Summer Reading Recommendations!
“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” ― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle
Summer is almost upon us (though the coat I had to wear today would suggest otherwise) and we all know summer is possibly the best time for reading...or is it winter? spring? autumn? - Okay, all seasons are reading seasons for bookworms;-) That being so, there are few things I enjoy as much as sitting outside in the sun with a good book, and here I have rounded up a summer reading guide, which will have you covered, no matter what genre you crave. I've included mostly new books I am especially looking forward to or have recently read, some oldies but goodies, a few you can read in one sitting and even some classics. Sorry, no romance, erotica or horror, because I would be ill-equipped to recommend books in those genres. My intention was to create a list with a great variety both of books and of authors, so I hope you will find something you might enjoy! Which books are on your to-read list for this summer? Happy reading!
Mystery/Thriller
Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
Historical Fiction
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Coroner's Daughter by Andrew Hughes
Women's Fiction
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
The Sudden Departure of the Frasers by Louise Candlish
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
The Reunion by Roisin Meaney
Lost for Words by Stephanie Butland
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman
Literary Fiction
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey
YA
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
Release by Patrick Ness
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
New Boy: Othello Retold by Tracy Chevalier
Non-Fiction
As You Wish by Cary Elwes
Walking the Americas by Levison Wood
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed the World by Sam Maggs and Sophia Foster-Dimino
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
This is Just My face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Classics
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Emma by Jane Austen
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Short Reads
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn
March Book 1 by John Lewis
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Have a wonderfully booked up summer!
