Welcome to the first of our summer bonus episodes! While we're on our break between seasons, we're catching up on everything happening in the book world — the awards drama, the TBR-worthy new releases, and the book-to-film adaptations you need on your radar before autumn.

What We've Been Reading Sarah's deep in Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore (climate horror meets romance meets thriller — a lot going on), Soph's comparing notes on Jane Harper's Exiles, and Sallie's 40 pages into the delightfully weird Earthlings by Sayaka Murata.

Your Summer Reading List, Sorted We round up the biggest prize winners so far this year, including the Indie Book Awards (fiction winner: The Names by Florence Knapp) and the British Book Awards — which introduced bra ...