ANÍMA’s Summer Book Edit: Three Books to Read Before Summer Slips Away
There’s something about summer that makes us want to read differently. A little slower. A little more indulgently. Books by the beach, on the train, somewhere under a tree, or tucked into your suitcase for that final week away.
If your summer reading list is still looking a little optimistic, consider this your nudge. Three books for the final stretch of the season: one to reset your habits, one to reconnect with your body, and one purely for the joy of getting lost somewhere sunny.
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Three books. Three moods. One final summer edit
James Clear
For the ones who: Want to accomplish more
James Clear’s Atomic Habits is the kind of book that makes you look at your daily habits differently. Its premise is simple: meaningful change rarely comes from one dramatic decision. It comes from the small things we repeat.
Clear breaks down the psychology of habit formation into practical, surprisingly achievable shifts – make good habits obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying, and let the small wins compound.
It’s less about becoming a completely new person by Monday and more about building systems that make the person you want to become. A good read for the end of summer, when routines naturally start to return and September begins to feel like a reset button.
Emma-Louise Boynton
For the ones who: Want to feel more
Part memoir, part cultural investigation, Pleasure is an honest exploration of what happens when we lose touch with our bodies and what it takes to find our way back.
Emma-Louise Boynton writes candidly about her own experience of disconnection, from an eating disorder to struggling to experience sexual pleasure, and the journey towards understanding her body on her own terms. This isn’t simply a book about sex. It’s about embodiment, curiosity and learning to listen to the body without constantly asking it to perform, improve or behave.
In a culture that can make wellness feel like another thing to optimise, Pleasure offers a different invitation: to get curious about what actually feels good.
Andrew Sean Greer
For the ones who: Want to disappear somewhere sunny
Sometimes a summer read doesn’t need to teach you anything. It just needs to transport you.
Villa Coco takes us to the Italian countryside, where a broke and directionless young archivist arrives at a beautiful, crumbling villa believing he’s been hired to catalogue its contents. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the eccentric world of Coco, her extraordinary house and an ever-changing cast of guests.
There are bohemian painters, elderly princesses, handsome nephews, unexpected funerals and a mysterious final mission involving a long-lost love. It’s funny, romantic, eccentric and gloriously escapist, the literary equivalent of a long, lazy lunch that accidentally turns into dinner.
As summer starts to turn towards autumn, Villa Coco is the perfect reminder that sometimes the best thing a book can do is make you want to stay somewhere a little longer.
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Three books. Three moods. One final summer edit
James Clear
For the ones who: Want to accomplish more
James Clear’s Atomic Habits is the kind of book that makes you look at your daily habits differently. Its premise is simple: meaningful change rarely comes from one dramatic decision. It comes from the small things we repeat.
Clear breaks down the psychology of habit formation into practical, surprisingly achievable shifts – make good habits obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying, and let the small wins compound.
It’s less about becoming a completely new person by Monday and more about building systems that make the person you want to become. A good read for the end of summer, when routines naturally start to return and September begins to feel like a reset button.
Emma-Louise Boynton
For the ones who: Want to feel more
Part memoir, part cultural investigation, Pleasure is an honest exploration of what happens when we lose touch with our bodies and what it takes to find our way back.
Emma-Louise Boynton writes candidly about her own experience of disconnection, from an eating disorder to struggling to experience sexual pleasure, and the journey towards understanding her body on her own terms. This isn’t simply a book about sex. It’s about embodiment, curiosity and learning to listen to the body without constantly asking it to perform, improve or behave.
In a culture that can make wellness feel like another thing to optimise, Pleasure offers a different invitation: to get curious about what actually feels good.
Andrew Sean Greer
For the ones who: Want to disappear somewhere sunny
Sometimes a summer read doesn’t need to teach you anything. It just needs to transport you.
Villa Coco takes us to the Italian countryside, where a broke and directionless young archivist arrives at a beautiful, crumbling villa believing he’s been hired to catalogue its contents. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the eccentric world of Coco, her extraordinary house and an ever-changing cast of guests.
There are bohemian painters, elderly princesses, handsome nephews, unexpected funerals and a mysterious final mission involving a long-lost love. It’s funny, romantic, eccentric and gloriously escapist, the literary equivalent of a long, lazy lunch that accidentally turns into dinner.
As summer starts to turn towards autumn, Villa Coco is the perfect reminder that sometimes the best thing a book can do is make you want to stay somewhere a little longer.
Keep Reading
Summer may be slipping away, but the reading list doesn’t have to.
As the season shifts, discover ANÍMA’s Autumn Book Edit: Five Revelatory Titles to Guide You Through the Shifting Seasons.
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