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107 Great Reads For Whatever You’re Feeling This Summer
Canadian Living Books
107 Great Reads For Whatever You’re Feeling This Summer
With these new and upcoming books, you're sure to never run out of reading material this summer.
I want... History to come alive
The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall, $18
Summer days have us looking to the past. Thankfully, Heather Marshall is here with her second historical fiction epic after her breakout Looking for Jane—this time a chronicle of 1930s Berlin. Audrey James must protect her best friend when war comes calling, and the decisions she makes then echo into the present.
+6 More Books That Mine The Rich Past
- Pearly Everlasting by Tammy Armstrong, $18
- The Last Secret Of Lily Adams by Sara Blaydes, $15
- Tomorrow Is For The Brave by Kelly Bowen, $25
- Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles, $18
- Shanghai by Joseph Kanon, $39
- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, $25
I want... A new classic
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, $34
Get ready to discover a new re-read favourite like this genre-bending ride of history, humour and heart that centres around an English civil servant, a “bridge” between timelines and people. She is charged with helping 1800s polar explorer Commander Graham Gore navigate this century, with charming consequences that will end up shaping his past and her future.
+6 more instant bestsellers
- The Offing By Roz Nay, $18
- Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa, $35
- There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif Shafak, $36
- Long Island by Colm Tóibín, $36
- The Last Murder At The End Of The World by Stuart Turton, $38
- All The Colors Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker, $40
I want... A dream getaway (gone wrong)
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley, $37
Something’s-rotten-in-paradise heart-stoppers like Lucy Foley’s latest should move straight to the top of your summer TBR list— stat! All is not well at The Manor, a glamorous resort on the coast of Dorset, England: the townsfolk are simmering with animosity, the guests seem off, and a dead body has just been discovered...
+ 6 more thrillers featuring bad trips to great places
- Bad Tourists by Caro Carver, $25
- The Unwedding by Ally Condie, $26
- One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day, $39
- The Astrology House by Carinn Jade, $39
- Very Bad Company by Emma Rosenblum, $39
- The Plus One by S.C. Lalli, $26
I want... A beach read
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue, $25
We think a beach read should have a bit of meat on its bones, and this fresh and fun debut novel fits the bill. Here, when an IT mishap gives admin worker Jolene access to all her annoying co-workers’ emails and private correspondence, she revels in the juicy revelations, and finds some self- awareness along the way.
+ 6 More Page-Turners To Tuck In Your Tote
- Summers At The Saint by Mary Kay Andrews, $39
- Eruption by Michael Crichton And James Patterson, $24
- Till Death Do Us Part by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, $40
- Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand, $21
- Hunted by Abir Mukherjee, $39
- Beep by Bill Roorbach, $36
I want... Thrills and chills
High Society by Daniel Kalla, $25
Mercury rising? Cool down with a hair-raising read. Daniel Kalla has his finger on the pulse of the medical mystery. After books tackling weight-loss drugs, opioids and vaccines, he’s hitting us up with a thriller about psychedelics featuring a psychiatrist whose unproven treatment for her patients has deadly consequences.
+ 6 more shivery stories for stormy nights
- Swiped by L.M. Chilton, $37
- Middletide by Sarah Crouch, $35
- The Last Thing She Saw by Nina Laurin, $25
- Someone In The Attic by Andrea Mara, $25
- Storm Child by Michael Robotham, $25
- Middle Of The Night by Riley Sager, $40
I want... A proven winner
I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay, $26
Summer is the time for new releases from favourite authors. Case in point? Our annual dose of the crafty brilliance of Linwood Barclay. This year’s volume sees regular-guy English teacher Richard Boyle take down a would-be school bomber, only to find himself caught in a web of intrigue and blackmail.
+ 5 more must-reads from writers you can rely on
- The Third Wife Of Faraday House by B.R. Myers, $25
- You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto, $39
- A Talent For Murder by Peter Swanson, $18
- In Winter I Get Up At Night by Jane Urquart, $36
- Wild Failure by Zoe Whittall, $28
Trend: Artistic licence
Bye-bye creepy professors! The academic settings we’ve seen the last few years have given way to novels of the art world. Check out one of these picks for a dose of shenanigans with a cultural twist.
- The Paris Affair by Pip Drysdale, $32
- Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez, $39
- The Lost Tarot by Sarah Henstra, $19
- The Art Of Pretend by Lauren Kuhl, $37
- The Art Of Vanishing by Lynne Kutsukake, $18
- The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren, $20
- Caledonian Road by Andrew O’hagan, $42
- The Clock Struck Murder by Betty Webb, $26
I want... Women on top
The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite, $27
The experiences of over- looked women are bigger than ever. Need proof? In this powerful memoir, the author is confronted with evidence that her late husband had been living a secret life. While she grieves his death, Waite tries to come to terms with her spouse’s deceit and find her own way forward.
