Popsugar Entertainment Best Of 2019 Favourite Summer Books 2019 POPSUGAR Book Club Readers Share Their Favourite Books of the Summer, So Grab Your Beach Bag! 9 August 2019 by Paige Hagerman Image Source: Getty / Dougal Waters We asked the POPSUGAR Book Club members about their favourite books of the Summer, and our Goodreads list is now overflowing with awesome recommendations. Thank you, readers, for the amazing responses! If you're looking for a fun-loving group who loves books as much as you do, join the POPSUGAR Book Club. It's a welcoming reading community full of literary enthusiasts . . . and a great place to get a book suggestion! Ahead, check out reader-approved Summer reads you'll want to toss in your beach bag. Related: Book-Lovers, Brace Yourself: The 2019 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Is Here! 1 Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood Buy it here: Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood 1 / 42 2 Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Buy it here: Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2 / 42 3 The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart Buy it here: The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart 3 / 42 4 Educated by Tara Westover Buy it here: Educated by Tara Westover 4 / 42 5 Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand Buy it here: Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand 5 / 42 6 Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Centre Buy it here: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Centre 6 / 42 7 The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Buy it here: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 7 / 42 8 Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Buy it here: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 8 / 42 9 The Guest Book by Sarah Blake Buy it here: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake 9 / 42 10 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Buy it here: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 10 / 42 11 The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr Buy it here: The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr 11 / 42 12 Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey Buy it here: Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey 12 / 42 13 The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff Buy it here: The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff 13 / 42 14 After the End by Clare Mackintosh Buy it here: After the End by Clare Mackintosh 14 / 42 15 The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Buy it here: The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger 15 / 42 16 This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Buy it here: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 16 / 42 17 The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith Buy it here: The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith 17 / 42 18 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Buy it here: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 18 / 42 19 The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine Buy it here: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine "Can't put it down!" — Kelly M. 19 / 42 20 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Buy it here: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 20 / 42 21 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Buy it here: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 21 / 42 22 Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered Buy it here: Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered 22 / 42 23 Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Buy it here: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 23 / 42 24 Little Darlings by Melanie Golding Buy it here: Little Darlings by Melanie Golding 24 / 42 25 The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons Buy it here: The Tiger Catcher by Paullina Simons 25 / 42 26 The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George Buy it here: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 26 / 42 27 The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon Buy it here: The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon 27 / 42 28 Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird Buy it here: Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird "My favourite of the Summer." — Lauren O. 28 / 42 29 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Buy it here: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple "So excited for the movie coming out later this month!!" — Charisandra P. 29 / 42 30 The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo Buy it here: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo "Five stars!" — Christine L. 30 / 42 31 The Favourite Sister by Jessica Knoll Buy it here: The Favourite Sister by Jessica Knoll 31 / 42 32 Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes Buy it here: Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes 32 / 42 33 The Ruins by Scott Smith Buy it here: The Ruins by Scott Smith "Couldn't put it down." — Katie M. 33 / 42 34 The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Buy it here: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware "My favourite so far!" — Tracey E. 34 / 42 35 Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Buy it here: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner 35 / 42 36 Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Buy it here: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 36 / 42 37 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Buy it here: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 37 / 42 38 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Buy it here: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 38 / 42 39 The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn Buy it here: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 39 / 42 40 Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings Buy it here: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings 40 / 42 41 The Memory of Butterflies by Grace Greene Buy it here: The Memory of Butterflies by Grace Greene "My favourite read so far this Summer." — SueAnn G. 41 / 42 42 Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld Buy it here: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld "A brilliant modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice." — Maggie R. 42 / 42 Best Of 2019Reading ListBook LoversBooksSummer