Your Summer Reading List!!
Carefully curated and organized by emotion, location, industry, and more!
Okay, you must read through these lists of books that are coming out this summer. Why? Well, I’ve spent hours (days!) sorting all the books I’m most excited about by fun category so you can find what you’re looking for, what you’ll be in the mood to read, and what you didn’t know you’d love.
Note: there is no generic “beach reads” category because what we all like to read on the beach varies. (Give me a page-turning memoir any day.) So here’s a selection of books, curated just like we do at Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica: designed to promote discovery, discussion, and delight.
Tell me. Which books do you think will break out!? Which are you most excited about, most importantly!?! Here we gooooo!
Books in the Book World
Romantic Friction by Lori Gold (May 6)
Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner (May 6)
Life and Art: Essays by Richard Russo (May 13)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (May 13)
Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver (June 10)
Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams (July 8)
If You Love it Let it Kill You by Hannah Pittard (July 15)
Gracie Harris is Under Construction by Kate Hash (July 29)
People Like Us by Jason Mott (August 5)
Children of the Book by Ilana Kurshan (August 26)
Books in the Art World
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 6)
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel (June 10)
The Lost Masterpiece by B. A. Shapiro (June 17)
A Promise to Arlette by Serena Burdick (June 17)
The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager (July 1)
Books in the Restaurant World
I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally (May 6)
Hunger Like a Thirst by Besha Rodell (May 13)
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle (May 20)
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (June 3)
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle (June 24)
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (June 24)
The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang (July 1)
A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein (August 5)
The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman (August 19)
Books in the Music World
Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb (May 13)
Make Me Famous by Maud Ventura (May 13)
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (May 27)
Books in the Legal World
Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander (May 20)
Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld (July 8)
I Don't Know How To Tell You This by Marian Thurm (July 15)
Books and Dogs
This Dog Will Change Your Life by Elias Weiss Friedman (June 3)
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (June 17)
A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein (August 5)
Books and the CIA
Agents of Change by Christina Hillsberg (June 24)
Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman (August 5)
Books in Biotech and Medicine
Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor (June 3)
A Real Emergency by Joanna Sokol (June 3)
Books with Rackets and Balls
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey (May 13)
All's Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer (June 3)
Runs in the Family by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullogh (June 3)
Searching for Novak by Mark Hodgkinson (August 6)
Changeover by Giri Nathan (August 19)
Books in the Political Sphere
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld (July 8)
Books That’ll Make You Swoon
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (May 6)
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Betty Cayouette (May 6)
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon (May 6)
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
All the Signs by Jessie Rosen (May 6)
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan (May 13)
Love Haters by Katherine Center (May 20)
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (May 27)
All's Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer (June 3)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)
Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver (June 10)
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown (June 24)
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle (June 24)
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton (July 1)
The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager (July 1)
All The Men I’ve Loved Again by Christine Pride (July 8)
Fools for Love by Helen Schulman (July 8)
Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams (July 8)
Gracie Harris is Under Construction by Kate Hash (July 29)
I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale (August 12)
Books We’re Publishing (Zibby Publishing)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5)
Coming-of-Age Stories
When Stars Align by Melissa de la Cruz (May 1)
Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin (May 6)
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Betty Cayouette (May 6)
Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau (May 6)
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
I Will Blossom Anyway by Disha Bose (May 6)
All the Signs by Jessie Rosen (May 6)
I Hope You Remember by Josie Balka (May 13)
Mindfire by Carrie Berk (May 13)
Sleep by Honor Jones (May 13)
Meet Me At Wonderland by Julia Devillers (May 20)
They Will Tell You The World Is Yours by Anna Mitchael (May 20)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (June 10)
Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross (June 17)
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (June 24)
Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs (July 15)
Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar (July 22)
Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann (July 22)
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything Alyson Stoner (August 12)
The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank (August 12)
Mess by Michael Chessler (August 12)
Books with Celebrity Endorsements
When Stars Align by Melissa de la Cruz (May 1) - Mindy Kaling
The Names by Florence Knapp (May 6) - Jenna Bush
Books By or About Celebrities
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally (May 6)
Who Knew by Barry Diller (May 20)
Amplify by Adam Met (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons (June 17)
