The Goodreads Summer Reading Guide

Kyler wrote: "Mack wrote: "I'm going to reread the Harry Potter series this summer

Omg I should tooo"

Good idea .
THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN in audiobook . I might put that on my summer reading list .

I'm going to be reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry! Seems like the perfect summer book

I wish you guys would bring back the summer reading challenge that you did a few years ago

I have been compiling a long list of post-apocalyptic fiction for my summer reading. With the world going to hell in a hand basket, I feel like reading about the aftermath of cataclysmic events. Who knows? It could come in handy. I might learn a thing or two about survival. In any event, I intend to make frequent trips to the library this summer. I can't afford to do much else.

Lisa wrote: "I'm finally going to tackle The Count of Monte Cristo!"

I wish you well. I got the full tome, not the abridged version. I loved the first few hundred pages, but then I felt bogged down when he started his plans for vengeance. I really enjoyed it until that point. Nevertheless, I intend to go back and finish someday, just not this summer. Enjoy!

This post is very northern hemisphere biased. In the south, we are in winter!

Mack wrote: "I'm going to reread the Harry Potter series this summer <3"

That's Quite a thing.

I have a loong tbr for this summer as I'm soon done with my exams! But really looking forward to "Book Lovers" by Emily Henry and "Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory" by Raphael Bob-Waksberg! I'm also going to catch up with all the reads I didn't read last summer, f.ex. "The song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, "Summer" by Ali Smith" and "My Policeman" by Bethan Roberts!

as a student whose major is social science, I still have to continue reading professional books this summer

I'm thinking I will read from several genres this summer. I've recently renewed my interest in Christian Fiction, so will be reading Christian/Inspirational/Heartwarming fiction, clean romances like the Love Inspired series, Love comes softly series and Love Finds You In...series, classics like Vanity Fair and Anna Karenina, cozy mysteries, women's fiction, mysteries featuring female PIs, SciFi/Fantasy, fiction with other culture focus and own voice, translated novels, and debuts, YA and Youth. I haven't yet picked all the specific titles, and some books may cross more than one genre/category.

I'm thinking of reading Ninth House, finally. I know the sequel is coming out and it's been on my radar for a bit. Beyond that, I'm not sure. I'd like to find some fun ways to pick out some summer books. I have so much to read and so little time.

Can you link back to your winter reading guide a few months back? We're in the southern hemisphere so winter has started here and I'm looking for some nice winter reads to keep me occupied during the cold weather :)

I like to read historical fiction about the antebellum south and slavery.

im going to finish the heroes of olympus series and maybe ill reread percy jackson and start trials of apollo!

Then there’s the Aussie who are at school in exam time and have no time to read 😕

Great lists of books, I’ll check them out! Happy reading y’all 🖤

Even though it’s incomplete, I’m going to re-read A Song of Ice and Fire series for the gajillionth time. 🙃

Great! Aunque más bien vienen los días de lluvia en mi país, me queda súper atinada la lista para las tardes en casa. Ya me he anotado varias recomendaciones. Saludos :)

Summer’s the only time I ever really CAN read— during every other season I’m too busy with school— so I’m going to read a LOT. Three seasons of the year I toss book after book into my giant pile of Want to Reads, and during the summer I start the process of slowly shrinking that pile— though I suspect it’s actually bottomless.

Yeah. I’m gonna reread from lukov with love

Don’t read this one!

Unless you don’t stop! It’s so good!

It’s breath of fresh air.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I’ll keep on reading Stalingrad by Vassily Grossman

I have just bought the 1st 3 Patrica Highsmith Ripley books so that will be a start.

Lapvona, Lessons in Chemistry, Unshaved, Cult Classic, Thrust, Six Walks, Cultish, Nora Goes Offscript, Sea of Tranquility, The XX Men, The Bartender's Cure, Pandora's Jar, The Scent of Burnt Flowers, Fruiting Bodies.....who knows what will happen

I always try to read a few classics over the summer I've never read before. About 15 years ago I read all of Jane Austen which, believe it or not, I'd never read before (I was late 40s, early 50s at that time). I even read the Mysteries of Udolfo that was mentioned in Northanger Abbey. This has given me several great options that might lead me to others. Thanks.

