Diccon Bewes from Stauffacher’s English bookshop in Bern offers three different books set in three very different capital cities:

• Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
• Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

   

Juan Canales from Geneva’s Payot bookshop at Chantepoulet brings three books that teenager’s will love—parents may want to borrow them afterwards as well…

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
• The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

Matthew Wake of Books, Books, Books in Lausanne brings us three tales tied to the Big Apple:

• Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
• Blue Blood by Edward Conlon
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Helen Stubbs from Off the Shelf English Bookshop in Geneva goes inside three different walks of life in Africa.

• Twenty chickens for a saddle: The story of an African childhood by Robyn Scott
• My driver by Maggie Gee       
• Boy next door by Irene Sabatini

Diccon Bewes from Stauffacher’s English bookshop in Bern is back with three great summertime reads whether you’re pool-, lake- or seaside:

• Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
• The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe
• The Beach by Alex Garland

Juan Canales from Geneva’s Payot bookshop at Chantepoulet brings three books to inspire, motivate and amuse.

• Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter by Alexander Aciman and Rensin Emmett
   
• Keep Calm and Carry on: Good Advice for Hard Times edited by Andrew Goodfellow
   
• Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life by Robert Rowland Smith

Helen Stubbs from Off the Shelf English Bookshop in Geneva leafs through an American selection to get you in the mood for Independence Day.

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power by James McGrath Morris
• Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp

Helen Stubbs from Off the Shelf English Bookshop in Geneva brings us three summer reads for kids—and maybe moms and dads too!

• Dinosaur Cove backpack by Rex Stone
• Kane Chronicles: Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
• Carrie Diaries: Meet Carrie Before Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell

Mark Parkin from Orell Füssli in Zurich brings us three books to lose yourself in lakeside this summer (if the rain ever goes away):

• The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips
• The Importance of Being a Bachelor by Mike Gayle
• The Bricklayer: A Novel by Noah Boyd

Juan Canales from Geneva’s Payot bookshop at Chantepoulet brings us three thrillers with a psychological twist:

• The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
• The Einstein Girl by Philip Sington
• Twisted Wing by Ruth Newman 

Matthew Wake from Books, Books, Books in Lausanne brings three picks with far reaching subject matters—and all have a connection with this weekend:

• In the Company of Angels by Thomas E Kennedy
• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
• Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

Helen Stubbs from Off The Shelf bookshop in Geneva brings us these humour-filled picks:

• Mere Anarchy by Woody Allen
• Seasonal Suicide Notes by Roger Lewis
• The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

Diccon Bewes from the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern brings us three stories from the new English section of their bookstore:

• The Shakespeare Secret by J L Carrell
• Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
• The Breaking of Eggs by Jim Powell

Juan Canales from Geneva’s Payot bookshop at Chantepoulet brings you his recommendations for summer reading:

• The Women by T.C. Boyle
• The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
• The Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Helen Stubbs brings us three fantastic short story authors:

• In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
• Too Much Happiness: Stories by Alice Munro
• Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield