As I do each year, I have listed here my favorites for the first six months of the year so you can easily find them to take to the beach (or to your home if you can’t get to the beach this year). This year was light on 5-star books, but there are a good number of 4.5-star choice to enjoy.

I will post another list of those I am reading this summer – who knows if they are going to be good or not…happy summer, everyone!

Links to read my blog posts are here:

5-star
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Anxious People

4.5-star
This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing
Blood, Bones, and Butter
The Women in Black
The Midnight Library
Leave the World Behind
The Splendid and the Vile
Don’t Look for Me
Eat a Peach
Dear Child
When We Were Orphans

2020’s summer books are here.
2019’s summer books are here.
2018’s summer books are here.
2017’s summer books are here.