Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I'm taking on the summer reading challenge published by the New York Times. It's fun and I encourage you to try it, too! Here's what I'm thinking about reading for the ten prompts.

nytimes.com/2026/05/22/books/summer-reading-bucket-list.html

Booktubers Mentioned:
Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
Debs @RaynorReadsStuff
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks
Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja

Books Mentioned:
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
Country People by Daniel Mason
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Northranger by Rey Terciero and illustrated by Bre Indigo
Transcription by Ben Lerner
Primary Trust by Eboni Booth
Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
anything by Jane Austen
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwarz
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey