Do you remember the days when you forgot all of your chores and the world outside and lost yourself in a book? It might seem a distant memory when you last discovered Austen, Rowling or Dahl, but now’s your chance!
Each World Cup football match lasts 90 minutes (plus half time and extra time), so curl up somewhere quiet and enter a magical world of fiction…
We’ve selected a few books to pop on your summer reading list – a mixture of classic novels and new writing, plus some old favourites.

Who could forget Colin Firth strolling through the grounds of Pemberley in his wet shirt? Lose yourself again and again in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s classic tale of the Bennett sisters.
If you haven’t read The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins yet then now’s the perfect time. The third film (Mockingjay Part I), starring Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth, is due out later this year so find somewhere to perch and discover what happens to Katniss.
Only Remembered is an anthology of images and poems to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. Edited by Michael Morpurgo and with contributors including Emma Thompson, Richard Curtis and Joanna Lumley, all royalties from this collection will be split between the Royal British Legion and projects for soldiers’ families at SSAFA.

What’s your favourite book?