My 2025 Summer Reading Guide is out! It is an 18-page printable document that contains over 60 reading recommendations including books from spring and summer 2025 as well mystery series recommendations, fiction/nonfiction pairings, fall 2025 titles that I love, backlist titles, and some fall most anticipated reads. I have read every page of over 90 books and sampled at least 40 more to find the ones that really resonated with me and that I can personally recommend. Not every book is for every reader, so I have included a quick summary and what I liked about the particular book to give you some guidance about whether it would be a good fit for you. While a few of the books on the guide you may see frequently on Bookstagram or on other lists, I include a bunch on the guide that are not – I love highlighting under-the-radar gems, stellar debuts, and books you do not see everywhere. Please fill out this form to indicate which form of payment (a tip in the amount of your choosing) you will use to receive the 2025 Summer Reading Guide. Once the payment is verified I will send the PDF to the email address provided.
Author
Lisa Barr is the award-winning author of WOMAN ON FIRE, THE UNBREAKABLES and FUGITIVE COLORS, a suspenseful tale of stolen art, love, lust, deception and revenge on the "eve" of WWII. The novel won the IPPY gold medal for "Best Literary Fiction 2014” and first prize at The Hollywood Film Festival (Opus Magnum Discovery Award). In addition, Lisa served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post, managing editor of Today's Chicago Woman, managing editor of Moment magazine, and as an editor/reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. Among the highlights of her career, Lisa covered the famous “handshake” between the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and President Bill Clinton at the White House. Lisa is also the editor and creator of the popular parenting blog GIRLilla Warfare and has been featured on Good Morning America and Today for her work as an author, journalist and blogger. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and three daughters (aka: Drama Central).