Books

The author of The Sultan's Wife, The Salt Road and The Tenth Gift shares her favourite books, past, present and future, to take on vacation.

Ah, what if? This universal refrain underlies Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins, a spirited novel that begins when its hero, ill-fated Italian hotelier Pasquale Tursi, must decide whether to confess his feelings for a beautiful American actress who unexpectedly turns up in his sleepy seaside village.

Vincent Lam, author of The Headmaster's Wager, took time out from his busy schedule as a writer and emergency room physician to share his top summer reads.

Rosie Sultan sheds new light on the iconic Helen Keller in this novel that imagines the vulnerable inner world of a woman in love.

Charlaine Harris, author of the vampire mystery books that inspired the TV series True Blood, gives us a taste of the books she thinks readers should sink their teeth into this summer.