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Highlights

• Now that the 2024 Summer Reading Guide is set, Sarah welcomes heavier and more literary books.
• Catherine is leaning into several themes with books covering 4 decades.
• With a clean split of 3 new or debut authors and 3 repeat authors, Catherine is trying for more wins this season.
• Kick back with several summer picks that are 450+ pages.
• Sarah’s choices feature a wide variety of topics with 2 debuts and 4 returning authors.
• Sarah has already read and rated two of her picks 5 stars!
• Plus, listen in to hear their #1 picks for the summer season.

Summer 2024 Book Preview [2:49]

June

Sarah’s Picks

• Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (June 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:28]
• Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (June 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[9:05]
• What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. Morris (June 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:59]

Catherine’s Picks

• Swift River by Essie Chambers (June 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [6:44]
• Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (June 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[14:34]
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (June 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:17]
• How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard (June 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[29:31] 

Other Books Mentioned

• The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters [3:33]
• Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty [3:52]
• Real Americans by Rachel Khong [9:31]
• The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe [9:41]
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [12:10]
• Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett [12:11]
• The Hop by Diana Clarke [13:26]
• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo [14:42]
• All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris [18:16]
• Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris [18:21]
• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker [22:38]
• Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra [23:10]
• At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard (memoir published in 1998) [32:29]

July

Sarah’s Picks

• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:12] 
• The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [33:17]
• Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (July 9) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [38:00]

Catherine’s Picks

• The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[35:28]
• The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (July 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [42:11] 

Other Books Mentioned

• Long Bright River by Liz Moore [25:22]
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai [28:56]
• Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead [34:09]
• Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane [34:23]
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [34:46]
• A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella [35:37]
• Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close [36:26]
• Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal [36:29]
• The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane [36:45]
• Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner [38:53]
• The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali [42:31]