50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

June 22, 2023
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50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time, selected by the Literary Hub staff, published in any year other than this one.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Villa Triste Patrick Modiano	3	1 read
Jaws Peter Benchley	3.55	120 reads
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald	3.73	2,460 reads
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Karen Russell	3.09	12 reads
The Hole Hiroko Oyamada David Boyd (Translator)	3.3	28 reads
Montauk Max Frisch Geoffrey Skelton (Translator)	4	3 reads
Luster Raven Leilani	3.61	134 reads
The Keep Jennifer Egan	3.83	20 reads
The Lover Marguerite Duras	3.66	34 reads
Stay Up with Hugo Best Erin Somers	2.5	2 reads
Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan	3.7	364 reads
To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf	3.74	212 reads
Sag Harbor Colson Whitehead	4	3 reads
The Baron in the Trees Italo Calvino Archibald Colquhoun (Translator) Ana Goldstein (Translator)	3.91	39 reads
The Beach Alex Garland	3.86	90 reads
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell	3.9	432 reads
Two Serious Ladies Jane Bowles	4	1 read
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding	3.53	301 reads
A Children's Bible Lydia Millet	3.66	57 reads
Outline of My Lover Outline of My Lover Douglas A. Martin	0	1 read
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward	4.06	141 reads
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Vendela Vida	4.67	6 reads
A Room with a View E.M. Forster	3.67	117 reads
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers	3.71	74 reads
The Woman in the Dunes Kōbō Abe E. Dale Saunders (Translator)	3.59	44 reads
Mother's Milk Edward St. Aubyn	4	12 reads
A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes	3	8 reads
The Known World Edward P. Jones	3.42	32 reads
Three Summers Margarita Liberaki Karen Van Dyck (Translator)	0	0 reads
Binstead's Safari Rachel Ingalls	5	1 read
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank	3.13	34 reads
We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry	3.91	45 reads
Giovanni's room James Baldwin	4.38	88 reads
The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith	3.77	128 reads
The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie	3.91	14 reads
Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury	3.95	101 reads
American Spy Lauren Wilkinson	3.62	43 reads
The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac Sharma Shields	4	2 reads
Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan	3.42	7 reads
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier	4.15	299 reads
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides	3.76	261 reads
After Delores Sarah Schulman	0	3 reads
Picnic at Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay	3.95	45 reads
The Summer Book Tove Jansson Thomas Teal (Translator)	3.96	48 reads
Under the Volcano Malcolm Lowry	3.71	17 reads
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers	4.5	24 reads
Norwood Charles Portis	3.75	4 reads
Call Me by Your Name André Aciman	4	359 reads
Valley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann	0	0 reads
Speedboat Renata Adler	3.8	8 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Villa Triste Patrick Modiano	3	1 read
Jaws Peter Benchley	3.55	120 reads
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald	3.73	2,460 reads
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Karen Russell	3.09	12 reads
The Hole Hiroko Oyamada David Boyd (Translator)	3.3	28 reads
Montauk Max Frisch Geoffrey Skelton (Translator)	4	3 reads
Luster Raven Leilani	3.61	134 reads
The Keep Jennifer Egan	3.83	20 reads
The Lover Marguerite Duras	3.66	34 reads
Stay Up with Hugo Best Erin Somers	2.5	2 reads
Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan	3.7	364 reads
To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf	3.74	212 reads
Sag Harbor Colson Whitehead	4	3 reads
The Baron in the Trees Italo Calvino Archibald Colquhoun (Translator) Ana Goldstein (Translator)	3.91	39 reads
The Beach Alex Garland	3.86	90 reads
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell	3.9	432 reads
Two Serious Ladies Jane Bowles	4	1 read
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding	3.53	301 reads
A Children's Bible Lydia Millet	3.66	57 reads
Outline of My Lover Outline of My Lover Douglas A. Martin	0	1 read
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward	4.06	141 reads
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Vendela Vida	4.67	6 reads
A Room with a View E.M. Forster	3.67	117 reads
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers	3.71	74 reads
The Woman in the Dunes Kōbō Abe E. Dale Saunders (Translator)	3.59	44 reads
Mother's Milk Edward St. Aubyn	4	12 reads
A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes	3	8 reads
The Known World Edward P. Jones	3.42	32 reads
Three Summers Margarita Liberaki Karen Van Dyck (Translator)	0	0 reads
Binstead's Safari Rachel Ingalls	5	1 read
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank	3.13	34 reads
We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry	3.91	45 reads
Giovanni's room James Baldwin	4.38	88 reads
The Talented Mr. Ripley / Ripley Under Ground / Ripley's Game Patricia Highsmith	3.77	128 reads
The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie	3.91	14 reads
Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury	3.95	101 reads
American Spy Lauren Wilkinson	3.62	43 reads
The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac Sharma Shields	4	2 reads
Waiting to Exhale Terry McMillan	3.42	7 reads
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier	4.15	299 reads
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides	3.76	261 reads
After Delores Sarah Schulman	0	3 reads
Picnic at Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay	3.95	45 reads
The Summer Book Tove Jansson Thomas Teal (Translator)	3.96	48 reads
Under the Volcano Malcolm Lowry	3.71	17 reads
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honorée Fanonne Jeffers	4.5	24 reads
Norwood Charles Portis	3.75	4 reads
Call Me by Your Name André Aciman	4	359 reads
Valley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann	0	0 reads
Speedboat Renata Adler	3.8	8 reads

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

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