The ultimate MashReads guide to summer reading

It’s officially summer, which means you have more hours of sweet daylight to spend tackling your the books you’ve been neglecting or those beach reads you’ve been saving. 

We at MashReads always delight in sharing book recommendations with you, but this week (before we take a brief hiatus) we decided to talk all things summer, including what determines a beach read and the books that we will be carrying in our bags throughout the dog days. 

Culture writer Chloe Bryan’s summer reading recommendations are wide-ranging. She’s looking forward to picking up everything from Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me in the Bathroom, an oral history of rock and roll in New York City, to China Rich Girlfriend, the second installment of Kevin Kwan’s captivating Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Similar to Aja Gabel’s recommendation on a previous episode, Chloe also will be reading The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg when it hits shelves on August 7th.  Read more…

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