When anyone at WBEZ needs book recommendations, they go to the station’s resident bookworm, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen.

So what makes a book a good one for summer reading?

“I think it’s something you can get completely lost in,” Johnsen told Morning Shift host Jenn White. “I love a book that just completely sucks you in from the first page.”

Here are Johnsen’s picks for your summer reading pleasure.

Contemporary Romantic Fiction

• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Fantasy

• Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Mystery/Thriller

• Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

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Biography/Memoir

• More Than Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth

Historical Fiction

• Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• The Thomas Cromwell Trilogy by Hilary Mantel

Historical Non-Fiction

• When Women Ruled The World by Kara Cooney

Hear more about each of these selections by clicking the ‘play’ button above.