09/04/2026
Midcoast Literacy has had a busy summer preparing to train new tutors, putting on fundraisers and connecting with children across midcoast Maine at our growing number of Summer Books locations. During this busy time, our staff have also enjoyed filling their down time with a good book! Here’s what we’ve been reading this summer:
🕵 The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Historical fiction following a group of female secret agents during World War 2, based on the real-life Special Operations Executive missions carried out under Vera Atkins.
📮 The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
An epistolary debut novel that uncovers the life of Sybil Van Antwerp through letters she has written and received, and that highlights the solace of writing. Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
🚲 What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Contemporary fiction that asks: “Do you like who you’ve become?” 39-year-old Alice falls off a stationary bike at the gym and wakes up believing she is 29, having lost 10 years’ worth of memories.
📱 The Yahoo Boys by Carlos Barragán
Non-fiction that explores the personal motivations of four men in Lagos, Nigeria who, driven by poverty and few economic opportunities, scam lonely Westerners over the internet.
🌊 The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A cozy, surreal novel that follows Linus Baker as he inspects an orphanage for magical children, advocating for found family, compassion over fear and breaking the rules for the greater good.
What did you read this summer?
