Kick off YOUR summer with this curated guide to the best summer reads. Anyone can browse a best seller list, but those lists don’t help you decide if those are the right books for YOU.
That’s why this is the SIXTH year we’re sharing our MMD Summer Reading Guide. These are my hand-picked top reads for the season. I’ve read every book in it, front to back, and can tell you why each title may or may not be the right book for YOU. Amazon has millions of books, your local bookstore has thousands, but this guide has just 30 handpicked titles—that’s 5 books each over 6 categories–so you can bypass the duds and go straight to the good stuff.
I’m especially excited about our reading list feature, new for 2017. Click the checkboxes to highlight the titles you’re most excited about (or check them all!) and click “print” or “email” to get your personalized summer reading list. Tuck it into your reading journal, take it to your local indie, or hand it to your local librarian—it’s a piece of cake to use.
A quick note about the titles listed here: this guide is editorially driven. That’s a fancy way of saying that here on MMD, we don’t accept $$$ to recommend books or even talk about specific titles—not ever. I’m sharing these 30 titles because I loved them, and I think you will, too. That’s not always the norm on the interwebs, but it’s the way we roll on this site.
This guide is so much fun to put together and I’m so happy to share it with you. I hope you find some completely amazing titles to read this summer. Email us, tag us, tell us what you’re reading and loving—we can’t wait to hear!
Happy reading, everyone! – Anne
TWISTY NOVELS
engrossing novels that keep you guessing till the end
The Dry
I Found You
I See You
The Perfect Stranger
He Said/She Said
HISTORY+
novels that mess with history in the best possible way
The Lost Book of the Grail
A Bridge Across the Ocean
The Alice Network
Dreamland Burning
The Jane Austen Project
THOUGHT-PROVOKING STORIES
engaging books that will keep you thinking long after you turn the last page
The Hate U Give
At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
This Is How It Always Is
Hum If You Don’t Know the Words
Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage
INTENSE NOVELS
stories that keep your pages turning and your heart pounding
Beartown
The Confusion of Languages
The Stars Are Fire
Do Not Become Alarmed
Almost Missed You
FAMILIES ARE COMPLICATED
tension drives a good plot forward, and these families have plenty of it
The Fall of Lisa Bellow
Anything Is Possible
Mr. Rochester
The Identicals
The Almost Sisters
BEACHY NOVELS
easy-reading stories perfect for the backyard, beach, or pool
When Dimple Met Rishi
Every Wild Heart
Windfall
The Café by the Sea
Hello, Sunshine
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