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What to read this summer

What to read this summer

Update: 2025-05-261
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Summer is the perfect time to dive into a new book, and the Post’s Book World section has compiled recommendations for every type of reader. 


Today, Book World editors Jacob Brogan and John Williams talk to host Elahe Izadi about the new releases and old titles they suggest digging into this summer. 


Here’s the list of books mentioned in today’s episode: 


The Death and Life of August Sweeney” by Samuel Ashworth

Bleak House” by Charles Dickens

Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America” by Sam Tanenhaus

Is a River Alive?” by Robert MacFarlane

King of Ashes” by S.A. Cosby

Spent” by Alison Bechdel

Crush” by Ada Calhoun

The Book of Records” by Madeleine Thien

The Dry Season” by Melissa Febos

Sloppy” by Rax King

Flashlight” by Susan Choi

Second Life” by Amanda Hess

Mood Machine” by Liz Pelly


Today’s show was produced by Emma Talkoff, with help from Lucas Trevor. It was edited by Ariel Plotnick, and mixed by Sean Carter.

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