tank filled with exotic tropical fish, until an incident involving one of the fish leads Iris to make a shocking discovery. She has an older brother called Ray. . What she learns surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in a hospital for the criminally insane for brutally murdering his neighbour and her little girl.

girl in the dark

In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson
Steeped in the rich history and romantic landscape of rural France, In Another Life is a story of love that conquers time and the lost loves that haunt us all. This is a book will transport you back to the Languedoc of 1208.

in another life

What was mine by Helen Klein Ross
What Was Mine is a compelling tale of motherhood and loss, of grief and hope, and the life-shattering effects of a single, irrevocable moment, this book will make you feel as if you’re there watching it all unfold, holding your breath to see what happens next. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: she takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It’s a secret she manages to keep for over two decades, until Lucy’s now-grown daughter Mia discovers the truth.

what was mine

Sister Dear by Laura McNeill
All Allie Marshall wants is a fresh start after being convicted of a crime she didn’t commit.  But when dark secrets refuse to stay buried, will her chance at a new life be shattered forever? This story will keep you in suspension with the mysterious truth behind Allies conviction, will she find out the truth?

sister dear