Summer 2021 Reading List

Lisa De Pasquale
9 min readJul 17, 2021

Whether you are at the beach, stealing an hour out of your day for quiet reading, or listening to an audiobook during a commute or road trip, here are my recommendations for summer reading.

Fiction

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Reid has made many of my summer reading lists. Malibu Rising is a fun read into the world of 1980s celebrity culture with a dash of serious family issues. My two favorite Reid books are Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Both must-reads!

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

A story about making a deal with the devil is an old concept but this book puts a fresh spin on it. Follow Adeline from the 1700s to current times as she lives with the deal she made while also trying to escape it.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

If you’ve wondered how life would be different if you made a different decision that one time, imagine a place where you could live the outcome of a million different decisions. The Midnight Library tells us what Nora…

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