My 2024 Summer Reading & Music Lists
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Summer Reading List
Here’s some books that I’m reading this summer. Check them out and let me know what I should be reading next.
- Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond
- Small Mercies — Dennis Lehane
- King: A Life — Jonathan Eig
- Hello Beautiful — Ann Napolitano
- All the Sinners Bleed — S.A. Cosby
- Birnam Wood — Eleanor Catton
- What Napoleon Could Not Do — DK Nnuro
- The Wager — David Grann
- Blue Hour — Tiffany Clarke Harrison
With so many books being banned across the country, the Digital Public Library of America has launched The Banned Book Club to give readers access to e-books that have been banned. Learn more at TheBannedBookClub.info.
Summer Music Playlist
Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer — a mix of old and new. Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed.
- Who Told You — J Hus ft. Drake
- Snooze — SZA
- I’ll Stand By You — The Pretenders
- VAMPIROS — Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro
- Fast Car — Luke Combs
- California Love — 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
- Dance Me to the End of Love (Live) — Leonard Cohen
- Nowhere to Run — Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- PARABOLIC! — nobigdyl.
- Try Me — Jorja Smith
- Sittin’ On Top Of The World — Burna Boy ft. 21 Savage
- Got ’Til It’s Gone — Janet Jackson
- Penas con Pan – La Doña
- Walk Like An Egyptian — The Bangles
- Watching the Credits — The Beths
- Only Have Eyes 42 — Janelle Monáe
- Ain’t No Harmin’ Me — The War and Treaty
- Soul Survivor — The Rolling Stones
- Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business) — Aretha Franklin
- Blue Train — John Coltrane
- Princess Diana — Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj
- Funky Kingston — Toots & The Maytals
- Unchained Melody — The Righteous Brothers
- Golden Lady — Stevie Wonder
- Doctor My Eyes — Jackson Browne
- Sability — Ayra Starr
- Not Strong Enough — boygenius
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding
- Everything is Broken — Bob Dylan
- Cry Me A River — Ella Fitzgerald
- La Bebe (Remix) — Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma
- Drums — Money Man & Babyface Ray
- The World Is Yours — Nas
- Reach Out I’ll Be There — Four Tops
- Just Breathe — Pearl Jam
- Tempted — J’calm
- Contact — Kelela
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gaye
- River Deep — Mountain High — Ike & Tina Turner
- The Devil I Know — Ashley McBryde
- Love & Hate — Michael Kiwanuka