Summer isn’t over yet! That means you can still take advantage of the long sunny days and warm nights to catch up on all the reading you meant to do this year but couldn’t, because #life.
If you lost track of your TBR pile, don’t fret. Here is a list of our top picks from the year (so far) and why you should read them in seven words or less, because #time.
Ash Princess
Why Read? Bad-ass heroine, conquered kingdom, revenge, love triangle
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Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Why Read? True story, hilarious, heartwarming, relevant, eye-opening
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Why Read? OG royal weddings, lust, love, betrayal, beheadings
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S.T.A.G.S.
Why Read? Downton Abbey vibes plus Mean Girls vibes
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Batman: Nightwalker
Why Read? Backstory of Bruce Wayne, Gotham, cool cars
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The Beauty that Remains
Why Read? Debut, tearjerker, music, loved by Angie Thomas
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My So-Called Bollywood Life
Why Read? #ownvoices, movie buffs, quirky, cute, Bollywood
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Neverworld Wake
Why Read? Mind-blowing, time-bending, thriller, cool kids
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Tempests & Slaughter
Why Read? Tamora Pierce, fantasy, Tamora Pierce
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LIFEL1K3
Why Read? Sci-fi, romance, dystopia, robots, droids, adrenaline
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