20 Books of Summer

  1. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
  2. He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
  3. Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  4. All Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard
  5. The Ambassadors by Henry James
  6. Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
  7. Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
  8. The High Window by Raymond Chandler
  9. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
  10. The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
  11. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
  12. Playback by Raymond Chandler
  13. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
  14. The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith
  15. Dead Calm by Charles Williams
  16. The Murderers by Frederic Brown
  17. The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
  18. Fool’s Gold by Dolores Hitchens
  19. Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
  20. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

I making a late breaking substitution – I’m just not up for both Kristin Lavransdatter (1100+ pages) and He Knew He Was Right (900+ pages), so I’m pushing Sigrid Undset either into the fall or into 2026. I’ve subbed in The Ambassadors by Henry James, which I want to pair with The Talented Mr. Ripley.