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Summer Sunday: Read to Relax, Laugh, Reminisce and Learn

July 14, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Summer Sunday Reading List

Fiction

  1. Barney’s Version: Mordecai Richler
  2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Truman Capote
  3. Death in a Strange Country: Donna Leon
  4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  5. Harry Potter series: J.K. Rowling
  6. James: Percival Everett
  7. A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Bachman
  8. Narnia stories: C.S. Lewis
  9. The Nest: Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
  10. The One: John Marrs
  11.  A Series of Unfortunate Events series: Lemony Snicket
  12. Tudor historical fiction: Philippa Gregory

Non-fiction

  1. 84, Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff
  2. Bella Tuscany: Frances Mayes
  3. Bird by Bird: Anne Lamott
  4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,   Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
  5. Charles Dickens: a Life: Claire Tomalin
  6. Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes our Bodies and Minds: Linda Geddes
  7. Ciao, America!; Beppe Severgnini
  8. Feel Free: Zadie Smith
  9. Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: James Hollis
  10. Frank: The Voice: James Kaplan
  11. How to Be a Brit; George Mikes
  12. I Remember Nothing: Nora Ephron
  13. Life: Keith Richards
  14. Making It Up as I Go Along: Marian Keyes
  15. Memorial Drive: Natasha Trethewey
  16. The Polysyllabic Spree: Nick Hornby
  17. Tuesdays with Morrie: Mitch Albom
  18. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations: Toni Morrison
  19. Walden and Other Writings: Henry David Thoreau
  20. Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?: John Powell
  21. 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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