A Summer Reading List to Escape With
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Discover a Summer Reading List to escape with. From newly published titles to timeless favorites, broaden your horizons with these captivating books.

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It’s become our annual tradition — this Summer Reading List of ours. Last year’s list contained classics everyone should read. This year, we’ve crafted a Summer Reading List to Escape With.
From newly published titles to time-honored favorites. The words on these pages will broaden your life and, in some cases, transport you to new ideas, cultures, and ways of seeing the world.
At the foot of this post is a link to download the list.
We hope you enjoy this year.
Summer Reading List to Escape With
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Biographies
- The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines
- 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry
- Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by William H McRaven
Business and Productivity
- The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later by Ric Edelman
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
- The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. by Benjamin Graham
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
- The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian Moran
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- The Power of Who: You Already Know Everyone You Need to Know by Bob Beaudine
- A Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing by Burton Malkiel
- The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
- The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J Stanley
- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Classics
- A Tale of Two Cities (Dover Thrift Editions) by Charles Dickens
- The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set by C.S. Lewis
- Cooking/Healthy Living
- Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy by Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Eat to Live Quick and Easy Cookbook: 131 Delicious Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health by Joel Fuhrman
- Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life by Kate McDermott
- Let’s Cook French, A Family Cookbook: Cuisinons Francais, Un livre pour toute la famille by Claudine Peppin
- Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Childs
- Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
- Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs by Julia Turshen
- Cookie Love: More Than 60 Recipes and Techniques for Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary by Mindy Segal and Kate Leahy
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- The Vegan Planet, Revised Edition: 425 Irresistible Recipes With Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World by Robin Robertson
- The Part-Time Vegan: 201 Yummy Recipes that Put the Fun in Flexitarian by Cherise Grifoni
Fiction
- On This Foundation (The Restoration Chronicles) by Lynn Austin
- The Ebb Tide by Beverly Lewis
- Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray: A Novel by Dorothy Love
- The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales From Ivy Hill Book #1) by Julie Klasen
- The India Fan (Casablanca Classics) by Victoria Holt
- To the Farthest Shores by Elizabeth Camden
- When Tides Turn (Waves of Freedom) by Sarah Sundin
History & Politics
- 1776 by David McCullough
- Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
- Read more: 15 Classic United States History Books You Should Read
Life
- You’ll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado
- Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Max Lucado
- The Pilgrim’s Progress (Dover Thrift Editions) by John Bunyan
- Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden and Steve Jamison
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
- Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer by Priscilla Shirer
- Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis