some sweltering books for hot summer days 🔥 SUMMER READING LIST

[@ronciego9249]

In the Philippines, we only have 2 kinds of Days: either its yellow heat-stroke Summer Days, or grey flooding rainy days. Anything in between is a blessing.

[@wrichardchen]

Tove Jansson also illustrated the first Swedish translation of Tolkien's "The Hobbit"!

[@Azaytchik]

Apparently Tolkien had to add the word "small" to the description of Gollum, because Tove drew him as a very big monster 😂

[@Willy_Potter]

@@Azaytchikthank you. I don’t know why, but I’m really glad that I now know this

[@camc1838]

I want you to know that your and content is always appreciated. Your joy when discussing books is just so positive and thank you for all you do especially when humor shines through.

[@mattkean1128]

The British Library puts out great reprints, and they just released Stories for Summer by women writers like Woolf, du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Taylor, and others.

[@pendragon2012]

Emma, you're about one of the closest to perfect recommenders I've ever seen. For me, Watership Down is my summer re-read every year because we first read it in the summer I was eleven and it mostly takes place in the summer! :-) Hope you have a good Canada Day tomorrow!

[@starlasell5698]

I love Watership Down, too! Great recommendation!

[@staygoldponyboy8881]

YES! Sitting under a tree in a field away from the noise of all the hrududus and reading Watership Down is my idea of heaven.

[@njm2496]

By who??

[@pendragon2012]

@@njm2496 Richard Adams.

[@njm2496]

@@pendragon2012 thank you!

[@KMort]

I despise summer and can barely read during it, so I'm just here to observe 😂

[@PatrikOrjes]

I still need to read The Summer Book! The Moomins are really popular here in Scandinavia and if The Summer Book is even half as cozy as The Moomins then it's going to be amazing!

[@tiffanyanne7861]

I just started learning watercolour painting. I'm still embarrassingly bad but it's been fun. I hope you enjoy your drawing journey!

[@kelleyeasterling]

As a Floridian, I like to imagine all the Florida man headlines are about the same man just living his wild drug fueled life 😂

[@haerhawk]

Emma your videos are always such a blissfull reprieve from the troubles of life You are delight to have i this world ❤

[@sailormiu]

my summer recs: The question of Palestine by Edward Said Gaza Writes back by Refaat Alreer Unfortunately, it was paradise by Mahmoud Darwish Minor detail by Adania Shibli Against the loveless world by Susan Abulhawa Freedom is a constant struggle by Angela Y. Davis Trinity of Fundamentals by Wisam Rafeedie Rifqa by Mohammed El Kurd

[@doaadikrallah]

thank you for your list ❤️🇵🇸

[@sailormiu]

@@doaadikrallah thank you for showing your interest 🫶 palestinian voices are important to listen to🇵🇸❤️‍🔥

[@doaadikrallah]

@@sailormiu absolutely agree!! hoping for a free palestine every day 🙏🏽🇵🇸

[@sailormiu]

@@doaadikrallah surely during our lifetime 🍉

[@owlandgatorstitcher]

Thank you for your recommendations-it’s always good to get some different titles for the tbr. As a Floridian I can confirm Florida Man is real. However, part of the reason why the stories are so well known is because Florida law requires publication of all crimes. Other places have weird crimes but it is harder to learn about them.

[@Bubblet1177]

i sneezed when you read out the florida man who sneezed out his intestines and now i am not ok 🫠🫠

[@Tolstoy111]

If you like “The awakening” read Madame Bovary.

[@jamiemacrae4484]

the summer book is my favourite book! I read it every year.

[@graydonpanzica330]

Emma!! You may or may not remember I commented a few weeks ago that I'd gotten your necklace. And I'm obsessed with it. In love. But on Sunday/Monday June 23/24 I was rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night and it eventually became apparent that I needed surgery ASAP. I got there around 1AM, I was heading to the OR by 8. As I was being prepped, they said I had to take off absolutely everything other than the hospital gown and socks--I guess in case, God forbid, something went wrong, there wasn't anything in the way. Or if they needed to shock my heart or something, they don't want metal on your body, because electricity and metal don't mix. Whatever, anyway, I was a little panicked because that meant I had to take the necklace off, which I'd been wearing since it came, and stick it in my backpack, and I was so worried that it was going to become irreparably knotted, or break, or get scratched, or something. Because, you know, I have my priorities in check 🤣 But I just finally had the energy to take it out of my bag and put it back on, and she is glorious. Absolutely perfect. Held up just fine. I am so relieved. Anyway, I figured you'd like to hear that the quality is on point, and it can withstand a backpack stuffed with books, notebooks, pens, electronics and wires, etc.

[@subtlefire7256]

Big Mall sounds like exactly the kind of book I've been looking for for a while now.

[@halfgodfairy8654]

I just started reading "Love in the time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garçia Marquez and I can only urge you to read it this summer as well! As expected, its incredibly well written and plays with the subject of time, death, love and lust. Its set in the Carribean, which makes it perfect for summer too

[@denisefreitas6727]

Emma, i absolutely want to read all these books you recommended, specially The Summer Book and The Awakening! Thanks darling! 💖

[@trishnickles2236]

NOTHING that happens in Florida would surprise me. 🙄 Thank you, Emma, for the excellent recommendations. Hope you have a good week. Be well. 💕💕

[@leona5153]

I love you! Recently I'm trying to get rid of the reading slump and you're coming to save me!! 😭

[@01Elvi]

you've said before that you don't really like to read adult contemporary and i am so interested in as to why/what your experience has been with the genre (which is pretty vague obv) !! would love to see u elaborate in a future video

[@Keeraneedscoffee]

Y’all I LOVED the show Sixteen!

[@BMTitus]

If you want lots of heat and some humor, I recommend Orwell's first novel Burmese Days.

[@Joy-gu8te]

Untold Night & Day is amazing. I'd recommend The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat to go with it, which it heavily references; I read them back to back & it really added to the enjoyment of both

[@sunglasses2130]

Ooo I loved chlorine! I hope you like it! I might look up trigger warnings before reading though…

[@leander8840]

heyy omg I was never this early! So excited for all the summer recs as I'm going on a roadtrip soon! Thanks Emmie !!

[@Rods_road]

Thanks for the summer recommendations, even though it winter in South America! Love hearing new possibles book to read!

[@thepagesofsamantha]

been meaning to read untold night and day for a while now, you've given me the nudge to finally pick it up (I bought it a long time ago, also on your recommendation haha) also it seems like I've been destined to read Florida Woman. I very recently heard about the guy who sneezed his intestines out (turns out he just had surgery and they sent him home before the stitches were healed or something) and also learned about the wild monkeys in Florida like two days ago! definitely gonna see if my Libby has that one! thank you so much for these recs Emma!

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Yeaaahy, you're feeding us so well! Two videos in a row! 💜 My current summer read is Call Me By Your Name btw.

[@withywoods]

Would very much recommend Summer Fishing in Lapland. It's set in June (I read it last month, and loved that little coincidence) and felt it was both bizarre and yet very familiar, very human. And funny!

[@arturbergman1158]

Good morning from Finland! Emma, where have you found the winter book? I have tried to find it but your videos are the only referenses of it that I have ever found.

[@Bloomingsnowyflower0101]

I really recommend Humankind: A hopeful history. It's a book about how humans - despite our shared perception - are inherently good.

[@jaysv1deos]

The Chlorine audiobook is so well done!!!

[@analyn1313]

Recently read Chlorine and it's now one of my favs. 💙

[@gentledistortion953]

I recommend reading the menus at your local pubs… the only summer literature I need 😎 Oh also maybe Holes

[@Mariak82]

Just started The Summer Book today and then watching this, lol. 📚

[@cjdj1406]

Two videos in a row!!! Thank you Emma! Also, your explanation about The Ministry of Time towards the end of your last video really had me thinking. I''m 22, about to turn 23 in a week, but the fact that I am scared to say some things that people in my life could misinterpret speaks on how much social media has changed our real life social interactions. Close friends that I have known since elementary school, and I have to be careful with what I say. I'm definitely picking this book up as soon as I finish Animal Farm. Thank you for sharing your experience with The Ministry of Time!!

[@sharonvanmeter5155]

Loved Chlorine when I read it last year! Wide Sargasso Sea is high up on my list.

[@izzyisnthome]

CMBYN and anything Southern Gothic feel like melting popsicles in the sun. Carson McCullers is huge on my tbr rn

[@jimlivengood3962]

Oh, and "The Drowned World" by J. G. Ballard.

[@thaliafernandez1378]

“The Seas” by Samantha Hunt is very similar to Chorine. Very good read!! ❤️

[@mitalodedara6928]

Can i just hug you?🥹 My periods are over today, had breakfast and just sat to read and saw your video notification and here I’m. Recently discovered your channel and i love it. More power to your eyes and brain. 🫡

[@lizzie-kl4us]

For slightly weird contemporary novels perfect for summer I have to recommend Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman! A strange, surreal, apocalyptic noir/satire about climate change and our relationship to the environment and ourselves

[@floriaes]

If you like stories with weird elements and Florida there’s a new release called Say hello to my little friend. It is described as Moby Dick meets Scarface.

[@graydonpanzica330]

If you want hot books, Heat by Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a great one! He's one of my favorite people. He's a famous explorer and this is his account of surviving the hottest places on Earth. So good. Or you can go with its counterpart, Cold.