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown (June 24)
Cry for Me Argentina by Tamara Yajia (July 1)
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything Alyson Stoner (August 12)
Books By Mega-Authors
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (May 6)
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 6)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (May 13)
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (May 13)
Never Flinch by Stephen King (May 27)
The First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (June 2)
Marianne the Maker by Kelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty (June 3)
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (June 17)
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (July 8)
Books by Jewish Authors
The Best We Could Hope For by Nicola Kraus (May 1)
The End Is the Beginning by Jill Bialosky (May 6)
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter (May 6)
Entirely Emmie by Terri Libenson (May 6)
We are The Beatles by Brad Meltzer (May 6)
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon (May 6)
The Family Dynamic by Susan Dominus (May 6)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (May 13)
Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein (May 13)
Meet Me At Wonderland by Julia Devillers (May 20)
Songs of Summer by Jane L. Rosen (May 20)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
The Scrapbook by Heather Clark (June 17)
Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross (June 17)
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (June 24)
Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld (July 8)
Fools for Love by Helen Schulman (July 8)
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (July 8)
I Don't Know How To Tell You This by Marian Thurm (July 15)
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton (July 1)
Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar (July 22)
The Bagel Who Wanted Everything by Alan Silberberg (July 29)
A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein (August 5)
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5)
The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman (August 19)
Children of the Book by Ilana Kurshan (August 26)
Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino (August 26)
Midlife Marriage Material
Betting on Good by Wendy Francis (May 1)
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter (May 6)
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (May 6)
Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda (June 10)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
A Promise to Arlette by Serena Burdick (June 17)
Staying Married is the Hardest Part by Bonnie Comfort (June 17)
Midlife Private Parts by Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson (June 24)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang (July 1)
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (July 8)
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza (July 15)
Greenwich by Kate Broad (July 22)
A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein (August 5)
What a Voice!
Romantic Friction by Lori Gold (May 6)
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan (May 20)
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum (July 29)
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5)
Memoirs and Essays: Close Relationships and Cool Experiences
Lessons From My Teachers by Sarah Ruhl (May 6)
What My Father and I Don't Talk About by Michele Filgate (May 6)
The End Is the Beginning by Jill Bialosky (May 6)
Mindfire by Carrie Berk (May 13)
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins (June 3)
A Real Emergency by Joanna Sokol (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
Homework by Geoff Dyer (June 10)
Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey (June 17)
Midlife Private Parts by Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson (June 24)
Misbehaving at the Crossroads by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (June 24)
Cry for Me Argentina by Tamara Yajia (July 1)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
Proof of Life by Jennifer Pastiloff (July 8)
The Year of Dating Myself by Abby Rosmarin (July 8)
We Should All Be Birds by Brian Buckbee and Carol Ann Fitzgerald (August 5)
This Happened to Me by Kate Price (August 5)
Slip by Mallary Tenore Tarpley (August 5)
Children of the Book by Ilana Kurshan (August 26)
Holding by Karleigh Frisbie Brogan (August 26)
Learn Something Cool About Yourself
The Creativity Choice by Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (May 6)
Becoming You by Suzy Welch (May 6)
The Family Dynamic by Susan Dominus (May 6)
Life and Art by Richard Russo (May 13)
Amplify by Adam Met (June 3)
Fired Up by Shannon Watts (June 17)
Proof of Life by Jennifer Pastiloff (July 8)
Millenial Menopause by Lauren A. Tetenbaum (July 15)
Unbreakable: A Woman’s Guide to Aging with Power by Vonda Wright (August 26)
Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness by Elise Loehnen and Courtney Smith (August 26)
Mental Health Awareness
Mindfire by Carrie Berk (May 13)
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
Coming-of-Middle-or-Older-Age
Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe (May 6)
Becoming You by Suzy Welch (May 6)
The End Is the Beginning by Jill Bialosky (May 6)
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan (May 20)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott (June 24)
Steamy Sex Scenes
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter (May 6)
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
All The Men I’ve Loved Again by Christine Pride (July 8)
Fools for Love by Helen Schulman (July 8)
Not Steamy - on Purpose
The Dry Season by Melissa Febos (June 3)
#MomLife
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter (May 6)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman (July 8)
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum (July 29)
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5)
Books for Kids
We are The Beatles by Brad Meltzer (May 6)
Papa's Coming Home by Chasten Buttigieg (May 20)
Marianne the Maker by Kelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty (June 3)
The Day the Crayons Made Friends by Drew Daywalt (June 3)
The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown (June 24)
The Bagel Who Wanted Everything by Alan Silberberg (July 29)
Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (August 25)
Books That Take Us Outside of the U.S….
