Welcome to a special episode of the Sarah’s Book Shelves Live podcast…the Summer 2019 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!

Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out in June and July of 2019.

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Highlights

• Catherine and my success rate for books we shared in our Winter 2019 Preview episode.
• Our Best and Worst picks from the Spring 2019 Preview episode.
• The book Sarah DNF’d at 3% and Catherine rated 1 star.
• Each of our #1 picks for Summer.
• A tangent about the day of the week new releases always come out (it’s Tuesday).
• A rant about thrillers with “Girls” and “Wife” in the title (in this case, related to Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger).

Summer 2019 Book Preview

June

Sarah’s Picks:

• Beyond All Reasonable Doubt by Malin Persson Giolito (June 4) | Buy from Amazon [8:54](UPDATE: I DNF’d this book at 132 Pages)
• Recursion by Blake Crouch (June 11) | Buy from Amazon [14:04] (UPDATE: I’ve now read this book and rated it 4 stars!)
• The Body in Question by Jill Ciment (June 11) | Buy from Amazon [18:55] 
• Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner (June 11) | Buy from Amazon [23:00] (UPDATE: I DNF’d this book at 7%)

Catherine’s Picks:

• Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (June 4) | Buy from Amazon [11:30]
• The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora (June 11) | Buy from Amazon [16:35]
• Bunny by Mona Awad (June 11) | Buy from Amazon [21:18]
• The Body Lies by Jo Baker (June 13) | Buy from Amazon [25:40] 

July

Sarah’s Picks:

• Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger (July 2) | Buy from Amazon [28:20]
• We Came Here to Forget by Andrea Dunlap (July 2) | Buy from Amazon [32:15]
• We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan-Leach (July 2) | Buy from Amazon [37:20]
• The Need by Helen Phillips (July 9) | Buy from Amazon [42:08]

Catherine’s Picks:

• Whisper Network by Chandler Baker (July 2) | Buy from Amazon [31:09]
• A Prayer for Travelers by Ruchika Tomar (July 9) | Buy from Amazon [34:48]
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (July 16) | Buy from Amazon [39:59]
• If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais (July 16) | Buy from Amazon [45:13]

Other Books Mentioned

• I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [4:35]
• Out East by John Glenn | Buy from Amazon [4:45]
• Normal People by Sally Rooney | Buy from Amazon [5:19]
• Trust Exercise by Susan Choi | Buy from Amazon [6:24]
• The Spectators by Jennifer Dubois | Buy from Amazon [7:34]
• Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:07]
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok | Buy from Amazon [11:39]
• Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok | Buy from Amazon [12:02]
• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [14:35]
• The Wonder Garden by Lauren Acampora | Buy from Amazon [16:54]
• Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [23:34]
• Longbourn by Jo Baker | Buy from Amazon [25:53]
• The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:31]
• The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [33:56]
• You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [33:56]
• The Falconer by Dana Czapnik | Buy from Amazon [33:56]
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [35:11]
• Sugar Run by Mesha Maron | Buy from Amazon [36:05]
• Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [37:20]
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt | Buy from Amazon [37:57]
• Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [37:57]
• We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [38:45]
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | Buy from Amazon [41:25]
• The Beautiful Bureaucrat by Helen Phillips (My Review) |Buy from Amazon [42:22]
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [44:31]
• Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips (My Review) | Buy From Amazon [44:48]
• Hum If You Know the Words by Bianca Marais | Buy from Amazon [45:28]
• Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar | Buy from Amazon [46:31]

Other Links

• My Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2019 (Sarah’s blog post)
• The Literary Life podcast with Mary Laura Philpott
• The Readerly Report Podcast
• Anne Bogel’s One Great Book Patreon Podcast
• Running N Reading (Tara’s book blog)
• Annie Jones from the From the Front Porch podcast
• Ashley Spivey
• Kelly Massry from Kelly’s Collections
• Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Sarah’s Book Shelves Live Episode 1: Georgia Hunter (Historical Fiction)

About Catherine Gilmore

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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 Seattle.

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Our Top 10 All-Time Favorite Summer Reads with Susie from Novel Visits (airing May 22)

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