Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?

Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.

What should I read next? We don't get bossy on

this show. What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.

This week, we're taking you behind the scenes of our 2025 summer reading guide and sharing an excerpt from our live unboxing party where I shared my commentary of three of the books in this year's guide, all from the first category, Family Sacas.

In last week's episode, my husband and team member Will Bogle and I took you behind the scenes of the guide, discussing

this year's road trip theme, my selection process, how this year's category sorted themselves

out, and more. Now the guide is here. Maybe you've already seen it. 35 books across six

categories, some among the most anticipated books of summer that I get to offer my own thoughts on,

and some books that are likely to be hidden gems, that is, books you may not hear about other

places. As always, I'm not trying to persuade you to read any of these. That is not my job.

Instead, I want to give you an idea of what your own reading experience might be like with each book,

so you can then decide if that's a reading experience might be like with each book, so you can

then decide if that's a reading experience that you want to have. This year's guide is 40 packed

pages, and we've built in fun features like more of summer's most anticipated new releases,

tons of backlist titles that play into our road trip theme, our ever-loved awesome on audio selections for both

new releases and backlist books and more. I can't tell you every last thing I really want to

preserve some element of surprise for you when you open your guide. Last week we hosted our live

unboxing party, which has been a tradition around here since 2019. When our modern Mrs. Darcy book club

community manager, Ginger, first suggested I hop on Zoom to walk everyone step by step through

the selections and the guide and we'd call it unboxing. I said, what are you talking about? That does

not sound like a good time. Well, Ginger was right and I was wrong and we've been doing it ever since. Look, the guide

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