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:
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Bonjour Tristesse – Françoise Sagan
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Killing Thatcher – Rory Carroll
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Do Not Disturb – Michela Wrong
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The Great Game – Peter Hopkirk
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The Situation Room – George Stephanopoulos
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Autocracy, Inc. – Anne Applebaum
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I Giorni di Vetro (The Days of Glass) – Nicoletta Verna
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Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid (What the Night Lets You Say)– Pierre J. Mejlak
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The Vegetarian – Han Kang
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Human Acts – Han Kang
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Tatendrang (Urge for Action) – Theresia Töglhofer
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré
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Perfection – Vincenzo Latronico
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Prague – Arthur Phillips
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Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
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Common Sense: A Political History – Sophia Rosenfeld
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I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There – Róise Lanigan
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The Redbreast – Jo Nesbø
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The Kingdom – Jo Nesbø
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The Kindly Ones – Jonathan Littell
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The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk
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Tell Me Everything – Elizabeth Strout
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There Lives the Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die – Tove Ditlevsen
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Notes from a Big Country / I’m a Stranger Here Myself – Bill Bryson
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H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
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