The best books you read this summer
What books kept you busy this summer? Did you dig into sci-fi or pick up a memoir?
Share your summer reads with us on Twitter or in the comments below. Browse the list for some great suggestions — brand new titles, bestsellers, classics and more. You'll be well-stocked 'til next summer!
The Thread listeners' favorite summer reads
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Fiction
• "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" by Neil Gaiman -Erik Anderson
• "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman -Alex Haapanen
• "The Truth According to Us" by Annie Barrows -Erin Kelly-Collins
• "The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides -Katherine Harris
• "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline -Peter A.
• "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel -Multiple recommenders
• "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton -Loran Kinley
• "Signature of All Things" by Elizabeth Gilbert -Nicole Navratil
• "Until They Bring the Streetcars Back" by Stanley Gordon West -Mike Henderson
• "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr -Multiple recommenders
• "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz -Enrique Olivarez
• "Loving Day" by Mat Johnson -Jenzi Silverman
• "Vestments" by John Reimringer -Angela Johnson
• "The Martian" by Andy Weir -Derek Schille
• "The Bat" by Jo Nesbo -Candice J.
• "Kitchens of the Great Midwest" by J. Ryan Stradal -Laura Conway
• "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson -Brooke Nelson
• "Ghost Fleet" by August Cole and P.W. Singer -Christopher Barich
• "2312" by Kim Stanley Robinson -Carl Lundstrom
• "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett -Brian Louis
• "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe -Biola
Nonfiction
• "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates -Andrew Karre
• "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer -Abby Reynolds
• "Spinster" by Kate Bolick" -Lindsay Hefferan
• "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown -Sharrie Huston
• "Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach" by David Samuels and Ben Ansell -University of Minnesota's Political Science Department
• "Being Nixon" by Evan Thomas -Mike Henderson
• "Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library" by Wayne A. Wiegand -Ian Stade
• "Tiny Beautiful Things" by Cheryl Strayed -Julie Buckles