16 books i want to read this summer 👙☀️🌊 i am beholden to popular books!!! [cc] 

The Book Thief is well hyped and for GOOD REASON. It truly is incredible and has made me snot-nose cry every time I’ve read it. If you haven’t read it already, I would LOVE to see you read it!

You need to read Pachinko!!! Such a beautiful historical fiction

My favorite historical fiction (and possibly favorite book of all time) is A Thousand Splendid Suns. It's gorgeous and tragic and both inspiring and infuriating, but it's a masterpiece.

Book thief is an amazing story narrated by Death itself so I highly reccomend it although it is definitely not a light read

The Kite Runner by Kahled Hossein is in my opinion soooo good 💙 perfect historical fiction

My favorite historical fictions are Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and the Nightingale by Kristen Hannah. I didn't really like All the Light We Cannot See tbh but I know a lot of people do!

For historical fiction, The House of the Spirits and One Hundred Years of Solitude are two absolute favs ♡

Middlemarch liveshow could be at the end of August so that people can read it during 2 months if needed 💗

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is a great historical fiction novel if you haven’t read it!

The stationery shop by Marjan Kamali and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee are just beautiful

The kite runner is possibly my favorite historical fiction novel ever, it's a really beautiful book full of many descriptions and events that will leave you feeling ever emotion possible to feel.

I LOVED Project Hail Mary! The intricacy of the science details was amazing but written in an easy to read way. I thought it was such a fascinating read!

Would definitely say The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is a must read for historical fiction!

The Shadow of the Wind is SUCH a good book for historical fiction! Especially if you like stories that go through the generations of a family (in this case multiple families). It is exquisite, heartbreaking, but also heartwarming. Highly recommend!

For historical fiction, it's gotta be The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah. My favorite of hers, even above The Nightingale! (And narrated by none other than the one and only Julia Whelan!)

The Shadow of the Wind is one of my favorite historical fiction books! I would love to see a reading vlog for Middlemarch. I’ve always wanted to read it but don’t have the time at present.

I am so there for the Middlemarch read along/book club thing! I’d maybe say everyone try and read it in July and august and then do the live show towards the end of august so everyone has time to read it who’s taking part no matter their reading speed?!?

I HIGHLY recommend A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith! It’s historical fiction and semi autobiographical. I read it for the first time earlier this year and it’s now one of my favorite books of all time and I think you would love it!

Historical Fiction: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!!! 📚📚📚 Great book and great movie adaptation!

Atonement by Ian McEwan and Brooklyn by Colm Toibin are so good, and a perfect fit for historical fiction

I have been wanting to read Middlemarch - this could be my chance! I vote for August!

A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Great Alone, and The Rose Code are my fave historical fiction books of all time!!

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop is INCREDIBLE. Jack Edwards recommended this and it didn’t miss. It’s about these two friends from a small village fight in WWI for France and one friend begs the main character to kill him after being horribly injured. He goes against his wishes and allows him to die a slow, agonizing death, and the story follows the protagonist grappling with the grief and the guilt. It’s so so beautiful, HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

The goldfinch. It’s been staring at me from my shelf for over 2 years & I decided now was the time I became a new woman and finally read it 😂

The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the other books in the series are really great, and based closely on true stories.

Historical fiction: A thousand words for rain A thousand splendid sun Kite runner The ambassadors daughter The book of lost name The kommandants girl The women in Moscow Crime and punishment The lost girls of paris Dragonfly

So excited to see the genre-blogs, here are some of my favorites in those genres! Historical fiction: The Book Thief (Zusak) The Heart's Invisible Furies (Boyne) A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hosseini) Pachinko (Lee) Sci-fi: Kindred (Butler) The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (Elison) Flowers for Algernon (Keyes) Wayfarer series, #2 is my favorite (Chambers)

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys is an incredible historical fiction💛

I would love a reading vlog for Middlemarch, because I really want to read it this summer. However I have no idea if I can commit to read it in any sort of timeline 😅 other than “summer”

The Alice Network is one of my favourite historical fictions and everyone I’ve recommended it to has loved it!

