Books and Beyond: The Great Summer Read 2018

The Great Summer Read He Pānuitanga Raumati is centre stage this week on Books & Beyond, as Karen and Louisa shared what they might be reading for their favourite challenges.

Listen to this week's episode on the PlanetFM website and read on for the books mentioned in the show:

• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
• The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
• Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard
• Nightwork by Jachym Topol
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• Watership down by Richard Adams
• Winter eyes by Harry Ricketts
• Bonsai: best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan and James Norcliffe

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. 

Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm. Listen to recent shows via our podcast.