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Summer Reading 2025

All summer long, we at Bookreporter.com have been sharing some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Feature. While our series of 24-hour contests have ended, we encourage you to take a look at our featured titles for some sizzling summer reading ideas.

» Click here to see the winners of this year's Summer Reading contests.

Week of July 7, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of July 7th include THE BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn, a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C., boardinghouse during the McCarthy era; THE BRIGHT SWORD, Lev Grossman's triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium; THE DAYS I LOVED YOU MOSTa heart-wrenching, life-affirming novel from Amy Neff that asks: How much would you sacrifice for the one you love?; David Ellis' THE BEST LIES, a fast-paced, unpredictable thriller featuring a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet who is also a diagnosed pathological liar; and the paperback original FAST BOYS AND PRETTY GIRLS by Lo Patrick, a gritty, coming-of-age, slow-burn Southern mystery with devastating characters and a twist that will leave you aching --- exposing the all-consuming, obsessive power of first love and what it can do to a person.