“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” —Jeanette Walls

I can’t believe it is June and that summer is officially right around the corner!!! This is the perfect time to decide what books you want on your TBR (to be read) list for the months of June and July. I want to help you out by giving you my personal summer book recommendations!

I tend to be what people call a “mood reader”, meaning instead of just being able to pick up the next book on my shelf and reading it, I have to be in the mood for a book. That could mean being in the mood for the genre or the setting…or anything really. I also like to read books during the season they are set in, if possible, especially during the summer. Give me alllllll the books that take place at the beach or during a summer vacation!

Summer Book Recommendations

Books I have Read:

• Let’s Go to the Beach
  • Happy Place (Emily Henry): 5 ⭐️ 
  • Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid): 5 ⭐️ 
  • It’s a Love Story // Same Time Next Summer (Annabel Monaghan)
  • Love, Lucas (Chantele Sedgwick)
  • The Summer I Turned Pretty series (Jenny Han)
• Lake Life
  • Every Summer After  // One Golden Summer // Meet Me at the Lake (Carley Fortune): 5 ⭐️ 
  • Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
• Take Me Back to Summer Camp
  • Wildfire (Hannah Grace)
  • Crossroads (Devney Perry)
  • The Summer Dare (Joanna Dodd)
  • The God of the Woods (Liz Moore)
• Vacay Vibes
  • People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry): 5 ⭐️ 
  • The Unhoneymooners //The Paradise Problem (Christina Lauren)
  • One Italian Summer (Rebecca Serle)
  • An Unexpected Paradise (Chelsea Curto)
  • Vacation Wars (Meghan Quinn)
  • Lost in Tuscany (Sophie Sinclair)
  • Cool Girl Summer (Amber Eve)
• Set in Summertime
  • Book Lovers // Beach Read (Emily Henry): 5 ⭐️ 
  • Summer Romance // Dolly All the Time (Annabel Monaghan)
  • The Summer of Broken Rules (K.L. Walther)
  • These Summer Storms (Sarah MacLean)
  • The Summer of Chasing Dreams (Holly Martin)
• A Category All It’s Own
  • Part of Your World series (Abby Jimenez): 4.5-5 ⭐️ 
  • Something Wilder (Christina Lauren)
  • The Love Haters (Katherine Center)
  • Mosquitoland (David Arnold)
  • Honorable Mentions: Funny Story (Emily Henry) // Love and Other Words (Christina Lauren)

I rated all of these books 3.5-5 ⭐️! If you want to see my review of these summer reads, check out my Goodreads profile or StoryGraph profile!

Books I Want to Read:

• The Night We Lost Him (Laura Dave)
• Daisy Jones and the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
• This Summer Will Be Different // Our Perfect Storm (Carley Fortune)
• The Summer Pact (Emily Giffin)
• It Happened One Summer // Hook, Line, and Sinker (Tessa Bailey)
• 32 Days in May (Betty Corello) 
• The Wedding People (Alison Espach)
• My Friends (Fredrik Backman)
• The Guest Book (Sarah Blake)
• The Woman in Cabin 10 (Ruth Ware)
• Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)

📣 YOUR TURN! What summer books would you add to my list? Let us know by leaving a comment, or reach out to me directly on social media! Happy summer and happy reading!