Description
Welcome to the Summer 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!
In this episode, Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out June through mid-August.
This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).
Introducing Summer Shelves (a companion to my Summer Reading Guide)…
- In addition to my annual 2022 Summer Reading Guide, I introduced Summer Shelves, a companion exclusively for Superstars Patrons ($7/mo).
- Summer Shelves features BACKLIST summer reading recommendations from over 25 former podcast guests and our team members.
- The Summer Shelves design is clean, crisp, and unique and is available in a PDF file format via Patreon.
- If you’d like to get the Summer Shelves companion guide, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You’ll also get access to a monthly bonus podcast series called Double Booked (where Catherine or Susie and I share our own book recommendations in the same format as the big show) and my Rock Your Reading Tracker.
- Plus, as a patron you can listen to the quarterly bonus podcast episode series called Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books that we’re excited about that we did not share in the regular Preview episode.
Highlights
- The summer theme lands on the spectrum of female relationships — some healthy and some toxic.
- Catherine is more optimistic for these summer releases.
- Debut novels make up 4 of Sarah’s 6 picks!
- Catherine and Sarah fall into an impromptu new game of Guess What Book This Sounds Like?
- Catherine shares a funny author meeting gaffe from her past.
- Catherine and Sarah share their #1 summer release picks.
Summer 2022 Book Preview [2:33]
June
Sarah’s Picks:
- These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany (June 7) | Amazon
| Bookshop.org [5:11]
- The Measure by Nikki Erlick (June 28) | Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley (June 7) | Amazon
- Tracy Flick Can’t Win
by Tom Perrotta (June 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org
- Girls They Write Songs About
July
Sarah’s Picks:
- The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger (July 5) | Amazon | Bookshop.org
- Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez (July 12) | Amazon
- The Work Wife by Alison B. Hart (July 19) | Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark (July 5) | Amazon [27:20]
- Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress (July 12) | Amazon
August
Sarah’s Pick:
- Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor (August 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:03]
Catherine’s Pick:
- Bookish People by Susan Coll (August 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:57]
Other Books Mentioned
- Upgrade by Blake Crouch (July 12) [3:51]
- Normal People by Sally Rooney [6:52]
- Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney [6:55]
- There There by Tommy Orange [9:44]
- Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
[10:00]
- American Predator
- The Immortalists
- Election
- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta [15:11]
- The Gifted School
- Station Eleven
- Fantasticland
by Mike Bockoven [20:10]
- Frances and Bernard
- The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer [24:42]
- Love and Saffron
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
- A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost [26:29]
- Malibu Rising
- The Interestings
- The Ensemble
- The Ballerinas
- The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [36:11]
- Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [39:06]
- The Mothers by Brit Bennett [39:09]
- The Dry
- We Begin at the End
- Descent by Tim Johnston [41:08]
- The Stager
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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.