Text on the Beach - The Observer 50 best holiday reads ever.

charlottestar

This list has some more interesting choices on than most holiday read lists. Quite a few here I've either read or fancy reading at some point.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2...mer-reading-books-recommendations

wonderlake

The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson~ I always see this and an quite intrigued, perhaps I should take the plunge and get it

The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - on Mt. TBR

Atonement - Ian McEwan- read, but would like to have another go

Bonjour Tristesse - Françoise Sagan- on Mt. TBR

Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee~ this was one of the books we read in English in secondary school

Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie~ might have this TBR, love a good murder-mystery

Le Grande Meaulnes - Alain-Fournier~ read this with high hopes, but wasn't too keen

The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende~ ugh, gave up on this one; magical realism really isn't my thing I guess

The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith~ LOVE this book

The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Magus- John Fowles~ OH has The Collector

French Leave - PG Wodehouse~ OH was after some PG Wodehouse for summer reading...

The Grandmothers - Doris Lessing~ I have The Golden Notebook TBR

The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold - Evelyn Waugh~ LOVED Brideshead Revisited