It’s already summer – how!? But we’re very ready for summer reading with our lists of the books we’re most excited about. As always, we’ll end with what we’re reading this week!

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
Sleepless in Seattle (film)
When Harry Met Sally… (film)
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
Passion Project by London Sperry
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
Ali Hazelwood
Annabel Monaghan

Ann’s picks:

• The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King (releases June 3)
• The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (releases June 3)
  – The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater
  – The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
• Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall (releases June 10)
  – Broadchurch (TV)
• Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (releases July 8)
• How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold (releases July 8)
  – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  – The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (releases August 19)
  – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
  – Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
  – A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
• Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill (releases August 19)
  – Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  – The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
  – With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
• Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (releases August 26)
  – Babel by R.F. Kuang

Halle’s picks:

• Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (releases June 3)
  – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  – Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  – Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  – Top Gun (film)
• The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (releases June 3)
• Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh (releases June 3)
  – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  – Succession (TV)
  – Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
  – Gossip Girl (TV)
• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (releases June 10)
• When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa (releases June 24)
• Rose in Chains by Julie Soto (releases July 3)
  – The Thrashers by Julie Soto
  – The Auction by LovesBitca8 (fanfiction)
• The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley (releases June 24)
  – Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
  – The Mothers by Brit Bennett
• These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (releases July 8)

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: Kate & Frida by Kim Fay
  – Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
• Halle: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
  – Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
  – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  – The Guncle by Steven Rowley
  – Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
  – Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

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