Summer Sunday Reading List
Fiction
- Barney’s Version: Mordecai Richler
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Truman Capote
- Death in a Strange Country: Donna Leon
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Harry Potter series: J.K. Rowling
- James: Percival Everett
- A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Bachman
- Narnia stories: C.S. Lewis
- The Nest: Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
- The One: John Marrs
- A Series of Unfortunate Events series: Lemony Snicket
- Tudor historical fiction: Philippa Gregory
Non-fiction
- 84, Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff
- Bella Tuscany: Frances Mayes
- Bird by Bird: Anne Lamott
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Charles Dickens: a Life: Claire Tomalin
- Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes our Bodies and Minds: Linda Geddes
- Ciao, America!; Beppe Severgnini
- Feel Free: Zadie Smith
- Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: James Hollis
- Frank: The Voice: James Kaplan
- How to Be a Brit; George Mikes
- I Remember Nothing: Nora Ephron
- Life: Keith Richards
- Making It Up as I Go Along: Marian Keyes
- Memorial Drive: Natasha Trethewey
- The Polysyllabic Spree: Nick Hornby
- Tuesdays with Morrie: Mitch Albom
- The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations: Toni Morrison
- Walden and Other Writings: Henry David Thoreau
- Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?: John Powell
- The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion
Maybe getting away to small town Ontario is your favourite way to relax and have fun on a summer Sunday. After all, there is a large variety to choose from: north, east, west; shops, trails, boats. The vast majority of our small towns are beside water, and where there’s water – a river or a lake – there will be a bench or maybe a beach. Both are lovely places to relax and read a book: to step into a make-believe world; explore history, sports, or the life of a famous person; gain some self-care or life-altering insights.
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