Summer Reading Picks from Renowned Authors: Zadie Smith, Mark Haddon, and More

As summer reading season begins, many authors have offered their personal picks. Zadie Smith recommends Margaret Busby's "Part of the Story: Writings from Half a Century," focusing on African literature and diaspora, alongside Luke Kennard's novel "Black Bag." Mark Haddon suggests translated works such as the International Booker Prize winner "Taiwan Travelogue" and three other shortlisted titles: Daniel Kehlmann's "The Director," Ana Paula Maia's "On Earth As It Is Beneath," and Rene Karabash's "She Who Remains."

Nina Stibbe highlights Seamus O'Reilly's debut "Prestige Drama" about a missing actress in Northern Ireland, along with Helen Bain's "The Daffodil Days" and Maria Semple's "Go Gentle." Stephen Grosz recommends Deborah Treisman's anthology "A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker" and J.L. Carr's "A Month in the Country," as well as Stefan Zweig's memoir "The World of Yesterday."

Virginia Evans returns to Jess Walter's "Beautiful Ruins" and Dodie Smith's "I Capture the Castle," while Joe Dunthorne praises Benjamin Markovits's "The Rest of Our Lives" and Harriet Armstrong's debut "To Rest Our Minds and Bodies." Sarah Waters applauds Siri Hustvedt's memoir "Ghost Stories" and Hallie Rubenhold's "Story of a Murder," along with Patricia Highsmith's diaries. Gary Shteyngart recommends Adelle Waldman's "Help Wanted" and Bindu Bansinath's "Men Like Ours," plus Julia Ioffe's "Motherland."

Samantha Harvey enjoys Barbara Pym's "A Glass of Blessings" and Joan Barfoot's reissued "Gaining Ground," while Tahmima Anam praises Namwali Serpell's Morrison essays and Natasha Walter's "Feminism for a World on Fire." Marian Keyes suggests Louise O'Neill's "Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone?" and Lena Dunham's "Famesick." William Boyd turns to Anthony Gottlieb's Wittgenstein biography and James Bailey's Muriel Spark biography.

Ali Smith recommends Valeria Luiselli's new novel "Beginning Middle End," and Tessa Hadley favorites Daniyal Mueenuddin's "This Is Where the Serpent Lives" and Peter Godfrey-Smith's "Living on Earth." Anne Enright recommends Doireann Ní Ghríofa's "Said the Dead" and Rachel Aviv's "You Won't Get Free of It." Jonathan Coe praises Melissa Harrison's "The Given World" and Cecile Pin's "Celestial Lights." Bernardine Evaristo highlights Raymond Antrobus's memoir "The Quiet Ear" and Arundhati Roy's "Mother Mary Comes to Me." Luke Kennard picks Djamel White's "All Them Dogs" and Ben Pester's "Sail Away Land," plus Ashton Politanoff's "Dad Had a Bad Day." Sarah Moss recommends Jan Carson's "Few and Far Between," Miriam Toews's "Summer of My Amazing Luck," and Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs."