The 2025 Summer Reading Club has officially come to a close and we have loved seeing the hundreds of books that participants enjoyed throughout the summer months. Some titles were community favorites, showing up again and again, while others may have been read by fewer people but sparked just as much excitement in their readers. Enjoy this list containing a sampling of both and find your next favorite read!
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel.
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq
In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India.
An unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.
Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee
A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie.
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
A heartfelt, uplifting novel about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories.
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court within the span of one generation.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
While on a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds, Ariadne O'Neill and a team of explorers, shifting through space and time, discover that the culture back on Earth has been transformed and must make a difficult decision.
All summaries provided by the publisher.