The United Kingdom
Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe (May 6) - London
I Will Blossom Anyway by Disha Bose (May 6) - Ireland
Albion by Anna Hope (June 3) - England
Homework by Geoff Dyer (June 10) - England
Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (June 10) - England
The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood (June 24) - England
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5) - London
Continental Europe
The Last Sunrise by Anna Todd (May 6) - Mallorca
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon (May 6) - Amsterdam
All the Signs by Jessie Rosen (May 6) - Venice
The Red House by Mary Morris (May 13) - Italy
Make Me Famous by Maud Ventura (May 13) - France
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel (June 10) - Berlin
The Scrapbook by Heather Clark (June 17) - Germany
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (June 24) - Paris, Algeria
The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani (July 8) - Italy
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (July 8) - Geneva
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (July 15) - Tuscany
Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann (July 22) - Paris and Oslo
High Season by Katie Bishop (August 12) - South of France
The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman (August 19) - Vienna
East Asia
Flashlight by Susan Choi (June 3) - Japan and Korea
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (June 10) - Japan
When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin (June 17) - Hong Kong
The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang (July 1) - Taiwan
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived Graphic Novel #12) by Lauren Tarshis (August 5) - Japan
The Caribbean, Africa and Beyond
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (May 13) - Puerto Rico
The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (June 3) - Africa
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle (June 24) - Caribbean
Love Forms by Claire Adam (July 29) - Trinidad
Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman (August 5) - Everywhere
Helping You Parent
Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age by Amanda Hess (May 6)
The Mother Code by Ruthie Ackerman (May 6)
Hello, Cruel World! by Melinda Wenner Moyer (May 27)
Books About Friendship and Loyalty
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 6)
Family And Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter (May 13)
Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein (May 13)
This Dog Will Change Your Life by Elias Weiss Friedman (June 3)
Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor (June 3)
We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons (June 17)
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott (June 24)
Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino (June 24)
You Must Be New Here by Katie Sise (July 8)
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza (July 15)
People Like Us by Jason Mott (August 5)
L.A. Women by Ella Berman (August 5)
Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino (August 26)
Family Secrets… and Mysteries
The Red House by Mary Morris (May 13)
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (May 13)
Songs of Summer by Jane L. Rosen (May 20)
Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey (May 27)
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch (June 3)
The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (June 3)
Flashlight by Susan Choi (June 3)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (June 3)
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (June 10)
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (June 10)
Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda (June 10)
The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood (June 24)
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell (June 24)
A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan (June 24)
What We Leave Behind by Sue Halpern (June 24)
Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein (July 1)
Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster (July 1)
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (July 8)
The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani (July 8)
Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld (July 8)
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (July 8)
Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell (July 22)
Greenwich by Kate Broad (July 22)
Love Forms by Claire Adam (July 29)
My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud (August 5)
High Season by Katie Bishop (August 12)
Holding by Karleigh Frisbie Brogan (August 26)
Father’s Day Gift Ideas
What My Father and I Don't Talk About by Michele Filgate (May 6)
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 6)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (May 13)
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey (May 13)
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (May 13)
The Doorman by Chris Pavone (May 20)
Papa's Coming Home by Chasten Buttigieg (May 20)
My Childhood in Pieces by Edward Hirsch (June 3)
This Dog Will Change Your Life by Elias Weiss Friedman (June 3)
Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor (June 3)
Flashlight by Susan Choi (June 3)
Runs in the Family by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullogh (June 3)
Books for Tweens
Entirely Emmie by Terri Libenson (May 6)
Meet Me At Wonderland by Julia Devillers (May 20)
Penny Draws a First Crush by Sara Shepard (July 15)
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived Graphic Novel #12) by Lauren Tarshis (August 5)
Multi-Generational Stories
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (May 13)
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (May 13)
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch (June 3)
Albion by Anna Hope (June 3)
Flashlight by Susan Choi (June 3)
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (June 10)
Books To Die For
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding by Catherine Mack (May 13)
The Last Ferry Out by Andrea Bartz (May 20)
Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie Carter (May 20)
Never Flinch by Stephen King (May 27)
The First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (June 2)
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3)
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (June 3)
