Summer is over, but we’re not done talking about the hot books of summer 2019. Which did we read? Did they live up to the hype? And what’s still on our summer TBR? Also, as Gayle and Nicole approach the 100th episode of The Readerly Report, they want to do something big.

Books mentioned in this show:
City Of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Gayle’s review here)
Searching For Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Gayle’s review here)
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Gayle’s review here)
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth (Gayle’s review here)
The Other Woman by Sandie Jones (Gayle’s review here)
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Inland by Tea Obrecht
Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Is There Still Sex In The City by Candace Bushnell
How Could She by Lauren Mechling
The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombordo
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (Gayle’s review here)
The Real Michael Swann by Bryan Reardon

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