Ep 538: Our team's best books of summer (Part 1)

From What Should I Read Next? by Anne Bogel

August 18, 2026 · 50 min · Episode 538

About this episode

In this episode, Anne and her team share their favorite books of the summer across various genres.

For years now, our team members have joined Anne on the podcast in late summer to share the books they’ve been loving most this season. Last year, we split this conversation into two episodes: we heard really positive feedback, so that’s what we’re doing again this year.   In today’s episode, the first in our two part series, Anne is in conversation with three of our team members: our Resident Spreadsheet Queen Donna Hetchler, our Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club Community Manager Ginger Horton, and Modern Mrs Darcy Editor and Social Media Manager Leigh Kramer. Next week, you'll hear from the rest of our team. Our reading lives vary widely and we read across a range of genres that reflect the reading world at large. Today you’ll hear about true crime and books in translation, a backlist novel that inspired an award-winning musical, a literary mystery from a fan favorite author, romantasy and thriller titles that captured our team’s imagination this season, and more.  Find the list of titles discussed today and leave a comment to share your best book of the summer on ⁠our show notes page.⁠ Fall reading is just around the corner and if you’re curious about the titles that…

People in this episode

Host: Anne Bogel

Guests: Donna Hetchler, Ginger Horton, Leigh Kramer

Topics covered

summer reading
book recommendations
team discussion
genres
true crime
literary mystery

Keywords

summer books
reading recommendations
true crime
literary mystery
book club

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Modern Mrs Darcy, Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club