Don't Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine (June 17)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (June 17)
Agents of Change by Christina Hillsberg (June 24)
You Must Be New Here by Katie Sise (July 8)
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (July 8)
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (July 15)
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza (July 15)
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (August 5)
High Season by Katie Bishop (August 12)
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham (August 26)
Weddings and…
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding by Catherine Mack (May 13)
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan (May 20)
Songs of Summer by Jane L. Rosen (May 20)
Overcoming…
Sleep by Honor Jones (May 13)
The Dry Season by Melissa Febos (June 3)
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
Runs in the Family by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullogh (June 3)
Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (June 10)
Resurface by Cassidy Krug (June 10)
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (June 17)
Gracie Harris is Under Construction by Kate Hash (July 29)
This Happened to Me by Kate Price (August 5)
Slip by Mallary Tenore Tarpley (August 5)
We Should All Be Birds by Brian Buckbee and Carol Ann Fitzgerald (August 5)
Holding by Karleigh Frisbie Brogan (August 26)
Stories of the South
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (May 13)
Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey (May 27)
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (August 5)
The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank (August 12)
Modern-Day Poetry
I Hope You Remember by Josie Balka (May 13)
They Will Tell You The World Is Yours by Anna Mitchael (May 20)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
Literally Could Not Put Down
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins (June 3)
All Books Sorted by Publication Date
May 1
The Best We Could Hope For by Nicola Kraus (May 1)
When Stars Align by Melissa de la Cruz (May 1)
Betting on Good by Wendy Francis (May 1)
May 6
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (May 6)
Romantic Friction by Lori Gold (May 6)
Lessons From My Teachers by Sarah Ruhl (May 6)
The Creativity Choice by Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (May 6)
Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe (May 6)
Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter (May 6)
The Names by Florence Knapp (May 6)
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Betty Cayouette (May 6)
We are The Beatles by Brad Meltzer (May 6)
Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner (May 6)
The Last Sunrise by Anna Todd (May 6)
Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age by Amanda Hess (May 6)
Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin (May 6)
What My Father and I Don't Talk About by Michele Filgate (May 6)
Entirely Emmie by Terri Libenson (May 6)
Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau (May 6)
Becoming You by Suzy Welch (May 6)
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon (May 6)
Hotter in the Hamptons by Tinx (May 6)
The Mother Code by Ruthie Ackerman (May 6)
The End Is the Beginning by Jill Bialosky (May 6)
I Will Blossom Anyway by Disha Bose (May 6)
All the Signs by Jessie Rosen (May 6)
I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally (May 6)
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (May 6)
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (May 6)
The Family Dynamic by Susan Dominus (May 6)
Brain and Heart by David Sandberg (May 6)
May 13
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan (May 13)
Hunger Like a Thirst by Besha Rodell (May 13)
I Hope You Remember by Josie Balka (May 13)
Mindfire by Carrie Berk (May 13)
Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein (May 13)
The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb (May 13)
Life and Art: Essays by Richard Russo (May 13)
Family And Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter (May 13)
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (May 13)
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey (May 13)
Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe (May 13)
The Red House by Mary Morris (May 13)
Sleep by Honor Jones (May 13)
Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson (May 13)
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding by Catherine Mack (May 13)
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins (May 13)
Make Me Famous by Maud Ventura (May 13)
May 20
Love Haters by Katherine Center (May 20)
Meet Me At Wonderland by Julia Devillers (May 20)
They Will Tell You The World Is Yours by Anna Mitchael (May 20)
Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander (May 20)
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan (May 20)
Songs of Summer by Jane L. Rosen (May 20)
The Doorman by Chris Pavone (May 20)
Papa's Coming Home by Chasten Buttigieg (May 20)
Who Knew by Barry Diller (May 20)
The Last Ferry Out by Andrea Bartz (May 20)
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle (May 20)
Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie Carter (May 20)
May 27
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (May 27)
Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey (May 27)
Hello, Cruel World! by Melinda Wenner Moyer (May 27)
Never Flinch by Stephen King (May 27)
June 3
The First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (June 3)
Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady (June 3)
My Childhood in Pieces by Edward Hirsch (June 3)
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3)
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch (June 3)
This Dog Will Change Your Life by Elias Weiss Friedman (June 3)
Glorious People by Sasha Salzmann (June 3)
The Catch by Ysra Daley-Ward (June 3)
The Dry Season by Melissa Febos (June 3)
Albion by Anna Hope (June 3)
Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor (June 3)
All's Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer (June 3)
The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (June 3)
A Real Emergency by Joanna Sokol (June 3)
Marianne the Maker by Kelly Corrigan and Claire Corrigan Lichty (June 3)
Flashlight by Susan Choi (June 3)
The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram (June 3)
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)
A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins (June 3)