I am so excited for you to read All The Light We Cannot See!! You'll love it!!!!!!!

I'd read Middlemarch, I've done it before also for uni and it's a book I've been wanting to read again for a couple of years. I'd prefer August because of the amount of books I planned for June and July.

Highly recommend anything by Ruta Sepetys for historical fiction! She is an amazing historical fiction author. The parts of history she covers in her books are usually parts that a lot of the world has forgotten about/that are not as well known or covered by the mainstream historical fiction genre. I read her book The Fountains of Silence about Spain in the 1940s/50s and absolutely loved it!

I think Project Hail Mary is a great time. I listened to it and the narrator is fabulous.

My 3 fave historical fictions: The book thief by Markus Zusak (there's a reason for the hype, the film adaptation was also fabulous), Next year in Havana by Channel Cleeton (dual timeline: one being during the Cuban revolution), and Once upon a wardrobe by Patti Callahan (new fave of mine, released last year, set in the 1950's and has much to do with the "The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe" by C.S. lewis. This one made me cry).

Some of my all time favorite historical fiction books are written by Lisa See, and so far none have topped The Island of Sea Women. It covers generations of incredible women, multiple conflicts and wars, and generational trauma in Korea. It’s focused on the all-female free dive collectives on Jeju island so there’s a ton of ocean and sea life imagery perfect for summer. Highly recommend!

They aren't quick reads but Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro are beautiful and my all time favorite historical fiction novels.

The Poisonwood Bible is my fav historical fiction!

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn is my fav WWII historical fiction of all time

Sci-fi Rec: ‘Watchers’ by Dean Koontz. The characters are 🤌🏼 especially the dog. Trust me lol.

Before the coffee gets cold was one of my fav reads of last year. I cried so much reading it ♡

For historical fiction, The Alice Network is incredibly underrated imo :)

I am BEGGING you to please please please read "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden. The writing is ridiculously beautiful and it really makes you feel like you're in Japan. Seriously.... look at this writing: “Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable?”

The Book Thief is absolutely incredible, highly recommend that one. I also love A Gentleman in Moscow, Devil in The White City, and Pachinko (but I’m pretty sure you’ve read this one).

The best historical fiction I’ve ever read was A Thousand Splendid Suns!!

For historical fiction I recommend “shadow of the wind” set in Barcelona, is mysterious and has a great romantic subplot. Is a book about books, the main character finds the last copy of a forbidden book by an unknown author while someone is trying to burn all what’s left from this authors works.

For historical fiction I highly recommend "The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton", set in Amsterdam in 1686-87; there is a mini-series TV adaptation and the sequel for it is going to be published later this year! 💕

Oh my goodness! Yes! I love Historical Fiction. I just recently found, The Personal Librarian in my local library book sale, and that is the book that I can't wait to start. My favorite historical fictions: The Book Thief, The Nightingale, Before We Were Yours, ALL books by Ruta Sepetys (Between Shades of Grey, Salt To The Sea, The Fountains of Silence), and Pachinko. Looking forward to the historical fiction vid!

Hi Noelle!! You should definitely read any book by Kate Morton (especially “The forgotten garden” and “The lake house”). Her books are technically historical fiction but they also have the mystery element to it.😊

I love the Six Tudor Queens books by Alison Weir! My grandma loved the Tudors and I’m so sad I didn’t get to share them with her before she passed :( so now I’m here hoping I can spread the word about them to anyone who might like the Tudors!

Definitely recommend Atonement for a good historical fiction, also the movie is spectacular!

Not sure if you’ve read it or not, but Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is one of my favorite historical fiction books.

i had no interest in reading heartstopper but i watched the show and it’s literally so good and cute and now i want the books 😩❗️ the show made me so happy inside

Favorite historical fiction for me is Pachinko! What I am really trying to read this summer is Legends and Lattes.

Fates and Furies is absolutely devastating for so many reasons! All the light we cannot see is amazing Wolf hall - please read the trilogy! The first book can be hard because there’s a lot of internal narration but it’s truly an incredible series

All The Light We Cannot See it's one of my comfort reads. I read it with a friend and it was pretty amazing! I loved it so much, it was such a good read, really emotional!

