What’s on your summer reading list?

Summer allows for many things, including, we hope, extra time to read—be it on a beach or a porch or a mountaintop. Here, in no particular order, are some suggestions from friends of the Festival.

The Calamity Club, Kathryn Stockett

Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

The Things We Never Say, Elizabeth Strout

The Ferryman and His Wife, Frode Grytten (translated by Alison McCullough)

Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad

Ironwood: A Catalina Novel, Michael Connelly

The Summer Girlfriend, Kristina Forest

Whistler, Ann Patchett

The Alice Network, Kate Quinn

Nonesuch, Francis Spufford

Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe

The Girls Before, Kate Alice Marshall