The battle for book of the summer
A women reads a book under the sun in the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. (Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images)
Now that Labor Day has come and gone, Here & Now’s go-to book expert Traci Thomas gives her candidates for the book of the summer as well as her favorite summer read.
Book picks, from Traci Thomas of “The Stacks”
- “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore
- “All Fours” by Miranda July
- “Sandwich” by Catherine Newman
- “Children of Anguish and Anarchy” by Tomi Adeyemi
- “Men Have Called Her Crazy” by Anna Marie Tendler
- “All the Colors of the Dark” by Chris Whitaker
- “James” by Percival Everett
- “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This” by Chelsea Devantez
- “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
- “Cue the Sun” by Emily Nussbaum
- “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” by Rufi Thorpe
- “The Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley
- “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” by Adam Higginbotham
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