Some of my favourite diverse historical fiction books are: - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (both are sapphic and the last one has a Chinese American main character) - Everything by Sarah Waters but especially Fingersmith or Tipping the Velvet (sapphic too) - Tin Man by Sarah Winman (gay) -The watchmaker of filligree street - Natasha Pulley (gay and bit of steampunk) and I love everything by Ruta Sepetys and the book thief but those were already mentioned a lot

I HIGHLY recommend ‘Hot Milk’ by Deborah Levy. It’s a short lil thing but it’s one of my favourite reads so far in 2022. It’s so summery and set near the sea. There’s also a stolen fish 🤷🏻‍♂️ it’s a dark take on mother and daughter relationships and it’s about wanting more out of life. ITS SO GOOD

i’m planning on reading A Little Life FINALLY… i’m an english major so during the year i have absolutely no time to read for pleasure, especially a book that long

Love all the historical fiction recs! Some I love are Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu, and of course The Book Thief. Also loved All the light we cannot see and currently reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.

best historical fiction book i've ever read, in fact the best book i've ever read at all, is The Binding by Bridget Collins. the time period isn't specified but likely mid-1800s. the less you know going in the better, trust me. also it's magical realism.

The island of missing a tress is a historical fiction I read this year and fell head over heels for!

Favorite historical fiction - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

I JUST READ "BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD" AND IT IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD you're gonna love it

What the Wind Knows! It's a time travel romance set in Dublin during the Easter Uprising of the early 1900's. The romance at the core was absolutely beautiful and overall it's reminiscent of Outlander, so if you enjoyed that I think this will be right up your alley.

i was so excited for this video!! i watched your last few summer years to get hype for the weather and this came out at the perfect time!! my main summer tbr is “outlawed”, which my two person book club is reading and i know you’ve read and loved.

just wanted to say that this is my first video of yours that I've come across and I immediately subscribed. I love your vibe and energy!!!!

HIGHLY recommend One Hundred Years of Solitude…one of my all time favorite books. And I can’t remember if you’ve read Beasts of a Little Land but it’s incredible, I think you’d love it based on your love of Pachinko!

For historical fiction, I cannot recommend Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein enough! So far it's my top read of the year!

"Before the coffee gets cold" is so perfect. It pulls perfectly on your heartstrings.

Middlemarch is definitely on my tbr for this summer as well! My vacation is half in July, half in August, so either works! Also, I just turned on my brand new a/c for the first time about three hours ago, and they have been the comfiest three hours OF. MY. LIFE.

I’ve had Seven Days in June on my tbr because of your recs… I’m determined to get to it by the end of this month!!

Historical fiction recs: The House of Spirits, The Shadow of the Wind, Cloud Cuckoo Land, The Beautiful Ones

Middlemarch is at the top of my summer tbr!!! A vlog would be amazing omg I can't wait to read it alongside you ♥

historical fiction is my favourite genre, some i've read in the past year & adored: - a gentleman in moscow - betty - the island of missing trees - where the crawdads sing - violeta - the parted earth + all the light we cannot see is one of my all-time favourites!

One of my favs to this day is “The Danish Girl”, pretty famous for the movie but I don’t see a lot of people talk about the actual book! It’s based on the life of the real Lily, but it reads like fiction and since it’s June… you know 🥰💕

I definitely vote for a reading vlog for Middlemarch, but that's purely for my own selfish reasons 😂 I know I won't make it to the live show, but I can watch a reading vlog any time.

