30 books to read this summer (2025)

Summer’s here, and that means you can read — whatever you want. This list of books we’re looking forward to in the coming months is certainly not comprehensive, and it’s purposely democratic. If summer provides a little more time, most people want to use it to dig in to their preferred style, whether that’s deep history, clock-stopping thrillers, introspective fiction or sunny romances. So here’s to taking unnecessary limits off the term “beach read.” Enjoy the season. (Some of these books are out already. For those that aren’t, we’ve listed their expected publication date.)