Which books are you taking on holiday this year? Let us solve your packing dilemmas with our summer books competition: Waterstone's will provide five lucky readers with five books of their choice from the 142 titles (including audiobooks) recommended by our writers in this week's Times, subject to availability. To enter, read all of our Best Summer Reads features and then answer these questions (all the answers are contained within the articles):

1. Which novel first published in 1973 is up for a prize this year?

2. Who is the “patron saint of spinsters”?

3. Who lived opposite Woody Allen's apartment in New York?

4. Where did the sailor Donald Crowhurst get away from it all?

5. Which British novelist is recommended by three different reviewers?

E-mail your answers, with your name, address, telephone number and choice of five books to bookscomp@thetimes.co.uk with “summer books” in the subject line, or send a postcard to Summer Books Competition, The Times, 1 Pennington Street, London E98 1TT. Entries must be received by 10am on Monday July 14. Winners will be contacted by July 18. One entry per person.

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