My 2024 Summer Reading & Music Lists

Summer Reading List

I’ve read some great books over the last few months and wanted to share some of my favorites. Let me know if you have any recommendations for books I should check out!

• James — Percival Everett
• There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension — Hanif Abdurraqib
• Everyone Who Is Gone Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis — Jonathan Blitzer
• Reading Genesis — Marilynne Robinson
• Headshot — Rita Bullwinkel
• The God of the Woods — Liz Moore
• Beautiful Days — Zach Williams
• Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar
• Memory Piece — Lisa Ko
• The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley
• When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — John Ganz
• Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It — Richard Reeves
• The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook — Hampton Sides
• Help Wanted — Adelle Waldman

Summer Music Playlist

With summer winding down, I wanted to share some songs that I’ve been listening to lately — and it wouldn’t be my playlist if it didn’t include an eclectic mix. I hope you find something new to listen to!

• A Bar Song (Tipsy) — Shaboozey
• 365 — Charli XCX
• CHIHIRO — Billie Eilish
• Love Me JeJe — Tems
• I like the way you kiss me — Artemas
• MILLION DOLLAR BABY — Tommy Richman
• I Can’t Even Cry — Hope Tala
• No Diggity — Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen
• Charge It — ENNY
• O Quarto (Soundtrack Version) — Carminho
• What’s In the Tea? — Calimossa
• I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love — Hubert Sumlin & Keith Richards
• Say So — PJ Morton ft. Jojo
• Why Don’t You — Cleo Sol
• You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me — The Miracles
• Process — H.E.R.
• How Do U Want It — 2Pac ft. K-Ci & JoJo
• If You Love Somebody Set Them Free — Sting
• Unsuffer Me — Lucinda Williams
• Golden — Jill Scott
• (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction — The Rolling Stones
• My Best — Saweetie
• Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting — Charles Mingus
• Come Away With Me — Norah Jones
• The People — Common
• Don’t Cry Baby — Etta James
• BAD BOY — Chris Jedi, Gaby Music & Dei V ft. Anuel AA & Ozuna
• YAYO — Rema
• Old Dutch — Bonny Light Horseman
• symptom of life — WILLOW
• WHISKEY WHISKEY — Moneybagg Yo ft. Morgan Wallen
• Stargazing — Myles Smith
• Wanna Be — GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion
• Jump — Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng
• PERRO NEGRO — Bad Bunny & Feid
• Lil Boo Thang — Paul Russell
• Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) — Digable Planets
• Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) — Bob Marley and the Wailers
• One of These Things First — Nick Drake
• Silvio — Bob Dylan
• Love Is Everywhere — Pharoah Sanders
• Where Did Our Love Go — The Supremes
• Texas Hold ’Em — Beyoncé
• Someone to Watch Over Me — Samara Joy ft. Pasquale Grasso