I promised myself that I would spend more time reading in 2024, mostly because I noticed how much time I waste scrolling aimlessly at night. I set a goal of 30 books for the year (no lofty goals here) on Goodreads and started building my TBR to stay on track.
Since we’re getting into warmer weather, reading vacations and beach days, I want to change up the reading list a bit. I asked the Blogilates team about their summer reads and what’s on their 2024 summer TBR. Hopefully you’re as excited as I am to read some of them this summer!
What the Blogilates team is reading this summer
Compiling a list from the whole team means we have a lot of variety!
1. Funny Story – Emily Henry
If you spend time on BookTok, you’ll see Emily Henry on almost every summer TBR (esp Beach Read and The people we meet on vacation). Just released this month, Funny story is Henry’s latest novel which has rightly been named one of the most anticipated books of 2024. It’s romantic and fun, but it will blow your mind.
2. It Happened One Summer – Tessa Bailey
If you love a good rom-com, you can’t go wrong It’s been a summer (and Bailey’s second book in the duology, Hook Line and Sinker). A wealthy, Hollywood “It-girl” is cut off from her family and transplanted to a small beach town in Washington to run her father’s bar with her sister. He immediately meets a local who immediately assumes that he will not survive. She’s determined to prove him wrong and that’s where things get interesting.
3. Every Summer After – Carley Fortune
This summer romance novel has everything I want in a summer read. It takes you on a journey from young summer love over two decades, a mistake that caused everything to fall apart, and a weekend with the risk of heartbreak all over again. You won’t be able to put it down.
4. Chemistry Lessons – Bonnie Garmus
We love a smart, witty heroine story. The main character, Elizabeth Zott, is a chemist who constantly battles sexism and patriarchy throughout her career. After many unexpected changes in her life, she unwittingly lands a role starring in a cooking show and refuses to conform to being the “ideal” presenter.
5. Taste: My Life Through Food – Stanley Tucci
For our gourmets! Actor Stanley Tucci reflects on the important role food played in his upbringing and career, sharing stories from dinner with his family and on set. It’s funny and an overall feel-good book…that will probably make you hungry.
6. Shatter Me – Tahereh Mafi
Summer reading is usually known for quick, light stories, but that doesn’t mean you can’t squeeze in a compelling fantasy (or a few, if you’re reading this series). break me it’s intense, romantic and fast. You’ll be hooked on this series almost as soon as you pick it up.
7. The Hotel Nantucket – Elin Hilderbrand
Literally known as the queen of beach reads, you really can’t go wrong with any book by Elin Hilderbrand. In Hotel Nantucket, the main character faces a new breakup and becomes the manager of a once beloved hotel that needs new life (and a new billionaire owner) to restore its charm. Of course, there is some drama that makes this play easier said than done. Hopefully your lounger is nice and comfy, because you won’t want to get up once you start it.
8. Nora Goes Off Script – Annabel Monaghan
They say when life gives you lemons…turn your marriage breakdown into a movie script, shoot it in your house and put a former sexiest man alive for your ex-husband? Yes, this one is juicy and will keep you hooked as you wonder if a new love story is blossoming or if there is yet another disappointment on the horizon.
9. The Women – Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah beat us all The nightingale, and the latest historical fiction novel is another page-turner. It is a powerful, emotional tribute to the nurses who helped in the Vietnam War.
10. Lightlark – Alex Aster
For fans of fantasy, or anyone just into fantasy (like me). Lightlark is the first of a two-book series about an island that only appears for 100 days to host a deadly game between the rulers. Think power, deception and betrayal, with a little love mixed in.
11. Seven Days in June – Tia Williams
This is funny, romantic and sexy. You can literally feel the chemistry between the characters through the book.
What are you most excited to read this summer?
Add to the list in the comments!
If you want more, check out Cassey’s recent book reviews! If you’re more into podcasts, here’s a list of podcasts to pair with your girls’ hot rides this summer.