+ 6 more cautionary tales about underestimating women
- Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen, $34
- The Return Of Ellie Black by Amiko Jean, $19
- How To Kill A Guy In Ten Ways by Eve Kellman, $25
- The Cleopatras by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, $44
- The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle And Flying Club by Helen Simonson, $37
- Never Saw Me Coming by Tanya Smith, $41
I want... Cozy crimes
Dead Tired by Kat Ailes, $37
Picture yourself on the deck with sparkling caper in one hand and G&T in the other—summer’s really here! Dead Tired is the second in Kat Ailes’s captivating series of whodunits featuring Alice and friends, all new moms and residents of the small English village of Penton, where nothing much should be happening and yet so many nefarious deeds are.
+ 6 more mysteries you can’t put down
- The Murders In Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald, $26
- Mystery In The Title by Ian Ferguson & Will Ferguson, $20
- Close To Death by Anthony Horowitz, $31
- Wordhunter by Stella Sands, $24
- Eleven Huskies by Philipp Schott, $25
- Locked In Pursuit by Ashley Weaver, $37
I want... A family saga
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, $39
Examining our kith and kin is always fodder for great literature. To wit: The author of the beloved Fleishman Is In Trouble gives us this novel about the legacy of trauma and the power of love. In 1980, businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped, and although he’s returned, the incident has reverberations that define and unite his fractured family.
+ 6 more epics that explore relative bonds
- Known To The Victim by K.L. Armstrong, $19
- Swift River by Essie Chambers, $26
- Their Divine Fires by Wendy Chen, $36
- Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu, $35
- The Night Ends With Fire by K.X. Song, $31
- Skin & Bones by Renée Watson, $39
I want... Canadian experiences
We love to delve into our national identity! In Unrest, the focus is on a family of Irish immigrants in 19th- century Bytown. Mariah, the “spinster aunt,” lives on quiet sufferance with her sister Biddy’s family. When her nephew, Thomas, runs afoul of the town’s criminals, it’s up to Mariah to save him by forging a path of her own.
+ 6 more chronicles from homegrown talent
- When The World Fell Silent by Donna Jonas Alward, $19
- The Peace by Roméo Dallaire, $21
- Behind You by Catherine Hernandez, $26
- The Prince by Stephen Maher, $40
- Waiting For The Long Night Moon by Amanda Peters, $25
- Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, $27
I want... Fantastic realms
Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson, $35
Fantasy has gotten a big boost since Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing blew up, but this novel isn’t riding any coattails (the same goes for any book here!). Blackheart Man is the demonic being rising from the shadows on the Caribbean-inspired island of Chynchin in Nalo Hopkinson’s latest, and only Veycosi, a ne’er-do-well student, can stop him.
+ 4 more adventures to let your imagination run wild
- I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle, $36
- Daughters Of Chaos by Jen Fawkes, $34
- The Sky On Fire by Jenn Lyons, $27
- The Sins On Their Bones by Laura R. Sametin, $26
I want... A "locked room" puzzle
Then Things Went Dark by Bea Fitzgerald, $26
Trapped characters and isolated locations continue to dominate summertime bestsellers. In Then Things Went Dark, six reality show contestants on a desert island fight dirty for the cameras, but when the most-hated star turns up dead, it’s clear one of the remaining five is a killer—and there’s no telling who’ll be the next to die.
+ 5 more yarns with stranded souls and secrets
- Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby, $37
- The Off Season by Amber Cowie, $25
- Only One Survives by Hannah Mary Mckinnon, $18
- The Trials Of Lila Dalton by L.J. Shepherd, $29
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware, $19
Summer Romance
Swoon from the heat of the season’s best love stories.
- The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas, $18
- Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong, $19
- The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey, $18
- Out On A Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young, $18
- The Takedown by Lily Chiu, $24
- Nearlywed by Nicolas Dedomizio, $25
- Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood, $18
- Just Playing House by Farah Heron, $24
- Love, Lies And Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau, $26
- Collide by Bal Khabra, $15
- Not How I Pictured It by Robin Lefler, $25
- Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis, $26
- Fall With Me by Becka Mack, $25
- Sand, Sequins & Silicone by Pia Mia, $24
- Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan, $39
- All Folked Up by Penny Reid, $10
- Pardon My Frenchie by Farrah Rochon, $24
- Experienced by Kate Young, $20
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