Summer is finally here! Team Celadon reveals the brilliant reads they’re taking to the beach this season, including new biographies, beloved historical fiction, and more.
What We’re Reading: Summer 2024
By Team Celadon
Swan Song
By Elin Hilderbrand
“I only started reading Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket-based novels two summers ago, and they’ve already become some of my favorite beach reads. I’m sad that the author has said Swan Song will be her last book but happy that I’m still working my way through her backlist and have many more of her charming, character-driven novels to read!” —Jennifer Jackson, Executive Director, Marketing
Time Shelter
By Georgi Gospodinov
“This is a Bulgarian novel in translation that I picked up on a whim at the New York City bookshop Book Culture over the weekend, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s about a guy who opens a clinic to help Alzheimer’s patients unlock their memories by reproducing the past inside the building, where every floor mimics a different decade. It just came out in paperback.” —Jaime Noven, Senior Marketing Manager
The Sequel
By Jean Hanff Korelitz
“As a huge fan of The Plot, I could not wait to get my hands on an advance copy of the author’s follow-up, aptly named The Sequel, which comes out on October 1. Thrillers are my favorite genre, and this book checks all the boxes as it plays up the suspense and brings the reader along for a ride of twists and turns.” —Gregg Fleischman, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy and Analytics
Certain Dark Things
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“I would have picked this up myself eventually, but when it was recommended to me by a friend who lives in my building, I knew I had to put it at the top of my to-read list. Can’t wait to get into this vampire fantasy novel set in Mexico.” —Miguel Cervantes, Marketing Manager
Interview with the Vampire
By Anne Rice
“With the new season of the TV show airing, I think it’s time to go back to the original and pick up Interview with the Vampire. The story is told in the format of an interview, where Louis recounts his life as a vampire as well as the changing times. I love the concept, especially the attention to the flawed nature of a single perspective that emerges in subsequent novels.” —Yelizaveta Rogulina, Ad Promo Assistant
The Talented Mr. Ripley
By Patricia Highsmith
“As a rule, I always try to read the book before I watch the movie or TV version, but in this case I’ve gone backwards! While the movie is great, it was the TV show that convinced me to finally pick up the book, and so far the novel is the most compelling version of the story I’ve come across.” —Susie Brustin, Marketing Assistant
The Wager
By David Grann
“This maritime misadventure will be a perfect beach read. The Wager has been on my list for awhile, and I’m looking forward to digging into David Grann’s chronicle of this epic shipwreck. Its striking cover, featuring artist Peter Monamy’s oil painting, is enough to draw you into its pages.” —Chloé Dorgan, Design Intern
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