My Late Summer Reads and Favorites This Summer
As the summer winds down, my reading continues to zigzag across continents, countries, time periods, and genres. Themes repeating in these: generational love, faith, and hope. Always hope.
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton (July 1, 2025) From the publisher: “Set in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood, Typewriter Beach is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star. “
Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr (June 12, 2007) From the publisher: “From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a ‘dazzling’ (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome.”
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker (October 1, 2018) From the publisher: “For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotionally gripping, beautifully written historical novel about extraordinary hope, redemption, and one man’s search for light during the darkest times of World War II.”
The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas (August 19, 2025) From the publisher: “When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust…from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.”
My Favorite Reads This Summer
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
It’s Only Drowning by David Litt
Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton
Far and Away by Amy Poeppel
The Women of Arlington Hall by Jane Healey
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune