Summer Reads 2025

Looking for your next read to take on holiday, or the commute, or to read before bed? Then Nat and Phil have got you covered. Here they talk you through 10 new books they are either currently reading, or want to read - that's 5 choices from Nat, and 5 from Phil. There's a range of genres from mystery to memoir, love story to thriller, and hopefully at least one of these will be the next book you want to reach for too. The recommendations are: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Never Flinch by Stephen King The Compound by Aisling Rawle Must You Go by Antonia Fraser The Director by Daniel Kehlmann Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham Swept Away by Beth O'Leary Galway Confidential by Ken Bruen With a special mention to Books Are Magic, a Brooklyn bookstore, whose hat Nat was coincidentally wearing for this recording!