Maybe you’re the kind of person who doesn’t pick your next read based on the weather. but some of us are looking for a specific type of book to read in the summer. More than a genre, a summer reading is a state of mind: a happy and fascinating book, capable of capturing our attention while we enjoy the outdoors.
Speaking today about beach reading, the authors discussed their own summer reading routines and provided some recommendations to add to your summer reading list. lily king, author of read with jenna pick “writers & lovers”, she said that she likes to mess up her summer reads while she takes them to the beach and the park. “I want a taste of summer in the pages,” King said today.
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the only question is: where to start? We’re rounding up some of the new releases of 2022, from novels and memoirs to romances and comedies, to fit the summer mood.
“every summer after” by carley fortune
search #beachread on instagram and chances are you’ll see this cover. Speaking today, Carley Fortune said she was inspired by her childhood in Barry’s Bay, a small lakeside town in Canada, while writing this love story that shifts perspectives between the summers of childhood and two adults trying to correct their teen mistakes. read an excerpt from today.
“book lovers” by emily henry
Emily Henry’s romantic comedies know the beach reading assignment: they are frequently on vacation and involve writers or bookworms. “Book Lovers” follows the tradition of “Reading on the Beach” and “People We Meet on Vacation,” and takes place during book publisher Nora Stephens’ month-long trip to a North Carolina town, where meets a rival: an equally successful book agent the transformation from enemies to lovers doesn’t take long to happen.
“neruda in the park”, by cleyvis natera
“neruda on the park” is about a new york community on the brink of gentrification and the residents whose future and close-knit connections are being threatened. eusebia, an older resident, has the idea of starting a criminal network to chase away the new residents. his family responds in his way. Natera, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, said the novel was inspired by her own life and childhood in Harlem.
“meant to be mine” by hannah orenstein
Do you believe in predestined love? the protagonist of “meaning to be mine” yes: she has bet her romantic future on a prophecy that her grandmother presented to her. When Edie, a fashion stylist, meets singer Theo Larsen, she knows she has met the man her grandmother had in mind. it remains to be seen if she can really measure up to them.
“fake” by kirstin chen
winnie and ava, once college roommates, lost touch. When they meet again at a coffee shop, Winnie has a proposal. “forgery” runs to the beat of a heist movie, as in the case that once you start reading you won’t be able to stop.
“very happy for you” by celia laskey
If you’re going to be attending multiple weddings this year, “so happy for you” might speak to you in a visceral way. A fast-paced satirical thriller, “So Happy For You” is set in the near future, where a declining birthrate leads to a wedding frenzy spurred on by government incentives. Best friends since childhood, Ellie and Robin have grown apart in recent years, especially due to their disagreements over marriage. The tension builds to a tipping point when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor.
“tracy flick can’t win” by tom perrotta
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Tracy Flick is a character first made famous in Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel “Election” and the film adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon. Years later for the high school student body, Tracy is now a middle-aged mother and assistant principal, revisiting her past while she still longs to be recognized in that familiar way.
“hurricane girl” by marcy dermansky
marcy dermansky’s books are written in sparse but forceful prose, and every sentence will make you think. “Hurricane girl” is about a woman who runs away from her boring life. but if she doesn’t know what she’s looking for, how will she know when she finds it?
“more than you will ever know” by katie gutierrez
As a true crime reporter, Cassie Bowman finds the truth behind the stories that grip people the most. She comes across an article about Lore Rivera, a woman who led a double life with one family in Mexico and another in the United States, and she thinks she has found the defining moment to define her career. “More Than You’ll Ever Know” is an intertwined story about ambition, motherhood, and more.
“tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow” by gabrielle zevin
sadie and sam bond over their shared love of video games. and one day, they will become one of the most successful in the world. but they don’t know it yet. “tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow” is a narrative feat that spans a decade and changes perspective as the story unfolds over the years.
“carrie soto is back” by taylor jenkins reid
the title of “carrie soto is back” is the story that carrie soto, a great tennis player, wants to tell the world and her skeptics, of which there are many. At 37, six years after her retirement, Carrie watches as a younger tennis player beats her record. she decides to leave retirement for a year to get back what she feels is hers.
“mutual friend” by carter bays
This debut novel from the creator of “How I Met Your Mother” follows the intertwined lives of some New Yorkers. an all-seeing, intelligent narrator (who is also a character) tells the stories of him, and the book is worth reading just to experience the satisfying ending, with everything falling into place perfectly.
“these impossible things” by salma el-wardany
A reading with Jenna Pick, “These Impossible Things” follows the lives of three British Muslim friends in the UK, all navigating the pressures of family expectations with the desire to forge their own paths. el-wardany said today that he wrote the book in a span of a month. “I just want to tell a story of lived experience (of Muslim women) that doesn’t make us the butt of a joke,” he said.
“our wives under the sea” by julia armfield
leah returns from a mission on the high seas and is forever changed. At first, his wife, Miri, only takes care of minor modifications. But as time passes, Miri now has to learn to reconcile the new version of Leah with the woman he fell in love with. this is a melancholic novel about falling in love and then seeing how love changes; a great option if standard rom-coms don’t appeal to you right now.
