M. Suzanne Terry

You know how June usually likes to flirt? Like…it’s warm but not hot? Sultry but not oppressive?

Not this year, apparently. *pants* It’s so unpleasant outside.

All the more reason to stay inside and read!

It’s Pride month and summer, and this month’s selections are a bit of a shoutout to both.

[Disclaimer – I am a Bookshop.org affiliate – I get a cut of the sales from most of the links below.]

Book Clubs

• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (narrated by David Berry and Marny Kennedy) – read with work friends!
• Drinks and Sinkholes by S. Usher Evans (new cozy online book club!)
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (narrated by Harrison Knights)
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (narrated by Carmen Rose)
• Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
• The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Cozy

• Tough Guy by Rachel Reid
• Common Goal by Rachel Reid
• The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells
• Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldre
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (narrated by Ray Porter)
• Communion by bell hooks
• So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
• Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount
• Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount
• Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin (I love his description – “For kids who’ve found themselves on the wrong side of scripture but the right side of choir”)

Anti Brain Rot

• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (narrated by Carmen Rose) – A fantasy book
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides – A literary fiction book
• The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa – A book by a SWANA author
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson – A book with a queer/LGBTQIAP+ main character

Popsugar

• Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner – A book that explores influencer culture
• The Favorites by Layne Fargo – A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics

52 Book Club

• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn – Author’s bio mentions their dog
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Written in the 1800s
• The June mini challenge prompts? Stay tuned…

Libro.fm

• Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (narrated by Lisa Flanagan, Marisa Calin, and Sena Bryer) – Listen to an audiobook by a transgender author
• Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (narrated by Harrison Knights) – Listen to an audiobook by an LGBTQIA+ author

Nowhere

• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides – Banned book
• Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn – Epistolary book
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo – Award Winner

Bad Bitch Book Club 

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Reread your favorite book from high school
• One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon – A novel written in a genre the author has never explored before (i.e., Yoon’s first adult novel/horror/mystery after writing YA romance/family)

Alphabet Challenge

• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Read Your Bookshelf

• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi – Title includes a place
• How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson – Title is five or more words

Book Riot Read Harder

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo – Read a novel with a main character who uses they/them pronouns
• Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree – Read a romantasy book with a queer and/or BIPOC main character
• Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack and Isabel Galupo – Read a queer picture book

Happy reading, friends!