Episode 596 || Reading Recap: Summer

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie recaps the books she read and loved this summer. You get 10% off your books when you order your Summer Reading Recap bundle, which features Annie’s favorite books she read this summer.

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• Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker

• Wasp’s Nest by Kat Stoddard

• The Amateur by Chris Bohjilihan

• The Foursome by Christina Baker Klein

  • Audiobook narrated by Marin Ireland

• Garden by the Sea by Mercé Rodoreda

  • The Book of Goose by Yiyum Li

• The Fervent Whites by De’Shawn Charles Winslow

  • The Dinner by Herman Koch and Little Fires Everywhere by Celese Ng

• The Land and Its People by David Sedaris

  • Audiobook narrated by David Sedaris

• Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker

  • Family of Origin by CJ Hauser and Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

• Night Objects by Eli Raphael

• True Biz by Sara Novic

  • Audiobook narrated by Lisa Flanagan & Kaleo Griffith

• Wasp’s Nest by Kat Stoddard

• The Amateur by Chris Bohjilihan

  • Audiobook narrated by Melora Hardin

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This week, Annie is reading Switzy by Emma Cline (September 8th, 2026).

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