Summer 2025 Reads

Our most anticipated releases of the season & pairings to keep you reading all summer long

Welcome to our annual Summer Book Preview episode! Today, we’re sharing some of our most eagerly awaited titles launching in June, July, and August — plus a few gems from September and October for good measure.

Alongside these fresh releases, we’re also sharing plenty of backlist favorites to add to your summer reading list. Expect some perfect pairings featuring beloved classics and modern hits like On Beauty by Zadie Smith, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.

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Farewell Q & A Episode

We have one final episode coming to the main feed before we officially wrap up Novel Pairings. On May 27th, we’re going out with a fun and heartfelt farewell Q&A episode filled with reflections, behind-the-scenes stories, and literary chatter.

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All the guides!

If you can’t get enough summer reading guides, check out these notable lists!

• Last year’s most anticipated summer titles (Novel Pairings)

• The 2024 Paperback Reading Guide (Fiction Matters) — 2025 PSRG coming soon!

• The Summer Reading Guide (The Atlantic)

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Important Patreon Updates

We’re keeping our Patreon open through August 31st, so if you’ve been meaning to catch up on our big book recaps, rewatch some of our classes, or check out those bonus episodes, now’s the time! It’s all still available for just $10 a month.

We’re doing this to give our amazing community one last chance to dive into everything before we start archiving some of the content. Don’t worry — not everything is going away, but a few series will be retired and no longer accessible.

To ensure all that of our content doesn't disappear, we’re also setting up a Gumroad storefront where you’ll be able to buy bundles of our classes and readalongs. But if you want access to everything at the best price, Patreon is definitely your best bet right now.

And here's a little thank-you — we’ll be giving exclusive discounts on Gumroad to our Patreon members too.

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We’ll be back on the main feed next week with our farewell episode. Until then, we declare after all, there is no enjoyment like reading. How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

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