Readers’ Picks: Books That Feel Like Summer
Is there a phrase that evokes more joy than “summer reading?” Whether it’s picking the book you’ll take with you on vacation, the read you pack to take to the pool, or the books you get to explore while off from school, we all love a good summer escape. We recently asked our followers on Threads to share their summer reading recommendations by asking them, “It’s not summer until I read … ” Find your next great story below!
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by Katy Hays
From the bestselling author of The Cloisters comes a slow-burn psychological drama about an opulent family that unravels when a decades-old crime resurfaces. Combining a glittering, dark atmosphere, morally-gray characters, and mind-bending twists, Saltwater is an exploration of the corrupting effects of generational privilege and the lengths people go to protect a legacy — and how no one can hold a grudge like family.
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The Starter Ex
by Mia Sosa
Vanessa Cordero used to run a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your crush … and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy was practically begging for you. Enter Jason Torres, a certified commitment-phobe who doesn’t plan on getting married anytime soon. But this time nothing’s going according to plan. Vanessa can’t ditch Jason no matter how hard she tries to scare him away. And the longer they’re around each other, the more neither of them wants to be apart.
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The View From Lake Como
by Adriana Trigiani
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” (The Washington Post) storyteller and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (New York Times), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late. Fed by the author’s cherished Italian roots, this is a bighearted, hilarious novel of the moment: The story of one woman’s determination to live a creative life that matters, with enough room left over for love. With a one-way ticket to Italy, she is determined to write a new story on her own terms — this time, in stone.
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My Other Heart: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Emma Nanami Strenner
In June 1998, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport. Seventeen years later, two best friends in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, discuss their summer plans before college. Kit, with the support of her white adoptive parents, will travel to Tokyo to explore her Japanese roots. Sabrina had hoped to make a similar trip to China, but money is tight. Meanwhile, Mimi purchases a plane ticket to Philadelphia. When Mimi, Kit, and Sabrina come face to face, they will confront the people they truly are.
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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan
From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent Hawaiian wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners. In a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Los Angeles to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan unfurls a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated, and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.
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Dolly All the Time: A GMA Book Club Pick
by Annabel Monaghan
A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script.
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When You Loved Me
by Beatriz Williams
A young widow returns to her late father’s New England estate, only to be drawn into the hunt for the rumored pirate treasure that consumed his life, in this thrilling and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Husbands & Lovers. A timeless story of love and atonement, When You Loved Me maps both a centuries-old treasure hunt and the intimate territory of the human heart, weaving together past and present as only Beatriz Williams can.
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We Were Liars: Deluxe Edition
by E. Lockhart
The modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw-dropping secret. Now available as an original streaming series on Prime Video.
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One Golden Summer
by Carley Fortune
Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable letting other people shine. Lately though, she’s been itching for something more, and returns to the lake where she spent a magical summer when she was 17. Then she runs into Charlie Florek. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice’s soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart.
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Beach Read
by Emily Henry
A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
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Just Our Luck
by Denise Williams
A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, finding each other might end up being the sweetest bit of luck for both of them.
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Malibu Rising: A Read with Jenna Pick
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family’s generations will all come rising to the surface and the family drama that ensues will change their lives forever.
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The Summers Between Us
by Noreen Nanja
Lia Juma thought she’d buried the dreams of her heart long ago. But when she’s forced to return to her family’s summer cottage on Pike Bay, the life she’s carefully crafted begins to unravel. Back at the bay, Lia stumbles upon memories she thought were long forgotten and, at the center of it all, is Wesley Forest — the boy she left behind. As the two confront the choices and secrets that divided them as teenagers, Lia must decide if she can heal from the past and finally embrace the life and love she’s always craved.
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Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys: A hilarious and supremely original novel set in the Hamptons in the 1980s, “a tenderhearted coming-of-age story fused with a sharp look at the intersections of race and class” (The New York Times).
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