My Summer Reading List

I used to love making myself summer reading lists. As a kid in school, I was always given a list, but then I would write below all the books that I really wanted to read just for me. 

My husband tells me that I tend to put to much pressure on myself to get everything done, which is why this year my summer reading list is a wish list, not a to-do list. I am not going to put pressure on myself to read every book on my wish list, nor will I force myself to complete a book if I am really not enjoying it. I might also pick something up that is not even on my list at all. 

My interests are quite eclectic. I mostly love reading travel memoirs, contemporary romance novels, and books about well being and positive psychology, although I have been known to read just about anything if it sparks my interest. I read for fun, I read to learn, and I read for personal growth. From archaeology and art history to classic children’s literature and poetry, I simply love to read. 

I hope this list will inspire your own summer reading or give you a few ideas for your next read. 

• Seven Letters from Paris: A Memoir by Samantha Vérant
• Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado
• Truly, Madly, Greekly by Mandy Baggot
• How to be a Travel Writer (Lonely Planet) by Don George
• The Little French Guesthouse: The perfect feel good summer read (La Cour des Roses) (Volume 1) by Helen Pollard
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 
• Beautiful Ruins: A Novel by Jess Walter
• Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer
• The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• The Summer of Sunshine and Margot by Susan Mallery
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown 
• The Essential Sara Teasdale Poetry Collection 
• Wanderful: The Modern Bohemian’s Guide to Traveling in Style