Summer Books!

New releases, book recommendations, & my summer TBR!

Summer has to be my favorite reading season. Everything feels a little more free. There’s more sunshine, longer days, warm weather, cozy storms that blow in, and it all just breeds this perfect reading environment. I think it also feels so nostalgic because summertime as a kid is when you just have hours upon hours to read and lose yourself in a book.

So as we enter this summer reading season, I wanted to share some of my recommendations, new releases I am excited about, and what is on my personal summer tbr.

Summer Book Ideas in video form!

New & Recent Releases

• Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan - released June 4, 2024

  • Closed door single mom romance

• The Perfect Putt by Annah Conwell - released June 6, 2024

  • Closed door golf romance

• The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center - released June 11, 2024

  • Screenwriters working together on a rom com!

• A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston - releases June 25, 2024

  • Magical realism romance where the female main character finds herself living in the town from her favorite romance series

• The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh - releases July 2, 2024

  • Women’s fiction

• The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - releases July 30, 2024

  • Inheritance Games world!

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Recommendations

• Funny Story, Happy Place, People We Meet on Vacation, Beach Read, & Book Lovers by Emily Henry

  • More info linked here!

• The Cheat Sheet, The Rule Book, When in Rome, and Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

  • all closed door except The Rule Book - skip ch 34!

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

  • Coming of age murder mystery with lots of nature

• The Water Keeper, The Letter Keeper, & The Record Keeper by Charles Martin

  • General Christian fiction

• Bookshop By the Sea by Denise Hunter

  • Small beach town, second chance, with a bookstore!

• Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

  • Women’s fiction + romance, very outdoorsy

• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

  • Hawaii “honeymoon”!

• Love and Gelato, Love and Luck, & Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

  • YA European romance adventures

Check out other reading lists and inspiration here!

TBR

Non-Romance

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (or any nostalgic re-read for you)

  • Young adult adventure, fantasy, and greek mythology

• Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

  • Women’s fiction story of friendship spanning decades

• The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

  • Non-fiction

• Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell

  • Non-fiction

Romance

Tried & True

• Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

  • Summer romance set in Minnesota

• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

  • Single mom closed door romance with a movie star!

• Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

  • Second chance romance on Long Island

• Girl Meets Grump by Hailey Gardiner

  • Closed door outdoorsy romance

• Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

  • Magical realism romance

• The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

  • Rich heir romance

• One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • Romance exploring the idea of true love!

• How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan

  • Closed door neighbor romance set at the beach!

• Summer Reading by Jenn Mckinlay

  • Martha’s vineyard beach romance

Young Adult

• The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

  • Martha’s vineyard romance

• Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

  • Emotional summer romance

• The Summer I Turned Pretty, It’s Not Summer Without You, & We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

  • Trilogy + now a TV show!

• Beach Cute by Beth Reekles

  • Follows the story of 3 girls at the same beach resort

Under the Radar TBR

• Love Unscripted by Denise Hunter

  • Small beach town with fake dating & movie making!

• Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

  • Summer in the 90s in NYC

• Wild About You by Kaitlyn Hill

  • Outdoorsy reality TV show

• One of a Kind by Jane Lovering

  • Combo mystery romance set in england

• Falling Slow by Sydney Muse

  • Closed door romance set at a mountain resort with horses!

• Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson

  • Closed door romance between an influencer and park ranger in Montana

• The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale

  • Closed door women’s fiction / romance set in the Outer Banks

Thank you so much for reading! Let me know what is on your list to read this summer!

Take care,

Caroline