Summer is nearly over, but we haven’t gotten over some of the books we’ve read this season. Our in-office book club recently devoured—and swooned over—Julia Quinn’s The Duke and I (in anticipation of the Shonda Rhimes adaptation). Others dove into Naomi Novak’s newest fantasy, Spinning Silver, and revisited Crazy, Rich Asians before seeing the film. I, for one, couldn’t put down The Fact of a Body, and shed one too many tears over The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
We wanted to hear about your recent favorites, so we asked our Facebook followers to describe what they've read and loved this summer. Look below to see their responses—and then start preparing for sweater weather!
The Goldfinch
“The universal love of art and the rare; treasured, exploited, and exposed by dysfunctional, drug addicted main characters. A stunning page turner.” —Elan
Related: Art in Fiction: 10 Novels That Take You Beyond The Goldfinch
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“Original storyline with a fresh narrative voice. The underlying messages about the value of animal lives never felt like a lecture, rather a tautological truth that we simply needed to rediscover.” —Diane
Us Against You
“But first, Beartown (the prequel). Highly recommend—excellent insight into the foibles of the human condition.” —Randi
Scarlett
“She picked up where Margaret Mitchell left off and went with it. I was surprised it was this good but it was! Didn’t want it to end!” —Debbie
Radium Girls
“The Woman Who Smashed Codes and Radium Girls. The last [was] a bit difficult to read because of the subject but how the ladies persevered was uplifting.” —Barbara
“Radium Girls was incredible! A disturbing, yet inspirational part of history that I never knew...By far one of the best books I've ever read!” —Carmen
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
“Lots of twists and turns!” —Diane
“The Death of Mrs. Westaway or any of Ruth Ware's books!” —Mindy
Trail of Lightning
“Rebecca Roanhorse’s amazing science fiction novel, Trail of Lightning, is a powerful, exciting and violent novel with enthralling characters, set in post-apocalyptic Navaho Country. Gods, monsters, archetypes and strong humans abound here. The protagonist, Maggie Hoskie, the monster hunter, is the classic Hero with Flaws and Secrets, but she is no cliché. She lives and struggles on the page, and with no lack of humor. She and the off-beat medicine man Kai Arviso, with some other unusual helpers, are on the trail of something that eats young girls. What they find will make Maggie confront her dark and frightening past and face her most terrible battle.” —Kiwi
A Chorus of Stones
“Three: The Middle Mind by Curtis White; What Her Body Thought and A Chorus of Stones, both by Susan Griffin. Griffin is an incredible writer and I cannot wait to read all she has written.” —Kathleen
The Nightingale
“(I cried.)” —Bonnie
“The Nightingale, Alice Network. Love books about women’s roles in World War II.” —Alexa
The Good Lawyer
“Always a fan of Grisham and now this author is satisfying my thirst between John's books.” —Sue
All Your Perfects
“Took the life right out of me!” —Cindy
Related: More Than Murder on the Mind: 8 Sexy Romantic Suspense Books
Rebecca
“Reread Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier for my book club and was totally entranced even though I’d read it before and seen both the original movie and the re-make.” —Sherilyn
Orphan Train
“Shows a period of history that I haven't read much about and how these children were taken advantage of in many cases—at least the older children.” —Bonnie
