The 30 Best Books to Read This Summer from List of lists
Here are some books that didn’t make it all the way to be posted last summer. I haven’t heard of most of them, but maybe I’ll get to them someday.
Tag: summer
Hot books of summer 2020
The above linked article shows books that will be released this summer. I have several on my TBR list already, including Jasmine Guillory’s new book, and Jennifer Weiner’s. I also absolutely have to read the prequel to Hunger Games. I am so excited for these three, and a few others on the list.
Release date: May 5
Release date: May 5
The Jane Austen Society
by Natalie Jenner
Release date: May 26
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Release date: June 2
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Release date: June 30
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones
Release date: July 14
Release date: August 4
Release date: August 11
MYSTERY & THRILLER
Death in Her Hands
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Release date: June 23
Home Before Dark
by Riley Sager
Release date: June 30
Release date: July 7
Release date: July 28
Release date: June 2
FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
Release date: June 16
Release date: July 21
The Year of the Witching
by Alexis Henderson
Release date: July 21
Release date: July 28
The Mother Code
by Carole Stivers
Release date: August 25
NONFICTION
The Hilarious World of Depression
by John Moe
Release date: May 5
Hollywood Park
by Mikel Jollett
Release date: May 26
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford
Release date: July 14
The Fixed Stars
by Molly Wizenberg
Release date: August 4
YOUNG ADULT
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Release date: May 5
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games 0)
by Suzanne Collins
Release date: May 19
Release date: July 9
Where Dreams Descend
by Janella Angeles
Release date: August 25
ROMANCE
Release date: May 19
Something to Talk About
by Meryl Wilsner
Release date: May 26
Party of Two
by Jasmine Guillory
Release date: June 23
Summer Books Preview 2019
These are books from the articles linked above. They are from summer 2019, and I didn’t get to most of them. I have gotten to some, though, and I agree that they are great books!
SPOTLIGHT AUTHORS
City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Wedding Party, by Jasmine Guillory
The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead
Is There Still Sex in the City?, by Candace Bushnell
Inland, by Téa Obreht
BREEZY READS
Very Nice, by Marcy Dermansky
How Could She, by Lauren Mechling
Reasons to Be Cheerful, by Nina Stibbe
The Lager Queen of Minnesota, by J. Ryan Stradal
Bunny, by Mona Awad
Going Dutch, by James Gregor
Evvie Drake Starts Over, by Linda Holmes
FAMILY SAGAS
The Travelers, by Regina Porter
Mrs. Everything, by Jennifer Weiner
In West Mills, by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Fleishman Is in Trouble, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
Mostly Dead Things, by Kristen Arnett
Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn
REAL-WORLD STORIES
Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo
Chaos, by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring
The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom
The Tenth Muse, by Catherine Chung
MIND-BENDING NOVELS
Recursion, by Blake Crouch
FKA USA, by Reed King
The Warehouse, by Rob Hart
This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The History of Living Forever, by Jake Wolff
CRIME MASTERS AND THRILLERS
Never Have I Ever, by Joshilyn Jackson
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone, by Felicity McLean
Girl in the Rearview Mirror, by Kelsey Rae Dimberg
The Whisper Man, by Alex North
Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
Big Sky, by Kate Atkinson
The Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware
The Hottest Books of Summer 2019
The Hottest Books of Summer has more books listed. It was found on the List of lists.
Here are the books discussed in the article, even though it’s late. It’s a wonderful list.
FICTION
MYSTERY & THRILLER
FANTASY
NONFICTION
YOUNG ADULT
SCIENCE FICTION
ROMANCE
32 Books You Need to Read This Summer (2019)
32 Books You Need to Read This Summer has a few books that didn’t show up multiple times on the List of lists.
I am posting this late, since all of these came out six months ago, or more. It’s still a decent list, even though I edited it down.
Books for Your Next Vacation
Books for your next vacation
This list came out last year. It’s a decent list of books that are vacation friendly.
The ones I’ve read have been quick reads.
1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
3. The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
4. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
5. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
6. Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
7. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
8. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
9. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
10. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
11. The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
12. On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
14. A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East by Tiziano Terzani
15. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
16. Verity by Colleen Hoover
17. The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
19. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
20. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
21. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
22. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
23. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
24. The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
25. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
26. The End of Everything by Megan Abb
Inland by Téa Obreht
Inland by Téa Obreht
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I spent a lot of this book confused about how the two stories were linked. It didn’t become truly clear until the last two chapters, but I suspected part of it. I did enjoy the story, but Nora’s part was more clear. I was a little fuzzy most of the story about the rest of it.
It was definitely worth reading, but definitely wasn’t what I was expecting.
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Moms, Don Those Swimsuits!
The above linked article talks about getting out of your comfort zone and just being yourself.
It also goes along with the water safety and open water swimming posts that I published earlier.
This should have been published before summer, but better late than never.
Big Summer Books for 2019
Big Summer Books for 2019 was part of the List of lists. There were a few books here that I hadn’t seen on the other lists.
I also didn’t get to them over the summer, but I am sure I will, one day.
Fiction
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent, edited by Margaret Busby (Amistad, May).
In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow (Bloomsbury, June).
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman (NYRB Classics, June).
The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr (Harper, June).
Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain (Gallic, June).
The Plus One by Sarah Archer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, July).
Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-to Guide by Karen Kilgariffand Georgia Hardstark (Forge, May).
A Dream Too Big: The Story of an Improbable Journey From Compton to Oxford by Caylin Louis Moore (Thomas Nelson, June).
Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion by Tanisha C. Ford (St. Martin’s, June).
Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light by Peter Schjeldahl (Abrams, June).
I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution by Emily Nussbaum (Random House, June).
Man Fast by Natasha Scripture (Little A, June)..
Buzz Sting Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson (Simon and Schuster, July). .
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O’Mara (Penguin, July).
Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl (Milkweed, July).
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson (Ecco, July).
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, August)
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century by Jason DeParle (Viking, August).
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A.N. Wilson (Harper, September).
Favorite Books for Summer 2019
Favorite Books for Summer 2019 was on the List of lists
Even though summer is almost over, there were some on the list that I hadn’t really seen before.
We Love Anderson Cooper — R. L. Maizes (July)
Oval – Elvia Wilk (June)
Conviction — Denise Mina (June)
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession — Rachel Monroe (August)
The Dry Heart — Natalia Ginzburg (new translation by Frances Frenaye) / Happiness, as Such — Natalia Ginzburg (new translation by Minna Zallman Proctor) (June)
A Pure Heart — Rajia Hassib (August)
Machine — Susan Steinberg (August)
The Drama of Celebrity — Sharon Marcus (June)
Love at First Like — Hannah Orenstein (August)
Black Light: Stories — Kimberly King Parsons (August)
Please Send Help — Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin (July)
More Than Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) — Elaine Welteroth (June)
