Summer reads: 20 great fiction books to bring on your holiday

Richard Fitzpatrick shares 15 fiction reads for summer — plus five great crime books
Summer reads: 20 great fiction books to bring on your holiday

Literary inspiration for your summer reading. Picture: iStock

1. The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry 

Kevin Barry’s latest novel is a masterpiece – a western about two lovers on the run from bounty hunters across the badlands of Montana in the 1890s, which will leave you crying and slapping your thigh in gales of laughter in equal measure.

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