The 50 Best Summer Reads
A good book is as essential as sun cream to any relaxing holiday.
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This week's panel:
Alice O’Keeffe, the books editor of The Bookseller
Mishal Husain, BBC Broadcaster and Chair of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers
Sarah Dunant, the author of Sacred Hearts, the final installment in her bestselling trilogy, out next week, Virago, £14.99
Kate Gunning, the head of buying at Foyles
Toby Bourne, the head of fiction and children’s buying at Waterstone’s
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