Oh Noelle you are going to love before the coffee gets cold, one of my favourite books of all time. Slow paced, tender and so impactful 🥹🥹

hi noelle! just wanted so say i love you so much and your videos always brighten up my day especially when im in a reading slump, thanks for being lovely

I am one of those people that like the great alone more than the nightingale by Kristin Hannah. The great alone is one of the best historical fictions I have ever read

500 comments?! Doubtful you’ll be seeing this but, for what it’s worth, I wanted to suggest what @emmie did when she read War and Peace. She uploaded a reading vlog every 500 pages and also had a live show for the book. I loved this idea because it kept us all abreast with her progress and also gave us space to share our final thoughts. It WILL mean a lot of work for you but, as a viewer and someone who would potentially be reading along, that format really worked for me. Lots of love❤️

Oh, Noelle, I squealed when you talked about _all the light we cannot see_ because I have also been sitting on it for YEARS, it was even on my summer tbr last year and yet I still haven't read it... perhaps seeing you read it will give me the motivation 🤞 In terms of other historical fiction, I will join the bandwagon and say _the book thief_ which is amazing and I believe the first book that ever made me cry. But also another historical fiction(ish?) that I think would be right up your alley is _the vintner's luck_ : it's not as well known but it has the kind of gorgeous poetic writing that I think you would enjoy. Hope that helps!

the valley of amazement by amy tan!! i cannot convey the emotional attachment i have to this book. it takes you through so much and is such a beautiful and heartbreaking generational story of identity, betrayal, love, and endurance. just amazing (for a little more, it basically follows a woman in shanghai in the early 20th century throughout decades, like from when she’s 7 to 40-ish, and all the trials and tribulations of her life, starting with her experience being the daughter of a white woman who owns a first-class courtesan house in shanghai)

You uploaded this on the first day of summer, so this is actually perfect! I was also going to upload my summer tbr today but I didn't finish editing it in time, so... tomorrow! Definitely something by Kate Morton for historical fiction! She's one of my favorite authors; her writing is so exquisitely beautiful and I love the way she intertwines the past and present! Though I haven't read all her books, I think you would specifically like The House At Riverton (one of my favorites) or The Distant Hours (both of which I _have_ read)!! Sarah Waters is great for some Sapphic historical fiction. I've only read Fingersmith but it became one of my favorite books!

Historical fiction recommendation: The Light between Oceans. Noelle, please please please read it. It's fabulous and very emotional. Tears alert.

black cake is one of my favorite reads of the year so far. it’s so so beautiful.

I would prefer a Middlemarch reading vlog over a livestream 😚! Technically doing both would also be possible 😉

I’ve been waiting all year to read People We Meet on Vacation from a fun summer location… currently reading it from an island in Greece and it was so worth the wait! The ~vibes~ on and off the page have been immaculate 🥰

A reading vlog for Middlemarch would be fab, because I don’t want to read it, but want to see you read it 😅❤

Your laugh-turned-to-wheeze is my favorite! It brings me so much joy and it inspires me to just take things easy

My favorite historical fiction is a blend with romance and with dual timelines, but it's The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley. It's such a unique time frame. Like I knew nothing about the Jacobites before reading the book and the follow up (The Firebird). And now I want to re-read it. Again. Lol

I've been waiting to read Seven Days In June in June 11 months!!! And I finally did. It was amazing ♥

As historical fiction I can really recommend the Mercies by Kiran millwood Hargrave! Based in Northern Norway in the seventeenth century, it is about the witch-hunt there. There are also queer characters in the book, and some well written romance!

You have such a superb taste in literature. You are the booktubers whose picks mostly align with what I read, and I really enjoy your content. I hope school and life has been going well for you ♥️

okay firstly so glad you uploaded a video because I'm healing from surgery and was needed new books to add to my long list lol. I read By The Book as my first summer read and loved it so much! I haven't read a book in so long so it was a quick and fun romance to start the summer off :) I ordered Red, White, & royal blue, she gets the girl, love and other words and every summer after , and very tempted to also get silent patient cuz it seems so interesting :))

i’ve been wanting to read Middlemarch and bought a used copy a few months ago! A reading vlog or live show would be great because it will motivate me to finally get around to it! i think the end of august is the best time :)

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters & The Pillar of the Earth by Ken Follett, are the two historical fiction books I highly highly recommend

I am DEFINITELY going to read Hide, that sounds amazing. What a beautiful cover too, and a MAP?! Yesss

oh my gosh I just bought Before The Coffee Gets Cold today so what a coincidence to see it in your TBR :) i'm so excited for it!

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