[@Caatje-op3jy]

OMG I also watched 16 when I was younger haha. It was such a random show, but I always loved the idea of being at the mall with a group of friends

[@samwright8599]

I love Tove. I have a lot of moomins but when you recommended I bought summer. Ty xx

[@estelasilvarodrigues1447]

I've had Chlorine for the longest time on my tbr list! Well, I guess now we have to do a buddy read ahaha

[@willavclem]

the awakening is the bridge of good luck babe lol

[@anyapekoe-u]

Omg i love 6teen!! Still rewatching it lol

[@danielagarrido]

Thank you sooooo much for your recs Emma!! 🥰

[@chuucake]

yayy thank you for your summer book recs, emma ♡♡♡

[@peterhelton7395]

Still reading the Count of MC but two-timing him with Truly, Devious.

[@starlasell5698]

I've added Wide Sargasso Sea to my Goodreads tbr. Thank you! ☀️☀️☀️ I recommend summer heat feels - The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton and This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (reading and loving now).

[@neshkavirdure8289]

Thank You For The Summer Recommendations😊👍👍📚

[@groutchewer]

I listened to the audiobook for chlorine and it was very immersive I really enjoyed it

[@aaron_osborne]

Florida Woman sounds like a great one. I’m all for absurdity because it makes me think I’m normal compared to Floridians.

[@CallMeSethler]

I didn’t like Summer Book at all. But it’s no easy task to recommend stuff by season theme, definitely not… I thought Mosquito Coast and Canticle for Leibowitcz had some good summer vibes, but don’t know if I liked either enough to recommend to others 🤔

[@jimlivengood3962]

Great suggestions, as always. I just finished re-reading another heat-rash summer book: Donna Tartt's "The Little Friend." It's summer in Mississippi--need one say more? Cheers, Emmie.

[@lavan6298]

have you read Carrie Soto is Back? im reading it currently, because i was in the mood for a sports book (also it's Wimbledon season rn!). it gives major summer vibes to me

[@purple.yellow.polkadotdino]

I love the random Taylor Swift references ahahahahahah 💖

[@dearpax6020]

for more Tove Jansson, i loved her short story collection Traveling Light! each story is about traveling in different ways and it’s so good. i listened to the audio book while traveling, which felt perfect !

[@sequoia504]

Nikki (?) from 16teen was one of my first loves

[@kimbarbeaureads]

Your Summer hatred is showing. Lol We Summer lovers read happy books in Summer. ☀️💛

[@juliandherbooks1]

no summer here in Germany but I will still watch bc it‘s you

[@Kyle4k9]

Oh no, Emma, What have you done?! I had my summer TBR pared down to 1Q84 and just a few other things. Now I have to read Untold Night and Day again. I've read it the past three years in a row and it's been all your fault, every time. What manner of ineluctable sorcery do you wield? ... I'm kidding; I've loved it every time. I just don't understand it. Thank you!

[@km356]

Florida by Lauren Groff.

[@besottedorchids3605]

Emma, I'm actually reading, wide sargasso sea currently

[@dsalsabila]

chlorine is so good but check out the tw!!

[@aleavril]

THANK YOU

[@jasonable2313]

I got into the summer spirit reading Ice by Anna Kavan :D

[@mikeyoung9810]

Love you and your videos.

[@caitlinjoubert9704]

THROWBACK TO THE SHOW 6TEEN

[@violetahernandez1987]

The subtle Taylor swift shout out lol

[@jmarie1422]

Emma! Would you consider doing a Harry Potter reading vlog for fall/winter? I would die to watch that 😭

[@ekramababneh5805]

Missed your rec vids

[@Sthemingway]

Oh yeah, "Florida man..." don't be surprised to read about something absurd happening in the US if it happened in FL.

[@janna5495]

I’m gonna graduate in 2 days so I’m keeping it till then.. I feel like it’s my reward, I’ve been waiting for it for a quite time:”💞

[@smthinthisuniverse]

Emma! will you upload a video on les mis please?

[@milaces1323]

I reaaaally want to read Tram 83 so despite that it's winter here I'm gonna cheat and not save it for the summer 🤣 Happy Canada day tomorrow Emma! Ps: woooooow you've truly unlocked some memories with 6teen. I haven't seen that show in at least 15 years but I used to love it.

[@AhmedAmer-v3z]

Can u recommend some fantasy novels,but have a value ?

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

zamzam water

[@LinnieCat]

Tove Jansson was actually Finno-Swedish and wrote in Swedish 🤍💙🤍💙💛💙

[@lofive]

have you read stephen king, emmie?

[@alimarpelolargo]

Por que podemos confiar en la Biblia

[@Heothbremel]

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[@Cinders80]

Tove Jansson was a Swedish speaking Finn

[@penultimateh766]

Our erudite and soft-voiced host always gives us a great low-down on what she's reading.

[@MegHanSolo1138]

I know the reason behind "Florida Man"! Its mostly because Florida (compared to the rest of the US) has very open public records laws, so the crazy things are easily reportable.

[@David-b3o3i]

Brent Eviston's The Art and Science of Drawing on skillshare. (Excellent)