Good news, book lovers: summer reading season is almost here (and the Summer Reading Guide is coming this week!)
Here’s a peek at the big summer books everyone will be talking about all summer long.
Does that mean they belong on your reading list? Well … maybe. Just because a book is a bestseller doesn’t mean it will be to your taste.
I’ve noted below which of these titles I’ve already read (I’m only 2 1/2 for 13 so far) and which I want to read this summer, and why. (The books listed below are NOT in the Summer Reading Guide, but I will share them in Quick Lit throughout the season as I finish them.)
This year’s guide has 30 new titles—that’s 6 categories with 5 books each—and I’ve read every word of every one. I’ll tell you what you need to know so you can decide if a book is right for YOU. (Update: get your free Summer Reading Guide here!)
But in the meantime, let’s take a look at this season’s certain bestsellers. I can’t wait to hear what’s on YOUR reading list for the summer!
The Singles Game
Modern Lovers
Here’s to Us
Another Brooklyn
The Muse
You Will Know Me
I Almost Forgot About You
The Girls
Don’t You Cry
The After Party
Truly Madly Guilty
The Weekenders
First Comes Love
What’s on YOUR summer reading list? Is there a new release you’re especially looking forward to? Tell us in comments.
And to find certain winners for your summer reading list, snag your Summer Reading Guide right here!
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I am anxiously waiting for the latest installment in the Inspector Gamache series. Is it August 30th yet? I may have to splurge and buy it right when it comes out.
I am also anxiously awaiting your Summer Reading Guide. I can only imagine how much time and intense thought goes into putting it together. I am very grateful for that time and effort. Thank you!
Another Gamache fan here!
This is a great list! I just finished Lowcountry Wedding by Mary Alice Monroe and loved it – the best in this series, but they are all good!
No Harry Potter? 🙂
These all sound great. I’m going to reserve them from my library today.
Looking forward to the summer reading guide! I’ve already picked a couple of books for my beach vacation in a month, but I can always use a few more!
There are a couple of authors on this list that I have read before with lukewarm results. Your descriptions make me want to give them another try, and these books are perfect for a light beach read!
This is a great list! Thanks!
I got a copy of Here’s To Us at BEA, so I’ll be reading that next month. And I will be reading Truly Madly Guilty of course because I LOVE Liane Moriarty. I probably won’t read any of the others though unless I read a great review.
I 100% agree with you about The After Party…decent and a quick read, but not earth shattering. I have read Abbott’s The Fever and it was great…looking forward to the gymnastics book. That is one messed up sport!
I’ve read The Girls – really enjoyed it and not what I was expecting.
I haven’t read Jesse Burton before, but I just placed a library hold on The Muse. Maybe it’s time to rekindle my interest in the Spanish Civil War! (I once wrote a paper on the American and Canadian volunteers who fought in Spain and I’ve read the novels Davita’s Harp and For Whom the Bell Tolls.)
The Minaturist was an awesome book!!
I need to try a few of these. I’m terrible and branching out and trying new kinds of books. Some of these sound interesting though. It’s not new, but I’m looking forward to reading “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”. With the movie coming out, it sounded like something fun and interesting.
I loved that book, as well as its sequel, and am about to read the third one. Hope the movie lives up to the hype!
On Liane Moriarty… I read Big Little Lies last year as an MMD pick, but haven’t tried any of her others. Which one would you recommend next? (asking either AB or any other commenters).
The Husband’s Secret was one you will not want to put down. Loved it!
The Husband’s Secret was very good.
The Husband’s Secret is the book that got me hooked on Moriarity!
What Alice Forgot — so good!! I’ve read all her books & love them!
I just finished The husbands secret it was a great book, full of twists am looking forward to reading more of her books.
The Husband’s Secret
What Alice Forgot
Big Little Lies is my favourite from her. Also recommend What Alice Forgot and The Husband’s Secret. Enjoy!
The Hypnotist’s Love Story is one of my all-time favorites!
I’ve forbidden myself from buying another book until I get through my (14 book) TBR stack but I suck at keeping those kinds of promises to myself. The question is which to buy first…
The cover alone for The Muse makes it worth at least a pick up at the library! It’s so pretty!
Looking forward to First Comes Love, Here’s to Us, The Girls and Modern Lovers.
I finished First Comes Love the other week and liked it much better than Giffin’s last book but not as much as her first few. A solid 3 stars. I’ll be curious to hear what you think. I did not know Weisberger had a new one coming out! I’m looking forward to reading Truly Madly Guilty and Another Brooklyn for sure. And I haven’t started The Girls yet (this weekend, I hope!) but I still can’t believe you didn’t finish it. I’ll let you know what I think once I’m done!
As a tennis player myself, I’m thrilled to see there’s a book on this list about the world of tennis!! I’m usually not one to buy a novel when it’s first released, but I may make an exception for this : )
I can’t wait for the most recent Liane Moriarty! I’ve read three of her novels so far and each have pleased my mind with their twists and turns that genuinely surprise me!
On my summer reading list, I have way too many books, but I’m anxious to get through them all. i think one I’m looking forward to most is Lord of the Rings! I’ve never read the series or seen the movies, and I think it’s about time to change that!
I just finished First Comes Love and it was hands down my favorite book Giffin has ever written. It had some actual substance to it that her books sometimes lack.
So glad to hear that!
I am currently putting together my summer reading list! I am super excited about Truly Madly Guilty as I binge-read all Liane Moriarty’s books back in March. Also excited about Here’s to Us (I’ve only read one other Hilderbrand, The Rumor and loved it!) and Modern Lovers (I abandoned The Vacationers last summer and have yet to pick it up again, but I am curious about this one.)
Other new releases I’ll be reading this summer:
– Before the Fall by Noah Hawley [May 31, 2016]
– The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell [June 7, 2016] – currently reading and loving The House We Grew Up In
– They May Not Mean to, but They Do by Cathleen Schine [June 7, 2016]
– If I Forget You by Thomas Christopher Greene [June 14, 2016]
– All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda [June 28, 2016]
There is one more book on Amazon, Trespassing Through Life, by Kat Gabriel. It is an amazing read. I stumbled upon it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well written with much thought into plot and characters. It makes you laugh and cry and be moved beyond expectations.
If you haven’t read any of the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon, they are fantastic. She takes you back in time with many descriptive adventures that weave through love, war and heartbreak. There are 8 books in the series.
The new book from Elin Hilderbrand is on my list as is Inconceivable by Tegan Wren. A good friend bought me a copy after she read it and loved it.
Happy reading, everyone!
Me before you. Or any of moyes older books are a must
I’m excited about ” Nine Women One Dress” by Jane L. Rosen. Sounds like a fabulous summer read. I’m going to adore this one for sure!
Finished “Don’t You Cry” in one night and absolutely loved it!
Love your podcast!
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Truly Madly Guilty is on my summer reading list, too! I read and loved I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS by Iain Reid, which comes out next week. It’s chilling and creepy and so well-written. I also want to get to If I Forget You by Thomas Christopher Greene, too! Oh and All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda!
I loved All the Missing Girls. I haven’t heard of I’m Thinking of Ending Things but what a great title!
All quiet on the western front. It’s one of the only books that I can say “affected” me. Left me kinda dazed for a couple of days afterward, like really amazing movies do.
Don’t You Cry was EXCELLENT. One of my favorites this summer. It’s not The One-In-A-Million Boy but it is a fun read.
Read it!
I feel you are missing a book from this list: The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin. What a fantastic read! Great for book clubs.
The only reason I didn’t include it here is because it’s in the Summer Reading Guide!
I really enjoyed The Girls by Emma Cline. It was a breeze to get through and perfect for summer!
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I just came back from visiting my youngest son who lives in San Francisco. We visited City Lights Books while I was there. While I was shopping, he brought me two books, and asked me if I remembered the authors. Both of them were people he had gone to Oberlin College with and lived with while he was in college. I just finished reading The Great American Song Book by Sam Allingham. It is a collection of short stories, and I recommend it completely. I’m getting ready to start Relief Map by Rosalie Knecht.