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Your summer reading is sorted with the Guardian’s books team sharing their tips for the hottest books right now plus leading authors, including Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith, suggesting their favourite holiday reads. We’re also here to help if you’re yet to decide exactly where you’ll be doing your holiday reading this year, with our pick of the best trips for a late summer break. Whether you head to the Amalfi Coast, Andalucia or Provence there will be plenty of time to relax with a good book in between the sight seeing and soaking up the local culture. Plus, if you've been inspired by one of the book choices, you can save on summer reads with the Guardian Bookshop’s 2 for £15 deal on selected paperbacks. So go ahead and start planning your own epic adventure, or just enjoy reading someone else’s in a beautiful setting…
From the archives: Readers’ favourite literary haunts From the pubs of Dublin to rural Provence, our tipsters sought out the locations behind the books that inspired them.
Carcassonne, Avignon and beautiful Provence - save up to 10%
Tour the spectacular fortress-citadel plus see the Pont du Gard, explore Avignon and cruise the Canal du Midi. Prices shown include the discount.
The 50 hottest books to read now From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction.
Highlights of the Amalfi Coast - save £100pp
Explore Herculaneum and Pompeii, chic Capri and Amalfi, Ravello and Positano plus enjoy warm Italian hospitality at your family run hotel.
Dubrovnik, Montenegro and the Dalmatian Coast - save up to 15%
This popular tour takes in Dubrovnik, Trogir and Split plus the Krka National Park and beautiful Montenegro. Prices shown include the discount
Sicily - save up to £180pp
The perfect showcase of Sicily’s ancient wonders, fabulous food and stylish towns. Save on selected 2025 departures, prices shown include the discount.
