I Read 67 Books This Summer. Here Are The 12 You Should Read.

I read 67 books between June and August…and these are the 12 I can't stop thinking about. ☀️📚We're counting down my absolute best books of summer 2026 across horror, thrillers, science fiction, historical fantasy, romance, literary fiction, magical realism, and more.This summer gave me RANGE: psychic experiments in the 1960s, futuristic F1 racing, unicorns, serial killers, demons in space, messy domestic thrillers, incredible full-cast audiobooks, and one horror novel with a spicy scene so disturbing it actually made me lose my appetite. 🫣📚 BOOKS DISCUSSED:00:52 — Brighter Than Before by Courtney Walsh | Women’s Fiction/Romance02:14 — Not That Kind of Proposal by Victoria Lavine | Contemporary Romance03:42 — Keep Them Close by David Ellis | Domestic Thriller04:43 — The Unknown by Riley Sager | Thriller/Horror06:02 — Heart of Glass by Jennifer Hillier | Psychological Thriller07:46 — The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen | Psychological/Historical Fiction09:22 — The Unicorn Hunter by Katherine Arden | Historical Fantasy10:55 — The Infinite State by Richard Swan | Dystopian Science Fiction12:41 — The Demon Star by Jess Aragon | Sci-Fi Horror14:15 — Good People | Literary Fiction/Mystery16:06 — Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw | Magical Realism17:44 — Headlights by C.J. Leede | Horror/Crime ThrillerFrom the audiobook that somehow made me LOVE an open ending to the historical fantasy that destroyed my sleep schedule and the horror novel that completely blindsided me, these are the books that earned their spots at the very top of 67 summer reads.Plus, I'm interviewing C.J. Leede in October! If you've read Headlights and have a spoiler-free question you'd love me to ask, send it my way.🎧 What was the BEST book you read this summer?