Summer is officially arrived in London, and with that comes plenty of opportunities to dive into a good book, whether that’s holidays spent lying by a pool or long lunches reading in the park. And if there’s one person we can always turn to for a good reading recc, its Service95 founder (and fellow avid reader) Dua. Here, she shares the 5 books she thinks deserve a spot on your summer reading list: from ones she’s read and loved to the novels on her TBR pile...
1. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante – “I cannot get enough of this book, it’s the ideal summer read as it’s so sun-kissed! If you’ve already read it, there are three more in the series to dive into.”
2. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – “This has been on my TBR pile for a while and I can’t wait to have time to read it this summer.”
3. Fearless & Free by Josephine Baker – “Formed from conversations over 20 years with French journalist Marcel Sauvage, this memoir has just been published in English for the first time.”
4. This House Of Grief by Helen Garner – “It wouldn’t be my book pile without at least one harrowing story. A nonfiction account of a case that follows an accused father driving his car into a dam with his three sons in the back. I couldn’t put it down.”
5. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange – “Tommy sent me a signed copy of this after my Service95 Book Club interview with him about his novel There There. This is the prequel and the sequel, and I can’t wait to dive in.”
