All articles tagged with #summer reading
Barack Obama released his 2026 summer music playlist and reading list, with Vermont-based singer Noah Kahan earning a spot on the lineup with the track Doors from The Great Divide, a placement Kahan celebrated on social media as Obama’s annual picks continue to spotlight both emerging and established artists.
Nature’s summer book round-up gathers ten contributors’ obsessions, pairing science, ecology, and cultural history across a diverse slate of titles—from Robert Macfarlane’s Is a River Alive? and Jessica Riskin’s Living Medicine to Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water and Simon Marginson’s Global Higher Education in Times of Upheaval—with brisk, personal reflections that explore rivers’ aliveness, conservation ethics, medical science, AI, education, and the human stories that thread through them.
Emily Temple curates a season-wide reading guide by tallying 25 summer lists (419 total titles) and highlighting the 60 titles that appear three or more times, noting this year’s lists are fewer and vary by source as she maps the most-read books for summer.
Amazon Books editors in Seattle unveil their Top 20 Best Books of the Year So Far, a curated, non‑sales-driven list that centers on themes of being seen and identity; the Top 5 includes Kin by Tayari Jones, London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe, Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, Strangers by Belle Burden, and Night Objects by Eli Raphael, with additional genre-specific lists and ongoing updates throughout the year.
The New Yorker has unveiled its best books of 2026 so far, mixing buzzy titles like John of John (Douglas Stuart), Kin (Tayari Jones), London Falling (Patrick Radden Keefe), and Famesick (Lena Dunham) with anticipated reads such as This Is Where the Serpent Lives (Daniyal Mueenuddin) and The Witch (Marie Ndiaye); the piece also references The New York Times’ summer nonfiction picks and notes public libraries’ push for fair e-book pricing.
JPMorgan's 2026 Summer Reading List features 14 titles drawn from global client-advisor input, spanning artificial intelligence, leadership, brain health, and generational wealth transfer, reflecting the top concerns of high-net-worth clients. Notable picks include The Infinity Machine and AI for Good on AI, How Great Ideas Happen, The Stimulated Mind, and Coachable on performance, plus Mattering for family offices focusing on succession and legacy.
The article challenges the traditional notion that beach reads must be light and fun, suggesting that they can be anything from frivolous to dense, depending on your mood and interests, and provides a list of book recommendations for various tastes.
NPR staff share their favorite summer books, including dark Southern Gothic crime novels, Austrian village satire, psychological thrillers, and stories about modern relationships and self-discovery, offering a diverse list for readers to enjoy during the season.
NPR's staff has curated a midyear list of top books for summer reading, including beach reads like 'All The Other Mothers Hate Me,' epic novels such as Isabel Allende's 'My Name Is Emilia Del Valle,' true crime 'Murderland,' a 'Hunger Games' prequel, and books celebrating bookstores and friendships, catering to diverse tastes from light and quick to deep and historical.
J.P. Morgan Private Bank has released its 25th annual Summer Reading List, featuring 10 books curated to match the interests of its wealthy clients. The list includes titles on effective communication, artificial intelligence, Formula One, whiskey, and the art collection of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz. The list is created by surveying over 35,000 client advisors and employees globally, and it helps advisors connect with clients during the summer. This year's edition also highlights the charity Water.org and its book "The Worth of Water" by Gary White and Matt Damon.
Jacobin presents a socialist summer reading list that includes heavy tomes such as Enver Hoxha's memoirs and Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, along with a Napoleonic narrative and a trilogy on the civil rights movement. The list aims to provide rewarding literary delights for those interested in socialism and leftist literature, with a touch of commodity fetishism.
USA TODAY highlights five new must-read books, including "The Librarianist" by Patrick deWitt, a character study about a retired librarian reflecting on life; "A Good House for Children" by Kate Collins, a harrowing slow burn with feminist undertones; "Sunshine Nails" by Mai Nguyen, a story about an immigrant Vietnamese Canadian family fighting to save their nail salon; "Business or Pleasure" by Rachel Lynn Solomon, a modern romance with a ghostwriter and a C-list actor; and "Excavations" by Kate Myers, a humorous and satisfying tale of four incompatible archaeologists in Greece.
Traci Thomas, creator of "The Stacks" podcast, recommends eight un-put-downable nonfiction books for summer reading, including "Poverty, by America" by Matthew Desmond, "We Were Once a Family" by Roxanna Asgarian, and "Monsters" by Claire Dederer.
NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz share their top summer reading picks, including "The Five-Star Weekend" by Elin Hilderbrand, "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead, "Good Night, Irene" by Luis Alberto Urrea, "I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home" by Lorrie Moore, "Silver Nitrate" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, "Tom Lake" by Ann Patchett, "Be Mine" by Richard Ford, and "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.
A list of 24 new fiction books to read this summer includes a sequel to Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” new stories from Jamel Brinkley, a debut novel about a teenager who worked for Andy Warhol, and more. The books cover a range of genres and settings, from historical India and France to contemporary New York, and explore themes such as love, family, faith, and identity.