Summer Reading Recs - 20 Books To Read This Summer

As it's summer, I figured out it was only fitting I wrote a list of book recommendations for summer reading. Although I do love fantasy and crime/mystery novels, I do read other books as well, believe it or not. Considering just how many books that are published, I wanted to make it a bit easier to sort through everything and list 20 books one could pick up to read this summer.


Without any further ado, here's the list.
  • Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
  • In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
  • The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
  • The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy
  • The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley
  • Wooing the Farmer by Jenny Frame
  • The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton
  • The Little Bookshop of Love Stories by Jaimie Admans
  • The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
  • The Little Breton Bistro by Nina George
  • Where the Light Gets In by Lucy Dillon
  • Summer Dreams at Villa Limoncello by Daisy James
  • A Summer to Remember by Sue Moorcroft
  • The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
  • The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
  • Cooking for Ghosts by Patricia V. Davis
  • Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
  • Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok

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