Leslie wrote: "Its a Summer of Horror for me!
On deck: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey, What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher...and also the thrillers Ordinar..."

Just finished reading the The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix. Definitely horror. Have you read Mexican Gothic by Moreno-Garcia? It's pretty creepy.

It bothers me immensely that good reads focus is on readers that live in the northern hemisphere . Where’s the winter reading list for all us chumps down here in the Southern Hemisphere.

William wrote: "Nothing for younger readers or people who prefer middle grade. This is disappointing."

Try some oldies: National Velvet, Robin Hood, Lassie, The Incredible Journey, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn,
Swiss Family Robinson.

MJ wrote: "Everything I can."
That's a good choice. My motto is Too Many Books, Too little time."

Classics is all you need.

Why no YA list?

William wrote: "Nothing for younger readers or people who prefer middle grade. This is disappointing."

What recommendations might you have William?

The Personal Librarian, London (by E. Rutherford), The Midnight Library, The Bad-Ass Libriarians of Timbuktu, Northanger Abbey, Crossroads by Franzen, The Sun Also Rises and Led Zeppelin by Bob Spitz

The summer I turned pretty series is a really good read for summer!

Probably going to continue with Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles which I started reading in winter, but due to being very busy I’m progressing very slowly :,)

I’m working through things I’ve purchased but not gotten around to reading. I’m going through my bookshelves and tagging them with post its so I can grab one easily when I’m ready for the next book. Also trying to finish all the partially read things on my kindle and on Audible.

I want to read everything by authors Lynn Austin & Lisa Wingate.

Two books that I really want to read come out in October. Not sure what to read next…

awesome list! i plan to read “the summer i turned pretty” series, along with some more fantasy.

So I'm starting with a Western thriller by C.J. Box called "Shadows Reel". His main character once again is Joe Pickett, a Wyoming game warden who consistently finds trouble while he's on the job.
Then it's on to Harlan Coben and his latest thriller, "The Match." Its main character is Wilde, whose story started in a previous novel called "The Boy from the Woods", which is also very good but not really necessary to read before this one unless you want to do so.
Finally, my third choice to get this summer reading started is "The Horsewoman" by James Patterson and Mike Lupica about "horse shows in the lead up to the Olympics" (back cover) and 3 horsewomen's stories, 2 of whom are mother and daughter.

I’ll be reading Neither Out Far Nor In Deep. It’s a quick cultural read by Leah T Williams

Mary-ellen wrote: "I wish these posts were called Seasonal Picks or something similar. It can feel alienating if you live in one of the many countries that are heading into winter. I live in hope that someone will ev..."

It would be nice if whoever does this would use a global perspective, yes. Very narrow minded!

Trudi wrote: "William wrote: "Nothing for younger readers or people who prefer middle grade. This is disappointing."

What recommendations might you have William?"

William have you ever read books by Alan Dean Foster, he wrote a lot of Star War and Star Trek books and he has a many new books. Try them out.

The Alexandria Quartet by Laurence Durell, and finishing Ali Smiths Summer

I have a very long list of books to read this summer! I’m very excited for the book Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence to come out!

Probably something by Nora Roberts (I have 4), The Bride Test, and Immortal Rising.

it’s actually winter in australia so i’m gonna have to pick something that fits both seasons 😭

Saved Walter Isa son’s Leonardo Da Vinci biography for beach reading days

A fun Summer read ! Check out Rainforest…A Tale of Discovery, Intrigue & Passion, followed by Goldfever…A Continued Tale of Discovery, Intrigue & Passion and Port Royal… An Unexpected Tale of Discovery, Intrigue & Passion. The Trilogy is exciting and very sexy ! Authors Boggins & Catan