Send me your best summer reads! I have some not so summery books on my TBR and I’m realizing I’m in the mood for something more immersive/compulsively readable. 📚☀️🏝️

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Gabe · Answer

American Fantasy: boyband + cruise = nothing more summer coded. Specifically transported to my tweenage summers.

Minna Kelly · Answer

Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich: A chic, Gatsby-esque cult classic of Italian literature. There's something about the cover that makes it very good for clutching poolside.

Amy · Answer

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson: The most beautiful story between a little girl, her grandmother, and their island. I wish I could read it again for the first time.

Rita Zwiefel-Macdonald · Answer

Beach Read: I would be remiss to NOT recommend an Emily Henry book for summer! Gus remains one of the best book boyfriends 💘

Rita Zwiefel-Macdonald · Answer

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: It's set in Savannah, GA, which is eternally summery/sticky/humid! A non-fiction story that follows an antique dealer on trial for alleged murder.

Babuji · Answer

Nemesis (Peter Evans): This is an oldie but goody beach read. Juicy, well written and tangentially about Greece.

paige t · Answer

julie chan is dead: I tore through this one! Fun, relevant, juicy and quick to read. Plus a fun twist! Good summer reading 💝

James Kylstra · Answer

Cahokia Jazz: Just a really well executed noir / mystery set in the 1920s in an alternate history where there’s a large Native American nation around modern day Missouri. Probably the most fun I had reading a book in the last couple years.