Nicole and Gayle make a bunch of promises they probably won’t keep when they share their 2017 Summer Reading Lists. But our ambitiousness is your gain, as we list a ton of promising books that we want to get to over the summer.

Books mentioned:

The Marriage Pact, Michelle Richmond

Unraveling Oliver, Liz Nugent

The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin

Something Rich And Strange, Ron Rash

The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson

The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton

The Wife Between Us, Sarah Pekkanen

An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

Mrs. Fletcher, Tom Perrotta

Our Little Racket, Angelica Baker

The Leavers, Lisa Ko

Al Franken, Giant Of The Senate, Al Franken

The Versions Of Us, Laura Barnett

Real American, Julie Lythcott-Haims

1984, George Orwell

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Young Jane Young, Gabrielle Zevin

Cartwheel, Jennifer DuBois

Ginny Moon, Benjamin Ludwig

The Last Hack, Christopher Brookmyre

Standard Deviation, Katherine Heiny

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