Tanglewood Moms’ Summer Reading 2026
Summer is JUST around the corner, and summer means vacation!

Of course, vacation means summer reads. Whether you want something light and fluffy, dark and creepy, or just a good ol’ huge honkin’ history, we’ve got you covered!

- Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson (available July 7, just in time for the beach!)
- The Last Mandarin: A Novel by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
- Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy by Shiva Naipaul (re-release available July 14)
- Broken Dove by Dani Francis
- Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
- Whistler by Ann Patchett
- The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
- It Will Come Back to You by Sigrid Nunez
- Cloudthief by Nathaniel Rich (available July 14)
- Canon by Paige Lewis
- Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See
- Honey by Imani Thompson
- The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
- The Danger to Be Sane: Creativity and the Eccentric Mind by Rosa Montero
- We Hexed the Moon: A Novel by Mollyhall Seeley
- Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli (available July 28)
- The Love Haters by Katherine Center
- Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn
- American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington by H.W. Brands
- With a Vengence: A Novel by Riley Sager
- June Baby by Shannon Garvey
- Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
- It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell (available June 23)
- Ungodly Rich by Katherine McGee (available July 7)
- The Travel-ing Dictionary by Ella Morton
- John of John by Douglas Stuart
- The Calamity Club: A Novel by Kathryn Stockett
- A Murder in Hollywood by Michael Crichton (this thriller was written in 1973 but only released two weeks ago!)
- Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner
- The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh
- The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders
- The Last Page by Katie Holt
- London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Etna by Paul Yoon
- You Won’t Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughtersby Rachel Aviv (available July 7)
- Summer in the City: A Novel by Alex Aster
- King of Gluttony by Ana Huang
- The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
Stay tuned for next week’s summer reading suggestions for kids!



