Conversations Book Club President Cyrus Webb is excited to share his Top 25 Summer Reads of 2026 for adults. These books have been read by Webb personally, and he feels they are just the kind of books that will keep you turning the page and wanted to share with others.
Conversations' Top 25 Summer Reads of 2026 (listed in no particular order)
NON-FICTION TITLES
- Joan by Joan Lunden (Lasega Books)
- Arsenio by Arsenio Hall (Black Privilege Publishing)
- Unread by Oliver James (Union Square)
- Start with Yourself by Emma Grede (Avid Reader Press)
- Remember the Times by Teddy Riley (Gallery Books)
- The History We Carry by Margaret Whitford (She Writes Press)
- Faith Over Fear by Michael Leach (Harper One)
- Phases by Brandy (Hanover Square Press)
- Never Too Late by Marla Gibbs (Amistad)
- Think It by Sarah Centrella (Post Hill Press)
- My 70s Love Story: 50 Plus Years Later by Dr. Velma Bagby (Dr. Velma Bagby)
- La Lucci by Susan Lucci (Black Stone Publishing)
- You Can't Keep a Good Elf Down by Janne Swearengen (Dragon Breath Press)
- Alabaster Heart by Fe Davis (Listen Linda Publishing)
- Twice the Vows, Twice the Grace by Gregory Napier and Carolyn Napier (Married with a Purpose)
FICTION TITLES
- You Can Tell Me by Melinda Leigh (Amazon Publishing)
- It Started with a Whisper by Rob Shuter (Post Hill Press)
- The Hospital at the End of the World by Justin C. Key (Harper)
- Another Havana Hangover by Randy Richardson (Randy Richardson)
- Massawa by Pam Webber (She Writes Press)
- A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley)
- Recipe for Joy by Monica Comas (Lake Union)
- We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda (Poisoned Pen Press)
- Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn (Thomas & Mercer)
- With love from Harlem by Reshonda Tate (William Morrow)
