Literally Beach Reads: Off Campus, The Odyssey & STACK is Back!

Your favourite books podcast returns with an episode on Beach Reads. Literally. In this episode we discuss our favourite books set on the coast - perfect for your holiday reading. We also cover the cultural highlights from the break (The Odyssey! Off Campus! Heartstopper! Yesteryear!) and go absolutely mad responding to a Shelf Help dilemma about nature writing.   The books featured in this week’s STACK: Beach Read by Emily Henry The Summer Boy by Philippe Besson  Sandwich by Catherine Newman  Private Rites by Julia Armfield  The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han  The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson   Also mentioned: Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler  Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield  The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller  The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune  The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel  Who Owns England by Guy Shrubsole  Albion by Anna Hope  When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift  Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro   Layover by Emily Henry can be found here: https://www.emilyhenrybooks.com/bonus-content    STACK with Jake and Ella is the books podcast helping you fall in love - and stay in love - with reading. Each fortnight, we’ll be sharing curated lists on a theme of the books that are worth your time.   Don’t forget to follow us on your podcast player or subscribe on YouTube so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review wherever you’re listening. It’s the best way to support the show so that we can keep making it.   We are @stackpodcast on socials. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stackpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stackpodcast   Please get in touch if you read any of the books from this week’s episode, or have a bookish problem for our Shelf Help section.    STACK with Jake and Ella is an independent podcast production. It is produced by Jake Williams and Ella Horne. Our theme music was created by Thomas Clarke.  We record on location at Aspect Ratio Studio in Sheffield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices