Books
The season is packed with beachy romance, fantastical page-turners, and taut thrillers.
Heres to lazy, sun-drenched afternoons spent lost in stories, and to lapping up novellas in one sitting.
Dont worry, June, July, and August offer a little of everything.
And of course, theres plenty of fun beach material, too, like standout romancesSeven Summer WeekendsandSummer Romance.
Below, our most anticipated books of Summer 2024.
Its absolutely stunning; I fell in love with Obiefuna completely.
Left alone with Sailor all day, Soldier struggles to hang onto her own sense of self.
As difficult as Sailor is, he also loves his mother, and she him.
Shes even making impulse purchases from Instagram a sure sign of distress.
Instead of getting offended, Ethan takes this as an excuse to flirt with Ali.
Soon she and Ethan are going on a date, and then falling into an irresistible fling.
This disappearance is especially fraught because Barbaras older brother, Bear, also vanished before Barbara was born.
Fans of mysteries, family stories, and historical fiction alike will find this tale irresistible.
(Readers who arent familiar with the original shouldnt worry: This book stands on its own.)
But the fantastical soon makes itself known, and the novel follows them through a series of reincarnations.
ForThe Memos protagonist, Jenny Green, this moment was spurning her pushy college career counselor.
she gladly takes it.
WithBear, the author again focuses on an isolated place: Washington states San Juan Islands.
Through their stories, the author explores all of the surprising and mysterious ways we affect each other.
Flirting with metafiction, and just slightly off-kilter from reality,State of Paradiseis a hurricane of a book.
(If youre looking for an all-absorbing paperback for summer, check outThe Book of MorThe Cartographers.)
The novels narrator is a wealthy, Palestinian-born 30-something, who works as a teacher in the city.
In her essay collection, she asks: to what end?
Moody, potent, and tinged with the occult,Smothermossis unlike anything Ive read in a long time.
This novel, too, combines serious subject matter with romance as well as comedy.
If you were into that peach scene inCall Me By Your Name, this is for you.
his moms house but never showed up.
While on their splendorous estate the perfect environment for an immersive coming-of-age story Tomoko begins to unravel family mysteries.
