The Summer Reading List with Kate Baer

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Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summer is coming, and you know what that means – beach days (or days spent inside with the AC blasting, no judgment) with your favorite books. Today, Nora and friend of the pod and special guest Kate Baer get together to give you the Ultimate Summer Reading List for 2026, including Lena Dunham’s new memoir, a creepy novel that’s like if the Hunger Games and Love Island had a baby, and many more (seriously, you may not even get through all these recs this summer). If you’ve been craving a library summer reading challenge, look no further – we’ve got it for you. Open up your Libby app or your cart, babe, and get reading! Watch us on YouTube here! Get this episode ad-free here! Listen to Geoffrey’s album on Spotify and Apple! You can buy Nora’s books on Bookshop or Amazon, or wherever you buy books. Check out Nora’s Instagram here! Check out Nora’s TikTok here! Check out Nora’s Facebook here! Check out Nora’s LinkedIn here! Our Sponsors: ❤️ Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Go to ⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. ⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ ⁠⁠Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of my favorite bras and underwear, at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.⁠⁠ ❤️ Experience your juiciest and deepest sensual experience with a bottle of Foria. FORIA is offering a special deal for our listeners. Get 20% off your first order by visiting ⁠⁠foriawellness.com/tfa⁠⁠ OR use code TFA at checkout. That’s F-O-R-I-A WELLNESS DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TFA for 20% off your first order. I recommend trying Awaken or their Pleasure Set with all three of their best sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi. Hi there. Hi. Hi. Hey, Nora. Hey, Nora.
0:12.9	I'm Nora McInerney, and this is thanks for asking, a call-in show about what matters to you.
0:28.7	Hi, guys, it's Nora McInerney.
0:30.4	This is thanks for asking.
0:36.2	I am not just a podcast host, not just a demotivational speaker.
0:41.0	I am also an author, and I am a big time reader. There's nothing that I enjoy more than reading, honestly. Reading has been my companion since I could
0:48.8	learn to read. I remember learning to read and feeling like I had unlocked the secrets of the universe.
0:56.8	And I remember going to the library and getting in a little plastic bag that had a little hook on it,
1:03.5	you could get a book with a tape.
1:05.5	So you could listen to the book as you read along.
1:09.9	And that book was The Hobbit.
1:12.3	I believe it was an abridged version because there were quite a few illustrations and the sentences were very short.
1:18.1	But I remember when it clicked for me looking up and saying like, I'm doing it.
1:22.6	I'm really doing it.
1:23.6	And ever since then, reading is a constant in my life.
1:27.3	I know that if I read even just a little
1:29.3	bit every day, I feel better. It's the first thing I do when I wake up. It is what I do before I fall
1:36.7	asleep. I love audiobooks. I prefer a physical book, but if I'm driving on a road trip,
1:42.9	I'm listening to an audio book.
1:44.3	I'm most likely listening to a thriller, something that is going to keep me alert and on the edge of my uncomfortable seat as I drive for hours.
1:55.4	But I'm just a girl who loves to read, and we are in what a lot of people call prime reading season. It is summer.
2:02.5	This is the time to go to the library where it's nice and cool. Check out a stack of books.
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