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Our Top 10 Summer Reading Picks!

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10 books to add to your Summer TBR

In 2026, just add Penguin and you're set for a wonderful world of summer reading. From engrossing thrillers to brilliant literary fiction, find all the best books to sink your teeth into this summer, right here.

Exit Strategy

Jack Reacher, \"the coolest continuing series character\" (Stephen King), returns in 2025 with his 30th adventure - a brand new, pulse-pounding read from global No.1 bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child.

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Flesh

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 - A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp

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Alchemised

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

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The Secret of Secrets

The thrilling and long-awaited new Robert Langdon novel from globally bestselling author Dan Brown.

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The Soldier's Daughter

The heart-stopping new blockbuster by the bestselling author of The Fallen Woman.

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The Impossible Fortune

The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman

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The First Law of the Bush

Set in the 1990s in New Zealand’s King Country, The First Law of the Bush is the scintillating new rural noir from the author of When The Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole.

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë's classic novel with cover artwork from Emerald Fennell’s major new film starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi

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People We Meet On Vacation

'The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER

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