It might already feel like fall, but there are still four weeks of summer. So if you’re still looking for your perfect summer read, I’ve got some suggestions for you. From romance to celebrity biography and everything in between, we’ve got you covered with some of the best books of 2025. You can also check out our Adult Reads page for even more recommendations.
Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
Digital Availability: Libby and Boundless
Call Number: ROMANCE NAVA
Summary: After a scandal, Native American pop singer Avery Fox escapes to her grandmother’s horse ranch in Oklahoma. Living on the rez is new to Avery, plus the man who runs the ranch despises her and wants her gone. Red Fox Ranch has been home to Lucas Iron Eyes since he was 16 years old. Lucas can’t stand what Avery represents, but forced to work with her on the ranch, he can’t get her out of his head. They form a tentative truce and make a deal: Avery will help raise funds to save the ranch, and in exchange, Lucas will show her what it really means to be an Indian. It’s purely transactional, absolutely no horsing around… but where’s the fun in that?
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
Digital Availability: Libby and Boundless
Call Number: FICTION LALAMI
Summary: After a dream-analysis algorithm predicts that she will harm her husband, Sara is detained in a facility with similarly accused women, where she navigates shifting rules until a new arrival leads her to confront the forces controlling her fate.
You Didn’t Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip by Kelsey McKinney
Digital Availability: Libby and Boundless
Call Number: 302.24 MCK
Summary: Kelsey McKinney explores our obsession with gossip, questioning its role in culture and society, while blending journalism, memoir and cultural criticism to analyze the complex nature of gossip—its enjoyment, its dangers and its prevalence in daily life.
Black In Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
Digital Availability: Hoopla
Call Number: 305.896073 PER
Summary: In this National Book Award winner, Imani Perry examines the connection of the color blue to Black history, weaving together themes of hope, melancholy and personal experience to examine race in ways that transcend politics and ideology.
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum
Digital Availability: Libby and Boundless
Call Number: B ARNAZ
Summary: This new biography of Desi Arnaz chronicles the life of the trailblazing Cuban American who revolutionized television and brought laughter to millions as Lucille Ball’s beloved husband on I Love Lucy, and his lasting legacy that continues to influence American culture today.