Summer Reading Guide

Summer is here, and that means one thing: vacation! Whether you’re on a grand exploration or simply relaxing with a staycation, WLT is here to provide a getaway that you can hold in your hands.

For “Supernatural” Junkies

Ipsita Roy Chakraverti

Spirits I Have Known  

(HarperCollins)

For the Year-Round Classics Disciple 

Toni Morrison

God Help the Child 

(Knopf)

For the Family-Bonding Fanatic 

T. C. Boyle

The Harder They Come

(Ecco)

Sarah Elizabeth Schantz

Fig

(Margaret K. McElderry Books)

For the Summer-School Academic

Peter Longerich

Goebbels: A Biography

Alan Bance, Jeremy Noakes, 

& Lesley Sharpe, trs.

(Random House)

Juan Enriquez & Steve Gullans

Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Changing Life on Earth 

(Current)

Jørn Olav Løset

The Viking Longship: From Skinboat to Seagoing Warship

(Westholme Publishing)

For the Long Car Ride

Christopher McDougall

Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance 

(Random House Audio)

For the Socially Engaged

Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

(Little, Brown)

For the Stand-up Comedian and Motivational Speaker

Jason Kotecki

Penguins Can’t Fly: +39 Rules That Don’t Exist 

(St. Martin’s Griffin)

For the Wannabe Rebel

Mario Vargas Llosa

The Discreet Hero 

Edith Grossman, tr.

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

For the Lover of Tear-Jerkers 

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The All Saints’ Day Lovers

Anne McLean, tr.

(Bloomsbury Publishing)

For the Anthropomorph 

Mia Couto 

Confession of the Lioness

David Brookshaw, tr.

(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

For the Scandal Lover

John LeFevre

Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals

(Grove/Atlantic)