17. Buzzy Summer Books and backlist titles to read while you wait on your library holds

Today Chelsey and Sara are  toppling your TBRs with backlist books to enjoy this summer. We know hardback books are pricey and library waitlists for the hottest new releases are long, so we're going to be pairing some of 2020's most exciting books of summer with older books that are easier to get your hands on.  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novelpairingspod/ Shop our Backlist Recs on Bookshop:  https://bookshop.org/lists/buzzy-summer-books-and-backlist-favorites Use our referral code to get TWO  audiobooks for the price of one through Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/redeem/novelpairings Books mentioned: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett  Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld  American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Abigail Adams: A Life by Woody Holton Beach Read by Emily Henry  The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert A Burning by Megha Majumdar  There There by Tommy Orange Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner  The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton All Adults Here by Emma Straub  Commonwealth by Ann Patchett  A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory  Dreamers series by Adrianna Herrera (American Fairytale #2) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Friends and Strangers by J Courtney Sullivan  Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan  A Room with a View by EM Forrester Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Beloved by Toni Morrison   Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Caste by Isabel Wilkerson  The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   Other mentions: Kazuo Ishiguro's new book The Stacks Podcast Attica and Tembi Locke