Summer Reading
Giving book recs is my love language. A few friends have asked me for summer reads that they can take to the beach, the lake, the back porch, etc. Since I was clearly already going to make a list, I thought I’d ask everyone what kind of summer reading you want to do this summer. Because we’re all reading on a budget, this list is a mix of new releases and paperbacks. Here are your requests and my recommendations!
Summer Reading!
Request: “gimme something steamy to pair with the heat”
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Request: “fun, mindless entertainment please”
Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King
Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
The Advice King Anthology: The Advice King Anthology by Chris Crofton
Request: “lighthearted and easy”
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown's Cult Classic
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
Request: “anything that pulls me in from the beginning - doesn’t have to be happy/fun”
Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong
Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be by Marissa R. Moss
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Request: “not a romance novel”
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
The Crocodile Bride by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Request: “intense female bonding”
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
Request: “something non-stressful so my brain can decompress”
You Are Here (for Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way by Adam J. Kurtz
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
Request: “true crime”
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Request: “absolute filth with a cheerful ending”
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
The Rose by Tiffany Reisz
By a Thread by Lucy Score
Request: “really good nonfiction”
Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott
Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life by Delia Ephron (CW: cancer)
Request: “novels that capture my attention, but not fluff”
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
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If nothing on this list scratches your itch, check out this great summer reading list that my friend Erica put together for the Nashville Scene.
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