Are you looking for something to read this summer? This list is a mix of old and new books that I can happily recommend. Not only do they all exist1, but I have read them. They’re not all explicitly summer-themed, but I think they would be good for reading in the summer.
Seasonal Vibe: Summer
Travel Location: South Carolina, Massachusetts, France
Historical Time: 2019, flashbacks to 1800’s and 1900’s
Genres: Literary, Contemporary, Historical, Multiple Timelines
Read: May 19-20, 2025
Format: Switched between Book of the Month hardcover and Audiobook
352 pages • Short Chapters • 🎧 Great Audiobook
Today I finished reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. It was my first Terry Pratchett book.
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I listened to the audiobook for all of The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, and it’s a fun sci-fi that’s a contrast to most of my other books. It’s just weird and imaginative, and there’s no romance at all.
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Seasonal Vibe: Summer
Travel Location: Seaside island in Georgia
Historical Time: Contemporary, with flashbacks
Read: April 24-26, 2025
Format: Switched between Barnes & Noble special edition hardcover and Audiobook
418 pages | 🎧 Great audiobook
Now presenting, Make Your Own Website
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My 13-year-old daughter started reading Wings of Starlight immediately and waited anxiously for me to finish it. A romantic YA book prequel to Secret of the Wings? We both loved it.
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Time: Future (2460)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Genres: Dystopian, Romance, YA, Sci-Fi
346 pages | 🎧 Good audiobook