Welcome to the Summer 2022 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!

In this episode, Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out June through mid-August.  

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Introducing Summer Shelves (a companion to my Summer Reading Guide)…

• In addition to my annual 2022 Summer Reading Guide, I introduced Summer Shelves, a companion exclusively for Superstars Patrons ($7/mo).
• Summer Shelves features BACKLIST summer reading recommendations from over 25 former podcast guests and our team members.
• The Summer Shelves design is clean, crisp, and unique and is available in a PDF file format via Patreon.
• If you’d like to get the Summer Shelves companion guide, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You’ll also get access to a monthly bonus podcast series called Double Booked (where Catherine or Susie and I share our own book recommendations in the same format as the big show) and my Rock Your Reading Tracker.
• Plus, as a patron you can listen to the quarterly bonus podcast episode series called Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books that we’re excited about that we did not share in the regular Preview episode. 

Highlights

• The summer theme lands on the spectrum of female relationships — some healthy and some toxic.  
• Catherine is more optimistic for these summer releases.
• Debut novels make up 4 of Sarah’s 6 picks!
• Catherine and Sarah fall into an impromptu new game of Guess What Book This Sounds Like?
• Catherine shares a funny author meeting gaffe from her past.
• Catherine and Sarah share their #1 summer release picks.

Summer 2022 Book Preview [2:33]

June

Sarah’s Picks:

• These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany (June 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [5:11]
• The Measure by Nikki Erlick (June 28) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:08]

Catherine’s Picks:

• Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley (June 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [7:16]
• Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta (June 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:46] 
• Girls They Write Songs About by Carlene Bauer (June 21) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:41] 

July

Sarah’s Picks:

• The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger (July 5) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:12] 
• Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez (July 12) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:12] 
• The Work Wife by Alison B. Hart (July 19) | Amazon [30:24] 

Catherine’s Picks:

• Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark (July 5) | Amazon [27:20]
• Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress (July 12) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:15] 

August

Sarah’s Pick:

• Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor (August 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [37:03] 

Catherine’s Pick:

• Bookish People by Susan Coll (August 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:57]

Other Books Mentioned

• Upgrade by Blake Crouch (July 12) [3:51] 
• Normal People by Sally Rooney [6:52] 
• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney [6:55] 
• There There by Tommy Orange [9:44]
• Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades [10:00]
• American Predator by Maureen Callahan [11:00]
• The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin [11:57] 
• Election by Tom Perrotta [14:51] 
• The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta [15:11] 
• The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger [18:50] 
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [19:53] 
• Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven [20:10] 
• Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer [22:54] 
• The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer [24:42]
• Love and Saffron by Kim Fay [24:50] 
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez [25:23] 
• A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost [26:29] 
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [32:05] 
• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer [35:22] 
• The Ensemble by Aja Gabel [35:29] 
• The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale [35:33] 
• The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [36:11] 
• Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [39:06] 
• The Mothers by Brit Bennett [39:09] 
• The Dry by Jane Harper [39:37] 
• We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker [40:23] 
• Descent by Tim Johnston [41:08] 
• The Stager by Susan Coll [44:19] 

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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

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In two weeks (June 15), Bonnie Garmus, author of the best-selling debut novel Lessons in Chemistry, will join me.

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