The 50 Best Summer Reads

A good book is as essential as sun cream to any relaxing holiday. Sophie Morris discovers what the lit-pack are taking to the beach

Thursday 18 June 2009 00:00 BST
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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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