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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List. There are some absolute crackers coming out in the next couple of months, including from some of my favourite authors, so my list is all about keeping up with ARCs. Most of the books are also on my list for the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge. It’s a list heavy on historical fiction, my favourite genre.
Links from each title will take you to the full book description on Goodreads.
- Throw Away the Key by Jason M. Hough (Crooked Lane Books, 14th July) – A former CIA locksmith turned glorified janitor is haunted by a botched Cold War operation
- Daughters of Naples by Diana Giovinazzo (Crooked Lane Books, 21st July) – Three sisters face danger in WW2 Naples
- The Millionaire Waltz by Anthony Quinn (Abacus, 6th August 2026) – A young woman treads a path between danger and desire in 1920s London
- Where are the Kings by Donal Ryan (Doubleday, 13th August 2026) – A story of family secrets in the aftermath of bereavement
- The Eagle & the Wolf by Gordon Doherty (HarperCollins, 13th August 2026) – First in a new series about Attila the Hun
- The Knife Maker of Venice by David Gilman (Head of Zeus, 13th August 2026) – A young Englishman captured by slavers must survive in seventeenth-century Venice
- Invitation from a Dictator by Rory Clements (Viking 13th August 2026) – On the eve of WW2, a royal guest is lured into Hitler’s deadly web
- Conqueror by Simon Turney (Head of Zeus, 27th August 2026) – Fourth in the series about famed Roman general and statesman, Agricola
- Cold Sunset by William Boyd (Viking, 3rd September) – Third novel starring accidental spy Gabriel Dax, set in Cold War Moscow
- Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson (Doubleday, 10th September 2026) – Foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn joins an oddball team preparing for the launch of the 1951 Festival of Britain
What books are you hoping to read in the next few months?
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