FT SeriesSummer books 2018From a treatise on the state of democracy to the final instalment of Rachel Cusk’s trilogy, FT critics select their books of the year so farCREDIT: The Pretty Great Design Agency Summer books of 2018: EconomicsMartin Wolf selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Fiction in translationAngel Gurría-Quintana selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: readers’ picksWe asked FT readers which recent titles they would recommend. Here is a selection of their answersSummer books of 2018: HistoryTony Barber selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: BusinessAndrew Hill selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: FictionRebecca Rose selects her mid-year readsMore from this SeriesSummer books of 2018: PoliticsGideon Rachman selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: critics’ picksFT writers and guests select their must-read titlesSummer books of 2018: ScienceClive Cookson selects his mid-year readsEssential Reading: FT writers on their summer selectionFour FT writers tell us about their favourite books for the seasonSummer books of 2018: Literary non-fictionCarl Wilkinson selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Art and photographyJackie Wullschlager selects her mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: FoodTim Hayward selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: CrimeBarry Forshaw selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: SportSimon Kuper selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Architecture and designEdwin Heathcote selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: FilmDanny Leigh selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Classical musicRichard Fairman selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: GardeningLaura Battle and Jane Owen select their mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Science fictionJames Lovegrove selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Young adultSuzi Feay selects her mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Children’s and Picture booksJames Lovegrove selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: Pop musicLudovic Hunter-Tilney selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: TravelTom Robbins selects his mid-year readsSummer books of 2018: PoetryMaria Crawford selects her mid-year reads