Episode 171 - Summer 2026 Book Preview

About this episode

The episode previews a selection of new books for summer 2026, offering recommendations for various reading preferences.

Summer is here, and so is a new crop of books! Relax by the pool, go on vacation, or just hang out in air conditioning with our picks. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee BakerThis Is Not About Us by Allegra GoodmanAnn Patchett booksCatherine Newman booksKatherine Center booksThe Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn ClarkeAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieLady Tremaine by Rachel HochhauserThis Book Made Me Think of You by Libby PageKeeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa JohnsonSo Old, So Young by Grant GinderKin by Tayari JonesA Far-Flung Life by M.L. StedmanWhidbey by T. Kira MaddenYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeTheo of Golden by Allen LeviUnbound by Peyton CorinneThe Unicorn Hunters by Katherine ArdenA Fortune of Sand by Ruta SepetysOur Perfect Storm by Carley FortuneDolly All the Time by Annabel MonahanWhistler by Ann Patchett Ann’s picks: A Perfect Hand by Ayelet Waldman (releases May 19)- Upstairs, Downstairs (TV)- Downton Abbey (TV) The Children by Melissa Albert (releases June 2)- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow The Pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee (releases June 16)- The White Lotus (TV)- Only…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ann Cox, Halle Carlson

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• summer reading
• new releases
• media mentions
• author highlights

Keywords

• summer books
• book preview
• reading list
• new releases
• author recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Japanese Gothic, This Is Not About Us, The Ending Writes Itself, And Then There Were None, Lady Tremaine, So Old, So Young, A Far-Flung Life, Whidbey, Unbound, The Unicorn Hunters

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