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Goodreads Employees Share Their Summer Reading Plans
As you might expect, the Goodreads staff is a bookish bunch. Our collective love of literature makes for very fun meetings and very, very long Want to Read lists.
We asked our colleagues to share three books they're bumping to the top of their reading lists this summer. You'll see that our tastes run the gamut. Some of us are excited to pick up new 2022 debuts, while others are opting for a tried-and-true series like James A. Corey's The Expanse or the latest offering from beloved authors such as Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Emily St. John Mandel, and Ocean Vuong. What we all have in common? We can't wait to dig into some great books this season.
Don't forget to add the titles that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf. And let us know which books caught your eye in the comments!
Margo Throckmorton, Senior Account Manager
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Priscilla S. Guido, Account Manager
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Roshni Patel, Senior Marketing Manager
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Cybil Wallace, Senior Editor
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Haley Giangreco, Visual Designer
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Alexander Reyes, Finance Operations Analyst
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Lisa Jablonsky, Sales Director
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Sharon Hsu, Associate Editor
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Nate Taggart, Risk Manager
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Jaclyn Woods, Program Manager
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Jon Nguyen, Product Manager
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Danny Feekes, Managing Editor
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Lauren Deyce, Instructional Designer
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Cai Quesada Salazar, Community Operations Program Manager
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Karen Liu, Lead Product Designer
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Steve Sarner, VP Sales
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Dana Epstein, Senior Account Executive
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Mimi Chan, Senior Marketing Manager
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Yvonne Garton, Account Manager
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Stephanie Frey, Software Engineer II
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Bryce Weitzel, Head of Sales Development & Marketing
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Ivanna Pérez, Revenue Operations Associate
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Kelli Padis, Account Manager
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Tony Chan, Senior Software Engineer
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Suzanne Skyvara, VP Marketing & Editorial
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Marisha Murphy, Advertising Account Manager
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Manju Abburi, Software Development Manager
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Caelin Reddy, Policy Manager
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Aditi Sharma, Software Development Engineer
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May 16, 2022 12:26AM
I think the midnight library, Under the Whispering Door, and Malibu Rising:)
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I've only read Throne of Glass out of all these :DA loooong way to go.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, Yolk, Only a Monster
I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent <3
So many good recommendations! I added some to my TO READ list!
Under the Light of the Italian Moon looks like a good one to me. WWII literature seems to be becoming it's own genre.
Mack wrote: "I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent <3"Divergent was a great book but I don't recommend reading the other two in the series
James (Jamie) wrote: "Mack wrote: "I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent Divergent was a great book but I don't recommend reading the other two in the series"
Oh, my parents bought me all four books (well, the three in the series, and Four, which is another book in the Divergent universe). May I ask why not? I'm just curious.
Patricia wrote: "I think the midnight library, Under the Whispering Door, and Malibu Rising:)"I just recently read both the Midnight Library and Malibu Rising, back to back actually. Love them both!
Mack wrote: "James (Jamie) wrote: "Mack wrote: "I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent Divergent was a great book but I don't recommend reading the other two in the series"
Oh, my parent..."
Mack wrote: "James (Jamie) wrote: "Mack wrote: "I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent
Divergent was a great book but I don't recommend reading the other two in the series"
Oh, my parent..."
I just thought that insurgent was okay but allegiant was really boring I havent read Four yet tho
James (Jamie) wrote: "Mack wrote: "James (Jamie) wrote: "Mack wrote: "I will be reading Anne of Green Gables, Dune, and Divergent Divergent was a great book but I don't recommend reading the other two in the series"
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Ah icic.
I plan to read The Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting, 1794 by Niklas Natt Och Dag and A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry. All are parts of series that I have been looking forward to continue.
I can't plan that far ahead, lol. But I do like my sci-fi in the summer.
Finishing up "Dune" (Herbert, Frank) at the moment. I plan to read a few books in the summer, including "Pigen i violinen" (Romer, Knud), "Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind" (Holland, Tom) and (hopefully) "The Brothers Karamazov" (Dostoevsky, Fyodor) and whatever might sneak in :)
Three of the many books I want to read this summer are Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J.Klune, and Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
I finished Bablyon's Ashes (The Expanse #6) this weekend. Excited to get into book #7 soon and to read some education, business, technology, and history non-fiction books this summer. Hopefully a classic novel or 2 as well.
Don't think I didn't notice Mr. Colyn sneaking the novelization of Hackers in AGAIN. We should be friends.
Currently reading Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. I have Andy Weir's latest Project Hail Mary lined up next. Just finished The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson, which I heartily recommend.
I will be reading The Silent Patient, Billy Summers, and It Ends With Us
Under the Whispering Door was FABULOUS, but even better is The House in the Cerulean Sea. I wish I could go back and read it for the first time all over again. It was MAGICAL.
What a great list! Mine are Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Seven Days in June, and Malibu Rising.
a house of earth and blood, circe, and little women
...added several to my "rest-in-place" shelf. Books that seems like I MAY want to read them.
My top 3 for the summer: The Poppy War, The Dragon Reborn, Little Thieves
Good Morning Monster, The Book Woman's Daughter and When Crickets Cry
Some of these I read already & had on my TBR list. I loved Educated & The Maidens. I added Emily Henry’s book even though I wasn’t a fan of the others but I thought I would give it a try based on the other reviews. I agree with Patricia that WW2 should be it’s own genre…so many good books out there & on my TBR list.
Nate Taggart‘s recommendations seem to be my type.
I will be reading The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith, Bluebird by Genevieve Graham and The Book of List Friends by Lisa Wingate
The Cybernetic Tea Shop is the only one i've read so far and I loved it! Some of the others are on my to-read list.Three books I want to read this summer: Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Hacienda, One Italian Summer
I have a lot of reading planned, but three books that I am especially looking forward to: Ordinary Monsters, Remarkably Bright Creatures, and This Time Tomorrow.
Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare sounds like a wonderful "page-turner". This is why I love Goodreads: title suggestions I would never come across otherwise, by other readers.
Clare wrote: "Currently reading Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson. I have Andy Weir's latest Project Hail Mary lined up next. Just finished The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson, which I heartil..."I just finished The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Can't wait to read the Book Woman's Daughter. Glad to hear it's good.
A Brief History of Time- Hawking, Hard Truth- Barr, Sea of Tranquility- Mandel
Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare, The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn and Sting by Sandra Brown
The Selected Works of T S Spivet by Reif LarsenThis Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Leadership Pause by Chris Johnson
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close
On Freedom by Maggie Nelson
The Ali Smith quartet: Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer. Candace Millard’s River of the Gods. To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara. This is just a start.
The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
And my ARC of A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
I'm currently reading Madam by Debby ApplegateNext up: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Recently finished (and loved): True Biz by Sara Novic, Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, and The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
The Midnight Library was one that for me was hugely popular, but a disappointment. The concept was interesting, but that was about it. Having a slow start with my summer reads. Lots of great new titles!
