Reading between the lines: what do White Lotus characters’ book choices say about them?

Mike White has sprinkled clues to characters’ psyches – or fates – in season three by showing us their holiday reads

They say never judge a book by its cover, but some viewers of The White Lotus have been doing exactly that.

Online discussion around the critically acclaimed TV show has centred on the paperbacks glimpsed in the hands of several of the show’s characters and whether they offer clues about their psyches or fate.