Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
Here in New York, temps are heating up, and it’s starting to feel a little more like summer. And it’s just in time for this week’s prompt. We were given a lot of leeway this week, with the overly vague “covers that feel/look like summer,” and I decided to go with books that have a word in the title that is either summer or summer-adjacent. So many of my favorite summer memories took place around the water—whether it was the beach, the lake, or a pool, so I took that and ran with it. Here’s what I was able to come up with:
- The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
- Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
- The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Jerusalem Beach: Stories by Iddo Gefen
- Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
- Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
- Chlorine by Jade Song
- River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan
- Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher
What are some of your favorite books that have a summery term in the title?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I think I’ve been seeing Carley’s around lately! Probably because it does look like a very summer-like read! 🙂
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It’s very summer oriented, so it doesn’t surprise me that it’s making the rounds this week!
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Beach read is one of my favorites, I’m waiting for summer to read happy place
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It’s a great time to read it! I hope you enjoy it.
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It looks like you found some great books for summer!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/celebrate-pride-with-a-list-of-ten-books/
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These are definitely amazing summer reads.
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The Summer That Melted Everything looks intriguing! Have a great week. Here’s my TTT: https://bonniereadsandwrites.com/2023/06/06/top-ten-tuesday-summer-covers/
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It turned out to be a pretty heavy read, but that seems to be the authors MO.
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Beach Read and Meet Me at the Lake are two I have on my TBR for this summer. I also adore their covers!
Here’s my summery TTT (:
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Those covers just make me think of summer, even if the insides didn’t have anything to do with summer.
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They sure do. 🙂
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Thanks!
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Meet Me at the Lake does sound like summer. I know people who have read it and I think it is set in summer.
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Parts of it are set in the summer, but the overall vibe of the book just made me think of summer, and the cover pretty much screams summer!
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A great looking list. I have Beach Read on my TBR pile!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post: https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/top-ten-tuesday-books-or-covers-that-feel-look-like-summer/
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Thank you! Beach Read is one of my favorites, I hope you enjoy it!
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I am hoping that it is better than Book Lovers. I thought that it was an ok book and decided to get the other two books just in case they were better!
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It’s way better than Book Lovers in my opinion.
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Excellent. I look forward to reading it!
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I went with a water theme, too. It seems like a lot of summer activities just have to do with staying cool! That’s a necessity here in Arizona where it’s hot as Hades. We use our pool most days in the summer, although come about August it starts to feel like you’re swimming in bathwater, which isn’t exactly refreshing. Ha ha. Some people here actually have water coolers for their pools so the water stays cold despite being boiled in the sun all day.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Wow, I certainly do not envy you out there in the heat of Arizona! I never knew about water coolers – all we have around here is water heaters haha. Summer just seems to go hand in hand with activities near or in the water.
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Great lists! The summer-adjacent idea is such a nice take on it.
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Thank you!
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