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Beyond the Shelves: Summer Reading Preview


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On the newest episode of Beyond the Shelves, Jes and Sarah chat about this summer's biggest releases and the books they're most excited about. As you might have guessed, they are not necessarily the same thing! Plus, find out which host is a vampire girlie and which is a werewolf girlie.

What They're Reading

  • Promise Me Sunshine, by Cara Bastone
  • Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickly
  • Audition, by Katie Kitamura
  • Bunny, by Mona Awad
  • The Shots You Take, by Rachel Reid
  • Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, by Jonathan Blitzer 

To Be Read

  • Great Big Beautiful Life, by Emily Henry
  • She’s a Lamb, by Meredith Hambrock
  • Exit Zero, by Helene Marie Bertino
  • Oathbound, by Tracy Deonn
  • The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar
  • When the Clock Broke, by John Ganz

What We're Excited For

  • The Listeners, by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3)
  • Endling, by Maria Reva (June 3)
  • Ride With Me, by Simone Soltani (May 20)
  • The Library at Hellebore, by Cassandra Khaw (July 22)
  • A Curse Carved in Bone, by Danielle L. Jensen (May 13)
  • Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V.E. Schwab (June 10)
  • The View From Lake Como, by Adriana Trigiani  (July 8)
  • I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays, by Maris Kreizman (July 1)

Big Releases

  • Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3)
  • The Bewitching, by Siliva Moreno Garcia (July 15)
  • My Friends, by Fredrick Backman (May 6)
  • Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang (August 26)
  • These Summer Storms, by Sarah MacClean (July 8)
  • The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong (May 13)
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