Recs if you like Dandelion Wine...

"What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight." — Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love

Fiction that embodies the experience of being Midwestern and full of big feelings: depression, yearning, being lost in a cornfield

Books that remind me of the game Stardew Valley! Coziness, cottage-core, and a hint of magic.

A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.

It's the semiquincentennial! (1776-2026) One book for each of the 50 states, Presidents & First Ladies, other American authors & works of note... (List first published by Summer M. Smith)

This is one of my favourite movie genres so I thought I’d make a list for books!

stories of excess, sensuality, pleasure, adventure, reactivity, and eros, as well as stories that reflect the feeling of a summer holiday or the lethargy and fatigue of late summer

books with any sort of food in the title 🍕🍟🍔🌭🥪🌮🫕🫔🥙🧆🥚

Books that give summer vibes, are nice to read in the season, have vivid descriptions of the season or weather as a significant part of their plot, or otherwise take place in summer.

Surreal stories for a bizarre summer

Takes places during 1900-1930