Looking for your next summer beach read, porch read, vacation read, or curl-up-in-the-shade read? NHWP author members have you covered.
Summer is approaching, and that means more time for books tucked into beach bags, stacked beside porch chairs, packed for weekend getaways, or kept close for quiet mornings with coffee.
We recently asked members of NH Writers’ Project to share books that would make great summer reads, and they delivered a wonderful mix of fiction, memoir, mystery, short stories, romance, children’s books, and more.
This summer, we invite you to read local. Choosing a book by an NHWP member is a simple but meaningful way to support New Hampshire’s literary community. Whether you buy a copy, borrow it from your local library, leave a review, or recommend it to a friend, you help local writers connect with new readers and keep our region’s creative community thriving.
Add These NHWP Member Books to Your Summer Reading List
Six Thousand Doughnuts
Thomas Tosi
Loving Remains
Esmeralda Stone
An Only Child No More: Discovering My New Family at 54
Martha Levallee
Neptune City
Dale T. Phillips
A Change of Location
Margaret Porter
Trespassers & Other Stories
Áine Greaney
The Angle of Flickering Light
Gina Troisi
The Lighthouse Keeper
Robert Napolitano
Behind the Maltese Cross
Garrie Madison Stoutimore
Tales Told ’Round Celestial Campfires V1
Joseph Carrabis
Life is a Cruise: Tales from the North Atlantic
Bill Georato
Useful Pieces
DJ Geribo
The Urban Legion
Dave Agans
Dial S for Second Chances
Linda Shenton Matchett
Hilltop Reunion
Kathleen D. Bailey
That Moment
David Duford
Lady Justice and the Sisterhood of the Crones
Jennifer Speidel
Deep Water: Murder, Scandal, and Intrigue in a New England Town
Ken Sheldon
Some Daddies
Carol Gordon Ekster
How Not to Fly an Airplane: A Female Pilot’s Journey
Shirley M. Phillips
The Shopkeeper of Alsace
Laura Knoy
By choosing one of these titles, you are not only finding a new story to enjoy, you are helping support the people who make New Hampshire’s literary landscape so vibrant.
So whether your ideal summer reading spot is the beach, the porch, the lake, the mountains, or your favorite air-conditioned corner, we hope you’ll add a few NHWP author member books to your list.
Happy summer reading!
