It’s nearly June, which means summer is nearly here! With my kids being older and my full-time job, summer doesn’t look much different than the rest of my year, to be honest, but I do love the prospect of warmer temperatures, longer days, and a much-needed vacation in July. And, of course, more books to read! Here are 12 books I want to read this summer.

12 Books on My Summer Reading List

1. In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune – I have high hopes for this one, my third read by Klune.
2. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates – I love Coates’s works and voice, and this book has been staring me down for months.
3. Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey – Part of my goal to clear my Book of the Month (BOTM) Stack of Shame
4. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld – Yet another BOTM backlist book.
5. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson – What’s that? Yes, you guessed it. A BOTM backlist book.
6. The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch – Notice a BOTM pattern here?
7. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman – Beartown was a favorite earlier this year, but I’ve held off on reading the sequel. I’ll get to the finale, The Winners, this fall.
8. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini – This one’s been on my shelf for years, and I have a feeling I’m going to love it.
9. I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai – Another author I love whose book I’ve been holding back on because I have such high expectations.
10. Maame by Jessica George – This is a book I know very little about, but I know that it has garnered huge hype on Bookstagram and I’m very curious.
11. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro – I think this book has been on my shelf since 2012. Time to read it!
12. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – A book to fulfill my love for dystopian fiction.

Have you read any of these? Which one should I start with this summer?