LIST: summer reading recs

looking for some great books to read this summer? i don't know about you, but summer is my most productive time (reading-wise), so i plan on reading as much as i possibly can! here's a list to help you do the same.

"Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That's why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe." - aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, benjamin alire saenz

sunny summer days (the best part of the year)☀:

"For me, it was almost like winter didn’t count. Summer was what mattered. My whole life was measured in summers." - the summer i turned pretty, jenny han

• since you've been gone by morgan matson
• girl against the universe by paula stokes
• the summer i turned pretty by jenny han
• the unexpected everything by morgan matson
• alex, approximately by jenn bennett
• girl out of water by laura silverman
• the secret of a heart note by stacey lee
• queens of geek by jen wilde
• the upside of unrequited by becky albertalli
• to all the boys i've loved before by jenny han
• summer days and summer nights edited by stephanie perkins

rain, rain, go away (life-changing events)🌧:

"It seemed crazy that something so big, so seemingly permanent, could be knocked down by a little wind and rain." - second chance summer, morgan matson

 

• history is all you left me by adam silvera
• everything leads to you by nina lacour
• second chance summer by morgan matson
• the sun is also a star by nicola yoon
• the conspiracy of us by maggie hall
• the summer of chasing mermaids by sarah ockler
• first & then by emma mills
• the sky is everywhere by jandy nelson
• you know me well by david levithan and nina lacour
• aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire saenz
• i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson
• cloudwish by fiona wood
• the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan
• graceling realm by kristin cashore

thunderstorms & lightning (overcoming obstacles)⛈:

"I’ve learned that a storm isn’t always just bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something. I’ve found out that there are a lot more shades of gray in this world than I ever knew about. I’ve learned that sometimes, when you´re afraid but you keep on moving forward, that’s the biggest kind of courage there is. And finally, I’ve learned that life isn’t really about failure and success. It’s about being present, in the moment when big things happen, when everything changes, including yourself.” - hallowed, cynthia hand

• the bone witch by rin chupeco
• a crown of wishes by roshani chokshi
• three dark crowns by kendare blake
• the naturals by jennifer lynn barnes
• far from you by tess sharpe
• illuminae by amie kaufman and jay kristoff
• the miseducation of cameron post by emily m. danforth
• six of crows by leigh bardugo
• blood for blood by catherine doyle
• saving francesca by melina marchetta
• the diviners by libba bray

road tripping (journeys and adventures)🗺:

"I remember asking, 'What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.'" - jellicoe road, melina marchetta

• this adventure ends by emma mills
• the queen's thief by megan whalen turner
• heist society by ally carter
• just visiting by dahlia adler
• the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta
• passenger by alexandra bracken
• the girl from everywhere by heidi heilig
• wolf by wolf by ryan graudin
• jellicoe road by melina marchetta
• the lost & found by katrina leno
• howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones