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Richard Coles, 60, writer, former vicar and Radio 4 presenter shares memories of growing up on Ridgway Road in Northampton.

This is the proverbial mixed bag, with excellent writing the common thread. Beauman provides environmental science with a strong, droll literary narrative, while Coles is old school crime, updated and blessed. Heuler mixes fantasy with social commentary, and, last but not least, Lusk offers fantasy

It quickly became the UKs best-selling book. So it is no surprise that Sally Rooneys latest offering has been named the best holiday read ahead of 50 Shades of Grey and the Harry Potter collection.

With the suntan lotion and sunglasses –holiday essentials for millions of us include books to read while we wile away the hours beside the pool or on the beach.

The Telegraph's regular reviewers select the very best books of the year so far, from fiction and crime to history and biographies

The Rev Richard Coles makes his cosy-crime fiction debut in convincing style, while Robin Morgan-Bentley offers a tense spin on the locked-room mystery

New writing from Ali Smith, Marlon James, Elena Ferrante and Jarvis Cocker – a taste of good things to come

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