From The Sunday TimesJune 29, 2008
The 100 best holiday reads
Whether you're spending the summer on a far-flung beach or in your back garden, settle back in your deckchair with a selection from The Sunday Times guide to summer reading.
Check out how many of these you have read:
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (Faber/Profile £6.99) A visit from a mobile library opens the Queen's eyes to other worlds in this delightful comedy
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Faber £16.99) The Booker prize-winner is back on form in this likable tale about a boy's misadventures in an alternative community
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse (Orion £7.99) Lovers of Labyrinth won't be disappointed by this complex tale of a secret that resonates across the centuries
Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins (Bloomsbury £12.99) A chilling tale of delusion, as an expectant mother becomes convinced she is being shadowed by a mysterious man
The Road Home by Rose Tremain (Vintage £7.99) This year's Orange prize winner, a thoughtful tale of an east European immigrant searching for a new life in London
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (J Murray £7.99) South Sea islanders are shown the world through the eyes of Dickens, in the novel that should have won last year's Man Booker prize
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (J Murray £7.99) South Sea islanders are shown the world through the eyes of Dickens, in the novel that should have won last year's Man Booker prize 
Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka (Penguin £7.99) From the author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, a spirited black comedy about the lives of immigrant fruit pickers in Kent
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