Recs if you like Summer Sisters...

Maybe the one piece was the friendships we made along the way.

These are all the suggestions the community graciously provided after I asked for friendship book recs (plus some of my own).

This list include all types of friendship dynamics from wholesome and life-affirming to toxic and obsessive. Enjoy!

(mostly fiction) stories set in boston and new england you should read if you want to be a ✨masshole✨

Books that explore womanhood through the bad and the ugly

Books that have been made into a TV series or Movie

by the beach or on the lake, seasonally summer reads

These books are chosen for “Read with Jenna” by Jenna Bush Hager.

Latest book added: September 2026

by jenna bush hager

Books across genres that feature a woman as the main character, many written by women as well.