Hey there! You are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

Today is episode 319, 21 books for your summer reading. It is already the middle of June, but there are still like a solid eight weeks left of summer reading.

And if you're still on a library hold list for new releases or you had great intentions about summer reading and you have watched it fall to the wayside because you just didn't have a great book in your hands, hopefully this episode will help.

I've compiled a list of 21 books that I have read over the past six summers, like I read them in the summer, and they all feel like summer books.

And they're all back list titles, so it should not be hard to get them immediately at the library or even at a used bookstore for cheap. They're easy to find.

I'm going to share the books in the order of the summers. I read them, a little cronological action, and I will try and give you some good book words to help you know if they're a good pick for you.

In fact, we have done a lot of reading episodes over the years, a lot of which are meant to help you figure out your reading style and the type of books that are best for you.

So we'll have a link to maybe even a playlist of some of those since there are a few of our favorite like reading episodes, including 267 find your summer reading rhythm.

That could be really helpful because we're in summer and you might need a rhythm.

268 is 10 summer reading ideas for your kids.

213 create a summer reading club.

227 how to know what to read next with our beloved book genius and bogal.

And the bonus episode from this past December how I read 120 books this year.

Y'all I'm on track to read more than that in 2023, which is absolutely bonkers.

Figuring out how to add reading to your life and the right kind of reading.

It is one of my favorite things to do for myself and here with you.

So all that said, if you need help on you know reading rhythms and stuff, I gotcha.

And if you need specific titles that are easy to come by, I've got that too in this episode today.

So let's start with two books that I read in the summer of 2017 that feel like great summer reads.

The first is a study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallero Cavallero Cavallero.

And I still remember the feelings I had reading this book.

It was such a fun, exciting, like quirky read.

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