There’s nothing better than taking time to catch up on reading during slower-paced summer months. Find a comfy spot in the shade – the garden, a park, the beach. Add a cold drink and a cozy pillow. Now all you need is the book. Below is a list of favorite books provided by a diverse group of friends, in no particular order. The list is not edited – so reader beware, look into these titles and see if something sounds appealing!
Memories Of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand
Palace Papers By Tina Brown
Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Atonement by Ian Mckewan
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Interpreter Of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Brooklyn By Colm Tóibín
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Everything is illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Dry by Jane Harper
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut