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  • Culture
  • Episode 728
  • 10 Jul 2026
  • 38 min

The best beach reads for 2026

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  • Monocle on Culture
  • Culture
  • Episode 728
  • 38 min

Whether you’re after a laugh, romance or an alternate world, our literary experts round up the summer’s best reads. Robert Bound chats with author Chris Power and ‘The Sunday Times’ deputy editor of culture, Susannah Butter.

Host
  • Robert Bound
Producers
  • Holly Fisher
  • Sophie Monaghan-Coombs

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