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What Goodreads Employees Are Reading This Summer

"If you've got an overflowing Want to Read shelf of books that you keep meaning to get to (one day!), you're in good company. Our company, that is. As you can imagine, Goodreads staffers are no stranger to the "so many books, so little time" problem.
We asked our bookish colleagues to share three books they're bumping to the top of their reading lists for the summer. From up-and-coming page-turners to big biographies to thought-provoking nonfiction, these are the titles we'll be chatting about all season around our virtual watercooler."
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The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family (Bettye Kearse)
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family
1
Bettye Kearse
Our Time Is Now (Stacey Abrams)
Our Time Is Now
2
Stacey Abrams
All About Love: New Visions (Bell Hooks)
All About Love: New Visions
3
Bell Hooks
Your Perfect Year (Charlotte Lucas)
Your Perfect Year
4
Charlotte Lucas
Girl in the Shadows (Gwenda Bond)
Girl in the Shadows
5
Gwenda Bond
The Paper Magician (Charlie N. Holmberg)
The Paper Magician
6
Charlie N. Holmberg
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (Alka Joshi)
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
7
Alka Joshi
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)
Interior Chinatown
8
Charles Yu
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library
9
Matt Haig
Bubble (Jordan Morris)
Bubble
10
Jordan Morris
Better, Not Bitter (Yusef Salaam)
Better, Not Bitter
11
Yusef Salaam
Brother Sister Mother Explorer (Jamie Figueroa)
Brother Sister Mother Explorer
12
Jamie Figueroa
The Prophets (Robert Jones Jr.)
The Prophets
13
Robert Jones Jr.
Afterparties: Stories (Anthony Veasna So)
Afterparties: Stories
14
Anthony Veasna So
The Plot (Jean Hanff Korelitz)
The Plot
15
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
16
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Maidens (Alex Michaelides)
The Maidens
17
Alex Michaelides
The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris)
The Other Black Girl
18
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Sorrowland (Rivers Solomon)
Sorrowland
19
Rivers Solomon
Animal (Lisa Taddeo)
Animal
20
Lisa Taddeo
Filthy Animals (Brandon Taylor)
Filthy Animals
21
Brandon Taylor
Rhythm of War (Brandon Sanderson)
Rhythm of War
22
Brandon Sanderson
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
23
Yuval Noah Harari
Verity (Colleen Hoover)
Verity
24
Colleen Hoover
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
25
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V. E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
26
V. E. Schwab
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
27
Candice Carty-Williams
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (Tom Lin)
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
28
Tom Lin
Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
Hell of a Book
29
Jason Mott
Seeing Ghosts (Kat Chow)
Seeing Ghosts
30
Kat Chow
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out (Jeremy Atherton Lin)
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
31
Jeremy Atherton Lin
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
32
Hanya Yanagihara
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
33
Joyce Carol Oates
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning With the Myth of the Lost Cause (Ty Seidule)
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning With the Myth of the Lost Cause
34
Ty Seidule
Experimental Jetset: Superstructures: The Constructivist /The Situationist /The Provotarian / the Po (Experimental Jetset)
Experimental Jetset: Superstructures: The Constructivist /The Situationist /The Provotarian / the Po
35
Experimental Jetset
We Are Bellingcat (Eliot Higgins)
We Are Bellingcat
36
Eliot Higgins
The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern)
The Starless Sea
37
Erin Morgenstern
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
38
Michelle Obama
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
39
Philip K. Dick
A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende)
A Long Petal of the Sea
40
Isabel Allende
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