My 2022 Summer Reading & Music Lists

Summer Reading List

I’ve read a couple of great books this year and wanted to share some of my favorites so far. What have you been reading this summer?

• Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel
• Why We’re Polarized — Ezra Klein
• The Candy House — Jennifer Egan
• A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance — Hanif Abdurraqib
• To Paradise — Hanya Yanagihara
• Silverview — John le Carré
• Black Cake — Charmaine Wilkerson
• The Family Chao — Lan Samantha Chang
• Velvet Was the Night — Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Mouth to Mouth — Antoine Wilson
• The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure — Yascha Mounk
• The School for Good Mothers — Jessamine Chan
• Razorblade Tears — S. A. Cosby

For Hoops Fans:

• Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks — Chris Herring

Summer Music Playlist

Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies — it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together.

Here’s what I’ve been listening to this summer. What songs would you add?

• Break My Soul — Beyoncé
• Vibe Out — Tems
• Music for a Sushi Restaurant — Harry Styles
• Mighty Love — The Spinners
• Feelin’ Alright — Joe Cocker
• Energy — Sampa the Great ft. Nadeem Din-Gabisi
• SAOKO — Rosalía
• Split/Whole Time — Lil Yachty
• Let’s Go Crazy — Prince
• That’s Where I Am — Maggie Rogers
• I Can’t Get Next To You — Al Green
• More Than You Know — Dr. John
• Blue in Green — Miles Davis
• Last Last — Burna Boy
• ​​Persuasive — Doechii
• Cherries — Hope Tala ft. Aminé
• Save Me — Aretha Franklin
• Nobody Knows Me — Lyle Lovett
• Ojitos Lindos — Bad Bunny & Bomba Estéreo
• Pull Up — Koffee
• Dancing in the Dark — Bruce Springsteen
• Angelica — Wet Leg
• When I B On Tha Mic — Rakim
• Too Good — Drake ft. Rihanna
• Spanish Joint — D’Angelo
• Do I Move You? (Version II) — Nina Simone
• Take Five — Dave Brubeck
• Finesse — Pheelz & BNXN fka Buju
• Bliss — Amber Mark
• Found — Jacob Banks
• Apple Tree Blues — CAAMP
• I’ve Been Loving You — Otis Redding
• Guantanamera — Wyclef Jean ft. Lauryn Hill
• I’m Shakin’ — Jack White
• I Just Want to Thank You — Big John Hamilton
• Praise You — Fatboy Slim
• Many Times — Dijon
• Better — The Foreign Exchange ft. Shana Tucker & Eric Roberson
• Tamagotchi — Omar Apollo
• The Furthest Thing — Maren Morris
• Under Control — The Internet
• Die Hard — Kendrick Lamar ft. Amanda Reifer & Blxst
• Magic — Vince Staples & Mustard
• Keep Looking Up — Kacey Musgraves