Midsummer Round-Up: The Year (so far) in Books

Given it’s Midsummer’s Day - and the sun is shining - it seemed a good moment to reflect on the year in books so far. There’ve been lots. Lots of truly exceptional books (February and March especially brought an embarrassment of literary riches). So I decided to pick just my best five (it was a tough job, but someone had to do it). Then, because I felt guilty about all the great books I haven’t yet got around to reading from the first half of they year, I picked the five that are sitting at t...