It's hot, school’s out, put your PTO in - summer’s here! And that means Brittany’s back for It’s Been a Minute’s annual summer books episode! This time around authors Sasha Bonét (<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717223/the-waterbearers-by-sasha-bonet/"target="_blank" >The Waterbearers</a>) and Cindy Pham (<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801225/the-secret-world-of-briar-rose-by-cindy-pham/"target="_blank" >The Secret World of Briar Rose</a>) join the show to give their summer reading recommendations. From wanderlust to first time love - there’s something for everyone.  Want more summer book recommendations?<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/18/1263527148/its-been-a-minute-summer-book-recommendations-2025"target="_blank" >Sexy & Spiteful: the best books to read this summer</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/1197958204/its-been-a-minute-summer-reading"target="_blank" >Simmering over summer books</a> Support Public Media.<a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" > Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" > @bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at<a href="http://npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" > npr.org/podclub</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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