First pass summer reading list

Some of these are recommendations, some are things I’ve been wanting to read for a while, some are rereads. The list grows.

The list is in no particular order.

• Children of Earth and Sky – Guy Gavriel Kay
• Every Heart a Doorway – Seanan McGuire
• Europe in Autumn, Europe at Midnight – Dave Hutchinson
• The Book of Phoenix – Nnedi Okorafor
• The Core of the Sun – Johanna Sinisalo
• Roses and Rot – Kat Howard
• A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
• The Wrath and the Dawn – Renée Ahdieh
• The Dark Days Club – Allison Goodman
• Six of Crows – Leigh Bardugo
• The Star-Touched Queen – Roshani Chokshi
• Flamecaster – Cinda Williams Chima
• An Inheritance of Ashes – Leah Bobet
• Black Wolves – Kate Elliot
• Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy – Ann Leckie
• Forbidden Wish – Jessica Khoury
• The Moor’s Account – Laila Lalami
• Heroine Complex – Sarah Kuhn (due out in July)
• If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler – Italo Calvino (a reread)
• La Sombra Del Viento – Carlos Ruiz Zafón (also a reread)

Most of these are sci-fi/fantasy…where my taste is trending these days. Most are NOT young adult, a deliberate decision (and something I’ll write a post about when I can get my thoughts in some kind of coherent order.)

Oh and, on the cookbook front, the 2016 James Beard Awards were just announced. I put some of the awardees/nominees on my list too:

• Beetlebung Farm Cookbook – Chris Fischer with Catherine Young
• Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More – Sarah Owens
• This is Camino – Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain
• NOPI: The Cookbook – Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully