Bookreporter.com's Summer Reading 2026 Wrap-up

August 14, 2026
This Year's Summer Reading Featured Titles

THANK YOU to all who subscribed to this Summer Reading newsletter and entered our contests! We appreciate your enthusiasm and participation.

This Bookreporter.com SPECIAL Summer Reading Wrap-up newsletter brings you a look at ALL of the titles that were included in our Summer Reading feature. We shared 23 books with you this summer, and we thank our publisher sponsors who made this possible.

Below are all of this year's featured titles, and we've also created a list of these books in a PDF format that you can access here. We know that many of you enjoy checking off what you have read. A list of all the prize winners is here. 

Stay subscribed to this newsletter so you can participate in our 2027 Summer Reading contests.

Our first two Fall Reading contests kick off at noon ET on Tuesday, August 18th and Wednesday, August 19th. If you have not signed up for our Fall Reading newsletter yet, you can do that here.

Enjoy the rest of your summer...with a book!

--- Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)

This Year's Featured Titles

Please note: We have created a checklist of these books that you can download here so you can see them in a printable version, all in one place.

• THE BURNING SIDE by Sarah Damoff
• THE CALAMITY CLUB by Kathryn Stockett
• CULPABILITY by Bruce Holsinger
• DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON by Lisa See
• DISTANT SHORES by Kristin Hannah
• FULL BLOOM by Francesca Serritella
• HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB by Ashley Winstead
• THE LAKE HOUSE: A Firefly Summer Novel by Lori Foster
• THE LITTLE BOOKSHOP BY THE HARBOR by Jean Stone
• LITTLE WONDER by Sophie Chen Keller
• MERRY-GO-ROUND BROKE DOWN: A Novel of Guilt, Greed & Globalization by David Woo and Margalit Shinar
• MIDNIGHT PATRIOTS: An Einstein-Chaplin Thriller by Paul Levine 
• MOST ARDENTLY YOURS by Freya Sampson
• NASTY LITTLE SECRETS by Gabbie Hanks
• ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews
• THE SAPPHIRE SEA by Davis Bunn
• SEEK THE TRAITOR'S SON by Veronica Roth
• SILENT RETREAT by Sally Quinn
• TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN by Christina Dodd
• THAT LAST CAROLINA SUMMER by Karen White
• THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING by Lisa Scottoline
• THE WINDSOR AFFAIR by Melanie Benjamin
• YOU BELONG HERE by Megan Miranda

This newsletter is separate from our weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter, which mails every Friday. You can subscribe to that newsletter here.

You also can subscribe to our "On Sale This Week" newsletter, which mails every Tuesday, here.

And you can sign up for our Events newsletter here.

Please visit the other websites in TheBookReportNetwork.com: ReadingGroupGuides.com and AuthorsOnTheWeb.com.

And be sure to connect with us on Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube.