Thanks to Spine Contributing Writer Tracie Mooneyham for pulling together this week’s Can’t Wait To Read.

This is my “I keep meaning to get to it List.” Everything on this list has been sitting in my TBR pile for no fewer than 3 months. I want to read them all, but life (in the form of blurbing coming-soon books, researching and writing my own books, and reading books to my daughter) keeps getting in the way!  I’m preaching to the choir, I know.

Many thanks to writer Stephanie Thornton for curating this week’s Can’t Wait To Read.

Thornton’s next work of historical fiction, And They Called It Camelot, which tells the story of Jacqueline Kennedy, comes out next March. If you’re a writer interested in curating an upcoming list, email Spine Authors Editor Susanna Baird, susanna@spinemagazine.co

Books and travel are twin passions for me, and I prepare for literary journeys the way I prepare for literal ones: by making a list of things not to miss. Sometimes, though, it’s the unexpected discoveries along the way—a jewel-like fresco in an obscure crypt, a museum of quirky objects, a neighborhood café—that are equally memorable in retrospect. Same with books: some loom large across the literary landscape, while others await a serendipitous discovery. So while hoping to chance upon some hidden gems, these are the books I am most eager to read right now.

Big thank you to bestselling writer Erika Robuck for curating this week’s Can’t Wait To Read, presented below in alpha order by author. Robuck’s next work of historical fiction centers around Virginia Hall, a real-world SOE/OSS agent during WWII.

August in New England means corn and tomatoes, tomatoes and corn. You must eat the corn on the cob, slathered with butter, sprinkled with salt. The tomatoes you can eat any way you like, though the less adulterated, the better. My preference? Sliced fat, dotted with chunky salt, and laid atop a crusty slice of French, with the thinnest layer of mayonnaise separating August's best fruit from the bread. Yum, and only minimal effort required.

Once August is over, I'm ready to get cooking. These six books, most coming out this fall, will serve to inspire.

This week, Can't Wait to Read welcomes Spine Contributing Writer Tracie Mooneyham, who's rounded up six books she's excited about.

Can’t Wait to Read invites a guest author to choose a few books they’re excited to crack open. Thanks to Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One, for this week’s picks.

Welcome to today's guest author Kris Waldherr (The Lost History of Dreams, Bad Princess, Doomed Queens, The Book of Goddesses), who is highlighting recently or soon to be released books.

Welcome to today's guest author, E.F. Sweetman, who is focusing her list on thrilling summer reads of several stripes. If you're a writer, and would like to curate a future Can't Wait to Read, contact susanna@spinemagazine.co. We encourage you to visit your local library or bookstore and take a look at these new titles.

Welcome to today's guest author, Jon Roemer. If you're a writer, and would like to curate a future Can't Wait to Read, contact susanna@spinemagazine.co. We encourage you to visit your local library or bookstore and take a look at these new titles.

Summer! Sea and sand, tall glasses of cold wheat beer with slices of lemon … but really I'm just looking forward to reading, same as I am come fall, winter, and spring. Some really excellent reads of all stripes came out in May (looking at you, Wordslut), but I've chosen books I'm most likely to toss in my bag before a week away.

Thanks to writer Sage Kalmus for helping choose this week's books, listed below in alphabetical order by author. As with any book we feature in Spine, we encourage you to head to your local library or bookstore to grab a copy.

Today's Can't Wait to Read picks, books out last week and this, were chosen by author Elizabeth J. Church, author of The Atomic Weight of Love and All the Beautiful Girls (out now in paperback!), and Spine Authors Editor Susanna Baird. Church wrote lovely explanations as why she chose her books, and we liked them so much, we're changing it up and going with her format. "EC" or "SB" after each title indicates which of us chose which!

This list is in no particular order and, as with any book we feature in Spine, we encourage you to head to your local library or bookstore to grab a copy.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Can't Wait to Read!, where we celebrate titles coming out this week. Today's picks were chosen by Spine Authors Editor Susanna Baird. This list is in no particular order and, as with any book we feature in Spine, we encourage you to head to your local library or bookstore to grab a copy.