The Books We Can’t Stop Talking About Right Now

As temperatures begin to warm up and we start picturing the lazy park hangs and beach days in store for us this summer, our minds have already started whirring at the reading possibilities. Over the past year, we've turned to reading as both an escape from our current world and a way to explore without leaving home. While we'll be a bit more mobile this summer, our love for books hasn't changed, so we've once again tapped Jynne Dilling Martin associate publisher at Riverhead Books, and Lisa Lucas, senior vice president and publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, to help craft the ultimate summer reading list of books written by women. Whether you're itching for a Greek myth retelling, a workplace thriller, a deep dive into the natural world, or a novel about a cannibalistic food writer, we've got you covered.  Here's a full list of what we talked about: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Salvation City, by Sigrid Nunez Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter by Ali Smith Sisters by Daisy Johnson Circe and Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Matrix by Lauren Groff Seek You by Kristen Radtke Intimacies by Katie Kitamura No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood Find a full transcription of the episode here: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-books-we-cant-stop-talking-about-right-now-women-who-travel-podcast Follow Jynne: @jynnne Follow Lisa: @likaluca Follow Lale: @lalehannah Follow Meredith: @ohheytheremere Follow Women Who Travel: @womenwhotravel All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.