Beyond the Shelves: Summer Reading Preview

On the newest episode of Beyond the Shelves, Jes and Sarah chat about this summer's biggest releases and the books they're most excited about. As you might have guessed, they are not necessarily the same thing! Plus, find out which host is a vampire girlie and which is a werewolf girlie. What They're Reading Promise Me Sunshine , by Cara Bastone Deep Cuts , by Holly Brickly Audition , by Katie Kitamura Bunny , by Mona Awad The Shots You Take , by Rachel Reid Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here , by Jonathan Blitzer To Be Read Great Big Beautiful Life , by Emily Henry She's a Lamb , by Meredith Hambrock Exit Zero , by Helene Marie Bertino Oathbound , by Tracy Deonn The River Has Roots , by Amal El-Mohtar When the Clock Broke , by John Ganz What We're Excited For The Listeners , by Maggie Stiefvater (June 3) Endling , by Maria Reva (June 3) Ride With Me , by Simone Soltani (May 20) The Library at Hellebore , by Cassandra Khaw (July 22) A Curse Carved in Bone , by Danielle L. Jensen (May 13) Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil , by V.E. Schwab (June 10) The View From Lake Como , by Adriana Trigiani (July 8) I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays , by Maris Kreizman (July 1) Big Releases Atmosphere , by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3) The Bewitching , by Siliva Moreno Garcia (July 15) My Friends , by Fredrick Backman (May 6) Katabasis , by R.F. Kuang (August 26) These Summer Storms , by Sarah MacClean (July 8) The Emperor of Gladness , by Ocean Vuong (May 13)

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This episode was published on May 13, 2025.

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