Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2026 To-Read List

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I’m back to my usual short list of seasonal TBR titles. I hope all of them are excellent, and I’ll fill in the rest of my summer selections with mood reads and maybe a few books from some of your lists, too.

 

Book cover for Cat Love: A Novel by Tomás Q. Morín. Image on cover shows a brown and black cat sitting with its black tail curled up around its legs. As your eye moves up its body to its head, the image becomes distorted with about a dozen little boxes with closeup images of cat faces and bodies lying where this cat’s head should be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Cat Love: A Novel by Tomás Q. Morín

Why I’m Interested: Who would have thought that the cat in Schrödinger’s box could be a narrator. Quite creative.

 

Book cover for In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure by Rowan Jacobsen. Image on cover shows a somewhat abstract drawing of bright yellow and pink sun rays shining out from an even brighter yellow centre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure by Rowan Jacobsen

Why I’m Interested: I enjoy reading nonfiction about new medical studies and discussions about what is actually the healthiest way to live. This does not mean that I’m going to throw my sunscreen out and try to get sunburns or a tan over the summer, of course, but I do think it’s important to keep up with the latest research when possible.

 

Book cover for My Name Was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris M. Arnone. Image on cover shows a drawing of two newborn human footprints against an off-white background. The last word of the title is written in a blue cursive font that looks like it could a name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  My Name Was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris M. Arnone 

Publication Date: June 26

Why I’m Interested: I also love learning about all sorts of medical conditions, especially when they are written from the perspective of people living with them. This sounds like it could be quite the educational read.

 

Book cover for Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves. Image on cover shows the sun rising over a night sky that has a sliver of moon in it. Below, three large flowers grow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves

Publication Date: July 7

Why I’m Interested: It’s nice when the angel of death is portrayed as a kind and gentle person. I hope the storyline will do this character justice.

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