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Traci and Ellie share their Summer Reading Guide for 2026, featuring a variety of book recommendations.

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week we are sharing our Summer Reading Guide for 2026! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading ! If you want more summer reading content, check out our past summer reading guides: 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2020 . Ellie: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary Traci: These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean God of the Woods by Liz Moore Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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