More Summer Reads!


More Summer Reads!
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
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.