What will you be reading this summer? We asked 6 avid readers
- Written by Jo Case, Deputy editor, Books & Ideas, The Conversation

Summer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read.
It might be catching up on a classic that felt too heavy for the end of a work day. It might be a big biography, or a sports or music book. Or even just spending quality time with your to-read pile, whatever is on it – with no distractions, and a cool drink nearby.
We asked six of our writers to share their reading plans this summer.
Renegade artists’ lives
When summer hits, I’m often in need of a make-believe detox. After spending most of the year caught in an advice loop on other people’s fictional ideas (occupational hazard), I’ll reach for non-fiction. The wayward or renegade lives of other artists have always intrigued me. It’s a kind of boho box of chocolates, feeling so pleasurably distant from a routine or ordinary life.
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