25/07/2026
The sun is shining in Edinburgh! It is the perfect weather to sit outside with a book. So, we asked our Booksellers what they wanted to read this summer and they said:
Freddie: The Silver Book by Olivia Laing, Zofia Nowak's Book of Superior Detecting by Piotr Cieplak, A Pizza Hut... by Hannah Levene, Villa Coco by Andrew Sean-Greer
Polly: Heart the Lover by Lily King, A British Childhood by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Contrapposto by Dave Eggers
Jonathan: Wisden 2026 Almanac, Eric Cantona's 82 Goals by Valentin Deudon, The Summer Book by Tova Jansson, Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis
Alex: Fancy Work by Alice Hattrick, Autobiography of Cotton by Cristina Rivera Garza, We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown, Practice Makes Perfect by Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Transcription by Ben Lerner
Kira: Cathedrals by Claudia Piñeiro, The Family by Sara Mesa, The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson
Abbie: S*x and Rage by Eve Babitz, Family Friends by Chloe Ashby, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
Hannah: Weimar by Katja Hoyer, Villa Coco by Andrew Sean-Greer, Self-Help From the Middle Ages by Peter Jones, The Story of Birds by Steve Brusatte
All of these (and more) are available in store so come along and grab a summer read for yourself!
