Conversations' Top 25 Summer Reads, 2025

Conversations Book Club President Cyrus Webb is pleased to share Conversations' 25 Summer Reads of 2025. It is our hope that these fiction and non-fiction titles will bring you as much enjoyment and satisfaction as they did us.

Top Non-Fiction Reads

1. Master of Me by Keke Palmer (Flatiron Books)
2. Dancing on Coals by Cynthia Moore (She Writes Press)
3. Barely Visible by Kathleen Somers (She Writes Press)
4. Facing the Jaguar by Babs Walters (She Writes Press)
5. Matriarch by Tina Knowles (One World)
6. Don't Walk Away by Marilyn Raichle (Counselor Books)
7. The Artist's Roadmap by Richard Lawson (RLS Publishing)
8. Chatterbox by Barbara Worton (Susan Schadt Press)
9. Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen (Simon and Schuster)
10. Post Oak: Quanah Parker, The Comanche and the Mission by Tina Siemens (Tina Siemens)
11. The End Is the Beginning by Jill Bialosky (Washington Square Press)
12. Stronger by Dr. Teresa A. Smith (DQ Consulting)
13. Before I Let You Go by Angelo Ellerbee (HOV Publishing)
14. Standing Up by Mary L. Devine (She Writes Press)
15. Brand It Like Serhant by Ryan Serhant (Hachette Go)

Top Fiction Reads

1. Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley)
2. The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen (Thomas and Mercer)
3. Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie Carter (Minotaur)
4. At the Island's Edge by C. I. Jerez (Lake Union)
5. Saving Vincent by Joan Fernandez (She Writes Press)
6. Keeping Receipts by W. Mason Dunn (W. Mason Dunn)
7. Enemies Domestic by John DeDakis (Speaking Volumes)
8. The Unexpected Diva by Tiffany L. Warren (William Morrow)
9. Letters From Strangers by Susan Walter (Lake Union)

Conversations' 25 Summer Reads for Adults, 2024

 

 Just in time for Summer, Conversations Book Club and Books You Need to Read announce their 25 Summer Reads for Adults! Personally curated by Cyrus Webb, the list gives readers of mixture of non-fiction and fiction that is sure to keep them turning the page to find out what's next. 

NON-FICTION (listed in no particular order)

1. Untapped Magic by Chloe Panta (New World Library)
2. Medgar & Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid (Mariner Books)
3. And Then We Rise by Common (Harper One)
4. Faces and Phases by Marketa George (Three C Publishing)
5. Words from My Collar Bone: a Rebirth by Luciann Berrios (Luciann Berrios)
6. Trauma Breakthough by Jessica James Henry (The Breakthough Tribe Publishing)
7. The Most Human by Adam Nimoy (Chicago Review Press)
8. Beauty For Ashes by Tiffiny Grooms (Three C Publishing)
9. Meet Me in Mumbai by Lovelace Cook (Whisperwood Publishing)
10. She Said Yes to Herself Unapologetically EmpowerHER Guide (Pa-Pro-Vi Publishing)
11. Night of the Hawk by Lauren Martin (She Writes Press)
12. Man You Are Crazy by Christopher Anderson and Kevin P. Donaldson (The Mediacasters Publishing House)
13. Animals I Want to See by Tom Seeman (Post Hill Press)

FICTION (listed in no particular order)

1. Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall (Spark Press)
2. Forgetting to Remember by M. J. Rose (Blue Box Presss)
3. The Grandest Garden by Gina l. Carroll (Spark Press)
4. Watch Where They Hide by Tamron Hall (William Morrow)
5. A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni (Thomas Mercer)
6. The Wild Road Home by Melissa Payne (Amazon Publishing)
7. The Catch No One Wants by Dr. Velma Bagby (Adoni Publishing)
8. The Forgiveness Game by Norma McLauchlin (Chosen Pen Publishing)
9. All That Really Matters by David Weill (Rare Bird)
10. Take Two, Birdie Maxwell by Allison Winn Scotch (Berkley)
11. The Daughter Between Them by Alretha Thomas (Diverse Arts Collective, Inc)
12. The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell (W.W. Norton & Company)