Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi would be the perfect book for you to read this summer. The book follows protagonist Juliette Ferrars, a girl with the power to kill a person with just one touch. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon. Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she’s reunited with the one person who ever cared about her, she finds a strength she never knew she had.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black would be a great read for you this summer. The book follows protagonist Jude Duarte, a human girl living amongst the fae. Jude is a very young girl when she witnesses her parents murder. After that terrible night, she and her sisters are whisked away by the murderer to live in Faerie. Now, ten years later, Jude is trying to live among the fae, while constantly being reminded of her mortal human status.

If you're looking for the perfect book to read this summer, Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles is the one for you! The novel tells the story of Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus. He is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

This summer, you should definitely read Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. The book follows arch-nemesis's Alex Claremont-Diaz, the first son of the United States, and Prince Henry, the prince of England, as they are forced to form a fake friendship in order to secure the American and British Relations. However, as the two begin to spend more time together, something more than a friendship begins to form.

A perfect read for you this summer is Beach Read by Emily Henry. The story follows a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut who engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever after's.