This week, we’re taking a breath. EU Confidential is stepping away from summits, trade battles, and late-night trilogues — and turning to something more refreshing: books.
Host Sarah Wheaton is joined by audio producer (and self-confessed book nerd) Dionisios Sturis for this special summer reading edition. From sharp political non-fiction to playful fiction, poetry and literary escapes, we’re sharing what EU insiders are packing in their holiday bags — and what they think you should read this summer.
You’ll hear from:
-Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat
- Jessica Rosencrantz, Sweden’s minister for EU affairs
- Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for intergenerational fairness, youth, culture and sport
- And from listeners and colleagues with their own smart, silly, brainy and bloody picks
We also speak with Jeroen Reijnen, author of "Big in Brussels" — an insider’s guide to surviving (and thriving) in the EU bubble.
So pour yourself something cold, put your phone on silent, and dive in.
And here is our summer reading list:
- Bonjour Tristesse – Françoise Sagan
- Killing Thatcher – Rory Carroll
- Do Not Disturb – Michela Wrong
- The Great Game – Peter Hopkirk
- The Situation Room – George Stephanopoulos
- Autocracy, Inc. – Anne Applebaum
- I Giorni di Vetro (The Days of Glass) – Nicoletta Verna
- Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid (What the Night Lets You Say)– Pierre J. Mejlak
- The Vegetarian – Han Kang
- Human Acts – Han Kang
- Tatendrang (Urge for Action) – Theresia Töglhofer
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré
- Perfection – Vincenzo Latronico
- Prague – Arthur Phillips
- Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
- Common Sense: A Political History – Sophia Rosenfeld
- I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There – Róise Lanigan
- The Redbreast – Jo Nesbø
- The Kingdom – Jo Nesbø
- The Kindly Ones – Jonathan Littell
- The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk
- Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout
- There Lives the Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die – Tove Ditlevsen
- Notes from a Big Country / I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Bill Bryson
- H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
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