Hopefully not just by default, but we predict this will be a summer of reading for many people. Whether you're getting away or, more likely, staying close to home, we have a new batch of summer Staff Picks —96 genre-spanning books—to share with you. 

Below are a few recommendations to get you started; check out the full list and get (or reserve) your copy today. If you're a New York State resident and don't have a library card, you can get a digital card through our SimplyE app.

Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley

Talley candidly takes readers through his years spent in the upper echelons of the fashion industry with both humanizing frankness and clear affection.

—Michael Maxwell

These Ghosts are Family by Maisy Card

A stunning debut novel published this year—and by a fellow librarian. Jumping back and forth across decades and countries, Card's book explores a legacy of secrets and lies. When Abel Paisley makes the fateful decision to abandon his Jamaican family for a new life, and wife, abroad, his actions reverberate down the generations of his two families in Jamaica and the United States.

—Aidan Flax-Clark

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

For more recommendations, check out our podcast, The Librarian Is In, or find us online @NYPLRecommends, the Bibliofile blog, and nypl.org. 

Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in formats for patrons with print disabilities.