Looking for some reading recs for the summer but tired of seeing the same handful of blockbuster books listed everywhere? Don't worry, we're here to help—and by "we," we mean your fellow Goodreads members.
 
Collected below are 76 recent books, divided by genre, that have earned an overall average rating of four stars or higher (at the time this article publishes!) from the discerning readers on this site. Most of the books here are from 2022 or 2023, though we reached back a little further for a few choice selections.

Some of these titles are true hidden gems unearthed by avid genre readers, while others may be a bit more familiar if you've been paying attention. But consider all of them reader-approved books you can comfortably take a chance on.
 
A random sampling: Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawling follows a desperate family trying to survive in East Oakland, California. An author confronts a strange mystery in an isolated farmhouse in Heather Gudenkauf’s The Overnight Guest. Or consider the curious case of Gerardo Sámano Córdova’s Monstrilio, which follows the fate of one little monster from Mexico City to Brooklyn to Berlin.
 
Scroll over the book cover images below for details, click through for still more details, and don’t forget to feed your Want to Read shelf.