“olga dies dreaming” by xochitl gonzalez
olga and her brother, pedro “prieto” acevedo are prominent new yorkers: prieto is a politician and olga is a wedding planner. behind the scenes, they are dealing with a family reckoning after her mother returns, 27 years after her disappearance. this is a romantic comedy that’s also about family and healing, and acknowledges how all of these kinds of love are connected.
“the newcomer” by jean hanff korelitz
Can’t resist a juicy sibling drama? you will find it here, en masse. “The Newcomer” is narrated by the literal newcomer to his family: Zoe is significantly younger than his older triplet siblings, who don’t get along. Born into a rich and divided family, Phoebe seeks to understand what happened before she was born and how she can fix it now that she’s here.
“the strength of so much beauty” by barbara bourland
Falling in love with a prince is not a fairy tale, as the protagonist of this gripping novel discovers. Caroline is a former Olympian turned princess of a small European country. her role becomes more like a trap; her husband, more like a captor. Bourland said she was inspired by real-life royalty in writing this novel set in pre-recession Europe.
“the palace papers” by tina brown
Whether you follow royal family news or not, tina brown’s comprehensive account of the past 25 years in the windsor family’s history, from princess diana to meghan markle, is bound to fascinate you. Brown writes in brilliant and relentlessly intelligent prose, making a history lesson seem more like a gossip party.
“honey and spices” of bolu babalola
sexy and emotionally astute, bolu babalola, author of “love and color”, wrote a romance that will stay with you. “honey and spices” takes place in the university years, when the characters discover themselves through their relationships. Podcast host Kiki Banjo begins a fake mutually beneficial relationship with a playboy.
“love marriage” by monica ali
for yasmin ghorami, love is the easy part of their relationship. merging families is not. in the run-up to the wedding, her family clashes with her fiancé’s. Through a single marriage, Monica Ali’s book addresses so many truths and cultural tensions.
“kaleidoscope” by cecily wong
Not all beach reads have to be light and airy. “Kaleidoscope” is a moving story about grief and a prominent family adjusting to sudden loss. cecily wong captures the gradations of loss, but also the power of love in the novel, which may be exactly what you need this summer.
“draft” by katy tur
nbc anchor katy tur speaks honestly about her upbringing in this memoir. tur’s parents were photographers who documented l.a. by helicopter and as a result, she and her brother grew up in the sky. As an adult, Tur’s relationship with her father, who transitioned later in life, became more complicated.
“normal family” by chrysta bilton
Think of the title of this book as a joke: there are no normal families. chrysta bilton breaks down her family’s origin story, which began when her mother, a single gay woman, made a backroom deal with a sperm donor that resulted in two children. As Bilton grew older, she learned that she had many more siblings across the country: 35, to be precise.
“harlem sunset” by nekesa afia
step aside from hercule poirot. Louise Lloyd, the central character in the Nekesa Afia books, will be your new favorite mystery solver. She gets to the bottom of the crimes from her point of view at a speakeasy in 1920s Harlem.She reads the first installment in the series to learn Louise’s origin story.
“the last housewife” by ashley winstead
shay evans is in a weird category. she is one of the few that came out. “The Last Housewife” is about the ramifications of a cult about the women who escaped the leader’s enslavement and those who didn’t.
“chemistry lessons” by bonnie garmus
find this smash hit where story meets humor. the book follows a chemistry in the 1960s who doesn’t get the respect she deserves. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes the host of a famous cooking show. With her platform, she encourages viewers to push boundaries the same way she did at work.
“the paris apartment” by lucy foley
The author of “The Guest List” returns with another novel written along the lines of Agatha Christie. Jess moves to Paris from London. as she settles in, her brother arrives to stay, then quickly disappears, leaving her to find out where he is and the secrets he’s been keeping.
“according to the book”, by jasmine guillory
if your favorite part of the movie “beauty and the beast” is the library, then this abridged version of a fairy tale by jasmine guillory is written with you in mind. Working at a publishing house was always Isabelle’s dream job, but the reality of being the company’s only black employee is far from ideal. When she’s invited to travel to an author’s mansion to help speed up her book, she gets a break from the office but finds herself in a new web of complications.
“woman of light”, by kali fajardo-anstine
kali fajardo-anstine’s “sabina & corina” collection focused on indigenous women in colorado today; “woman of light” travels to the past. light “little light” lopez stands on her own in 1930s colorado, dealing with visions of her ancestors and all they had lost not too long ago. Through her psychic connection with them, she has the opportunity to save her stories.
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“an italian summer”, by rebecca serle
Katie and her mom, Carol, were supposed to take a two-week mother-daughter trip to Positano. And then, tragically, her mother died. Bereft, Katie can barely make it to the plane. when she arrives in italy, she is shocked to find her mother, alive and well, and 30 years old. Through a magic realism trick and a curve in space and time, she gets the chance to meet Carol in a new way before she leaves.