Suzanne Harrington: Perfect reads for your solo holiday book club

Given how plague-dominated our holiday options remain, summer staycationing is once more toute la rage. Cue the pattering of rain on canvas, or the fruitless trawl to book an interesting yet affordable room somewhere — anywhere — that is somehow better than the room you are in now. Good luck with that.

You might just want to pull out a deckchair, angle it towards the window under a large houseplant, and start your own summer book club. By all means invite others to join, but this could mean potentially wasting valuable reading time on other people’s terrible choices. Here are some of mine, free of charge: