Suuummertiiiiiime, and the front doors are swoooollen. Join Chris and Annie for a preview of the summer's hottest releases and a look back to some of our favorite backlist beach reads. Some other "best of" lists we mentioned: + Good Housekeeping+ Modern Mrs. Darcy  You can find all of the following books for sale (or preorder) in The Bookshelf's online store. New in 2019: + City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert + Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane + The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead + Family of Origin by CJ Hauser + Stars of Alabama by Shawn Dietrich + The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal + The Queen by Josh Levin Backlist: + Dark Matter by Blake Crouch + Recursion by Blake Crouch + Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel + You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein + Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford + Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng + The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor + The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer + Limelight by Amy Poppel + Tomorrow There Will Be Sun by Dana Reinhardt + Girl in the Water by Paula Hawkins + Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs by Heather Lende + Hello Sunshine by Laura Dave + Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid + My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon here.