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)
Amplify by Adam Met (June 3)
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (June 3)
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast (June 3)
Runs in the Family by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullogh (June 3)
The Day the Crayons Made Friends by Drew Daywalt (June 3)
June 10
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami (June 10)
What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown (June 10)
Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (June 10)
Homework by Geoff Dyer (June 10)
Jill is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda (June 10)
Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver (June 10)
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel (June 10)
Resurface by Cassidy Krug (June 10)
June 17
Don't Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine (June 17)
We Might Just Make It After All by Elyce Arons (June 17)
Fired Up by Shannon Watts (June 17)
Next To Heaven by James Frey (June 17)
Wildfire Days by Kelly Ramsey (June 17)
The Lost Masterpiece by B. A. Shapiro (June 17)
A Promise to Arlette by Serena Burdick (June 17)
The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick (June 17)
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (June 17)
Staying Married is the Hardest Part by Bonnie Comfort (June 17)
Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross (June 17)
The Scrapbook by Heather Clark (June 17)
When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin (June 17)
June 24
The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown (June 24)
The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown (June 24)
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle (June 24)
The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood (June 24)
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell (June 24)
Midlife Private Parts by Dina Alvarez and Dina Aronson (June 24)
Misbehaving at the Crossroads by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (June 24)
A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan (June 24)
Agents of Change by Christina Hillsberg (June 24)
I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom (June 24)
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott (June 24)
What We Leave Behind by Sue Halpern (June 24)
Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino (June 24)
July 1
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton (July 1)
Cry for Me Argentina by Tamara Yajia (July 1)
What The Deep Water Knows by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 1)
Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein (July 1)
The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang (July 1)
Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster (July 1)
The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager (July 1)
July 8
All The Men I’ve Loved Again by Christine Pride (July 8)
Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (July 8)
The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani (July 8)
Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld (July 8)
Proof of Life by Jennifer Pastiloff (July 8)
You Must Be New Here by Katie Sise (July 8)
Fools for Love by Helen Schulman (July 8)
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (July 8)
Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman (July 8)
Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams (July 8)
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart (July 8)
The Year of Dating Myself by Abby Rosmarin (July 8)
July 15
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (July 15)
I Don't Know How To Tell You This by Marian Thurm (July 15)
Wayward Girls by Susan Wiggs (July 15)
Millenial Menopause by Lauren A. Tetenbaum (July 15)
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza (July 15)
Penny Draws a First Crush by Sara Shepard (July 15)
If You Love it Let it Kill You by Hannah Pittard (July 15)
July 22
Greenwich by Kate Broad (July 22)
Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar (July 22)
Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell (July 22)
Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann (July 22)
July 29
Love Forms by Claire Adam (July 29)
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum (July 29)
Gracie Harris is Under Construction by Kate Hash (July 29)
The Bagel Who Wanted Everything by Alan Silberberg (July 29)
August 5
A Dog in Georgia by Lauren Grodstein (August 5)
We Should All Be Birds by Brian Buckbee and Carol Ann Fitzgerald
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (August 5)
Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman (August 5)
People Like Us by Jason Mott (August 5)
This Happened to Me by Kate Price (August 5)
Slip by Mallary Tenore Tarpley (August 5)
Someone's Gotta Give by Alisha Fernandez Miranda (August 5)
My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud (August 5)
L.A. Women by Ella Berman (August 5)
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived Graphic Novel #12) by Lauren Tarshis (August 5)
Searching for Novak by Mark Hodgkinson (August 5)
August 12
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything Alyson Stoner (August 12)
High Season by Katie Bishop (August 12)
I Know How This Ends by Holly Smale (August 12)
The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank (August 12)
Mess by Michael Chessler (August 12)
August 19
Changeover by Giri Nathan (August 19)
The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman (August 19)
August 26
Dog Train by Sandra Boynton (August 26)
Children of the Book by Ilana Kurshan (August 26)
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham (August 26)
Holding by Karleigh Frisbie Brogan (August 26)
Unbreakable: A Woman’s Guide to Aging with Power by Vonda Wright (August 26)
Good Grief by Sara Goodman Confino (August 26)
Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness by Elise Loehnen and Courtney Smith (August 26)
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WOW! My TBR list just grew by double digits. Thank you so much for this beautifully curated list. You’re the best!
Zibby I have been following your podcast and socials for a few months and really admire your work for readers. Then to top it off, you send this AMAZING summer reading list. Wow! A lot of time went into how your organized and compiled this list. Thank you for everything you do and your happy presence. I appreciate you!