Holiday reading - New authors to try

Wednesday 2nd July 2008

Our Books Editor, Fanny Blake, chooses her top 20 book titles for you to enjoy reading this summer

Attachment by Isabel Fonseca (Chatto & Windus, £15.99)
On holiday with her husband of 20 years, a married journalist opens an erotic email intended for her husband. An intelligent, provocative novel about adultery, ageing and modern marriage.

A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans (Vintage, £7.99)
Ten-year-old George's father died a harrowing and unexpected death. Are George's visions caused by grief or is he possessed by a more malevolent force? Sinister, edgy and with a hold that doesn't let up.

Night Music by Jojo Moyes (Hodder & Stoughton, £11.99)
An unforeseen inheritance of the Spanish House gives recently widowed Isabel and her children the chance of a new life. But their neighbours go to great lengths to get them out of there. Warm, engaging and acutely observed.

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson (Viking, £12.99)
To invite the woman he secretly loves to the Hunt Ball, modest Mr Malik must first win a wager with his childhood rival. An enchanting comedy of birdwatching, love and African life. Shame about the title.

• New authors to try
• Popular choices
• Gripping thrillers
• Romances
• Historical dramas
• Non-fiction

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