What's Your Summer Reading Vibe?

Sun lounger can't-put-downer

This you?

You appreciate a good twist
You mutter "ha!" proudly under your breath when something happens that you knew would happen 50 pages ago
Ken's job may be just beach, but yours is just book

Whether it’s heists, murder mysteries or an action-packed plot, you’re into the reads that have you glued to your sun lounger, simply unable to stop reading.

"Meddy, how can you say that? Your aunties coming over, so late at night, coming to help us get rid of body, and we don't even offer them any food?"

- Dial A for Aunties

Fall through different layers of reality in time-twisting fantasy The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
Join Meddy Chan and her meddlesome aunties in rom-com / murder mystery trilogy Dial A for Aunties, Four Aunties and a Wedding, and The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
Embark on a thrilling heist to steal a magical relic in action-packed YA fantasy Until We Shatter by Kate Dylan
See sparks fly between freelance journalist Khin and movie star Tyler as they keep a dangerous secret in I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War
Sign up for one last job, one last deal, one last target in trail-blazing debut science fiction novel Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

Shop this vibe in the Summer Sale for these titles and more!

Hotter than a UK heatwave

This you?

You may not be a scientist but chemistry is what you're looking for
Eye contact makes you blush (but you love it)
You enjoy a light sizzle as well as a scorcher

It doesn’t matter if it’s sweet or if it’s spicy, if there’s heat between a couple, then it’s the kind of read you’re looking for this summer...

"He was the first great thing I ever let myself want. This time, I'm keeping him."

- The Pairing

Experience an opposites attract, friends to lovers romance in Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory
Discover one of the original fae fantasy series rewritten for an adult romantasy audience in The Falconer trilogy by Elizabeth May
Savour a sweet and spicy romance set in a fantasy world with a chronically ill protagonist in Bride of the Shadow King, Vow of the Shadow King, and Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
Explore Europe on a decadent food and wine tour with exes Theo and Kit in second chance romance The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Round some bases with a rivals to teammates to lovers queer sports romance that will make you kick your feet in The Prospects by KT Hoffman

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School's out for summer

This you?

You are genuinely on summer break from school / college / university
You prefer your reads to be more accessible and (often, but not always) closer to 300 pages
idk man YA is for everyone, if you don't believe me, try the Andrew Joseph White set

Young Adult novels more your style? Don’t worry, we have a sizzling summer reading list to keep you going until the next academic year!

"You don't need to be special or significant to have value. You're just important, always, and people either see that or they don't."

- Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Dive into three clever, insightful and enchanting stories in The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Hell Followed With Us, and Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
Enjoy slow burn YA romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six in coming of age story Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Toe the line between what's real and what's not with non-binary teen Gem as they discover a world of reincarnated gods in the urban / contemporary Ouroboros duology by H.E. Edgmon
Watch childhood best friends turned academic rivals Brad and Celine work as a team to put their past behind them in Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Immerse yourself in a Chinese-inspired fantasy where protagonist Ying's quest for vengeance turns into a fight for survival in Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen

Shop this vibe in the Summer Sale for these titles and more!

Another place and time

This you?

Your current environs aren't living up to expectations
You believe you should have been born in a different era
TAKE ME AWAAAAAAAAAAY, A SECRET PLAAAAAAACE, A SWEET ESCAAAAAAAPE

Whether you’re off on your hols or staying at home, you’re going to be doing some travelling in your reading - be it to another era, a different timeline, or a new world entirely...

"A head gets lost, but a heart knows home."

- The Fragile Threads of Power

Join Mina as she becomes the next companion for a monstrous Witch - or is she? - in sapphic gothic romance Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn
Experience political intrigue and intricate world building in dual POV fantasy The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara
Return to the worlds of The Shades of Magic and continue the stories of fan-favourite characters Kell, Lila, Rhy and Alucard in The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Voyage through the stars and race against time in adult science fiction debut The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Explore San Francisco in 1954 and again almost 60 years later in Last Night at the Telegraph Club and A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo