03/24/2026
Summer Reading Recommendations

by Melissa Chaiken | Books Editor

TWEENS

BookCoversSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson

Booked by Kwame Alexander

Theodore Boone: The Scandal by John Grisham

Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

TEENS

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

The Fever Code (Maze Runner Series #5) by James Dashner

ADULTS

The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix

Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben

Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin (launching June 28)

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (launching July 26)

BOOKS ADAPTED FOR FILM IN 2016

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

(launching June 3)

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Featuring Bill Hader and directed by Steven Spielberg (launching July 1)

The Light Between the Oceans

by M.L. Stedman

Featuring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander (launching September 2)

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Featuring Emily Blunt (launching October 7)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Featuring Liam Neeson (launching October 14)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by J.K. Rowling as Newt Scamander

Featuring Eddie Redmayne (launching November 18)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Directed by Tim Burton

(launching December 25)

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