Alright, scholar! This summer, let’s get academic with our hobbies and try reading some of these amazing books from our must-read summer collection, handpicked by local bookshop business owners.
BLACK WORLD SCHOOLERS
Owner: Natalie Pipkin
Recommendation: “A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free” by Tamara Winfrey Harris (An upcoming release by a local author!) Tamara Winfrey Harris writes about the Black femme experience, illustrated by real-life stories and examples plucked from popular culture and intimate Black woman-to-Black woman truth-telling.
Golden Hour Books
Owner: Sara Gelston Somers
Recommendations: “The Garden Against Time” by Olivia Liang (Releases June 25)
“First Love: Essays on Friendship“ by Lilly Dancyger
Kids Ink
Owner: Shirley Mullin
Recommendation: “Louder Than Hunger” by John Schu (A poetic novel of the authors own struggles with an eating disorder. Advised for teens and adults!)
Pen and Pink vintage
Owner: Laura McPhee
Recommendation: “To the Lighthouse“ by Virginia Woolf
A period piece novel set right before World War I.
TOMORROW BOOKSTORE
Owners: Julia Breakey and Jake Budler
Recommendation by Jake: “Bite By Bite” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Recommendation by Julia: “The Wedding People” by Alison Espach
Wild Geese Bookshop
Owner: Tiffany Phillips
Recommendation: “The Paradise Problem” by Christina Lauren
LOUDMOUTH BOOKS
Owner: Leah Johnson
Recommendation: “The Dead Don’t Need Reminding” by Julian Randall
A pop culture piece and memoir, which allows room for grief and black queer joy! Julian says the book “is as beautiful as it is devastating”.
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