Today I wanted to share with you some of my best of the best summer reading so far. We're one month in, and I feel pretty lucky to have read so many good books so far this season. (Book links will take you to my shop on Bookshop.org or to Amazon.com via my affiliate link.)
Best Book With a Sequel
This one is a tie between two sets of really great books:
The Book: Beartown by Fredrik Backman (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A small, dying town is holding on to its junior hockey team as its last hope for success. One night, an incident occurs between two teens that rips the town apart.
The Sequel: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A dying rural town is about to lose its beloved hockey team. The ex-players are mostly transferring to a rival team. A new team is built around a few hardworking young men. Sadly, tensions between the two towns escalate to a point of no return.
The Book: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
Five high school students students go to detention, but only four make it out alive. It's The Breakfast Club turned deadly in this novel.
The Sequel: One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
In the wake of the shocking events of the first novel, a new mystery student starts a Truth or Dare game at Bayview High that turns deadly.
Best Book About Loving Books
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
Nina Hill is a book lover who works in a bookstore. She is anxious, organized, and a planner. She also values her solitude and quiet life. Out of the blue she meets the (large) family of the father she never knew.
Best Book By a British Author
The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A young woman returns home after suffering a tragedy. She has always had a strained relationship with her mother while harboring fond memories of her childhood nanny who abruptly left. The woman soon learns that what she thought was true might not be.
Best Book by an Author With a New Book Coming Out Soon
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, new book One By One out in the US on September 8 (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A woman gets a job as a nanny in a remote house in Scotland. As soon as she arrives, strange things start happening, climaxing with the death of one of the children.
Best Early Book by Someone Who Became Famous With a Later Book
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, her most famous novel Gone Girl was released in 2012 (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A reporter just out of a psych hospital is sent to her small hometown to report on the murders of two young girls. By the end of her stay, she unravels the mystery surrounding the death of her own sister as well.
Best Young Adult Novel
Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A 17-year-old girl begins packing up the bedroom of her boyfriend who has just died. As she goes through his things, remembering parts of their relationship, she learns things are not what they seem.
Best Book to Read With Your Book Club
Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser (Find at Bookshop.org or at Amazon.com)
A woman and her two young children disappear the morning after she spent an evening drinking wine around a fire with her neighbors. The novel examines the lives of several women as they struggle to find out what happened to their neighbor.
Best Book by an Author You've Never Heard Of
The Longest Day of the Year by Kim Wright (Find at Amazon.com)
Four women sit on the beach and talk. They are different ages and have seemingly different backgrounds, but somehow they are all connected. As they talk about their lives, it becomes clear that the one thing they all love is their precious beach.
I hope you have a beautiful week!
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