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'I laughed out loud dozens of times': authors choose books to make you fall back in love with reading
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/23/i-laughed-out-loud-dozens-of-times-authors-choose-books-to-make-you-fall-back-in-love-with-reading‘I laughed out loud dozens of times’: authors choose books to make you fall back in love with reading
From a darkly comic new novel to a gripping 1950s memoir – Katherine Rundell, Malala Yousafzai, Matt Haig and others appearing at Hay festival pick titles to tempt you
Sat 23 May 2026 04.00 EDT
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(Just when you thought you’d read it all.)
(Long list. Also nonfiction)
(I choose The dark is rising/Susan Cooper. You?)