Books on My Summer 2023 to-Read List

20 Books of Summer Challenge

It’s time once again for the 20 Books of Summer, hosted by 746 Books. This year the event kicked off on Wednesday 1 June and will finish on Thursday 1 September. If you want to join in, just take the Books of Summer image, and pick your own 10, 15, or 20 books you would like to read. Post the link to your choices in the post’s comments here.

My list:

1. Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell

2. The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

4. Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

5. How the Light Gets in: Writing as a Spiritual Practice by Pat Schneider

6. The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall

7. Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales

8. The Italians by John Hooper

9. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

10. A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux

11. The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick  

12. An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain

13. How Italian Food Conquered the World by John F. Mariani

14. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

15. Eating My Way Through Italy: Heading Off the Main Roads to Discover the Hidden Treasures of the Italian Table by Elizabeth Minchilli

16. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

17. Food Americana by David Page

18. My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith

19. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

20. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

13/20 - Finished as of 7/1/23. 

Links take you to my reviews.

Big Book Summer Challenge, the annual summer reading challenge, kicks off at the start of Memorial Day weekend! Check out last year's challenge page for details, pick out a Big Book (400 or more pages) or two, and join the fun! A new challenge page and Goodreads group for sign-ups was posted at Book by Book at the end of May.

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

What do you hope to read this summer?

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.