SOCO Summer Reading List

Jun 22, 2023

It’s officially summer and we couldn’t be more excited to spend time outdoors relaxing in the warm weather. 


At The Small Social, our team is full of avid readers who love nothing more than to sit outside with a cocktail or iced coffee reading in the summer sun. If you’re looking for inspiration for your summer reading list, take a look at what our team recommends to keep you entertained and engaged all summer long. 

Education & Development


Even in our downtime, our team is constantly learning about our industry and working on personal development. Here are some of our recent reads covering topics like building better habits, thinking like your customer, and building your dream team.

Our Picks:


  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • The Business Minded Creative by Diana Wink
  • Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
  • Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
  • Sustainable Home by Christine Liu
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
  • Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller
  • The Copywriter’s Handbook by Robert W. Bly

Fiction


If fiction is more your style, our team has a great list of books for you. You’ll notice there are a few repeat authors on this list. Our team loves giving each other recommendations on our latest favourite reads. Spend your next day by the pool or at the beach with one of our recent fiction reads.

Our Picks:


  • Never Never by Colleen Hoover
  • Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
  • Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
  • People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
  • Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Book Lovers by Emily Henry
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • The Alice Network by Alice Quinn




Fun fact: more than half of our team has read Where the Crawdads Sing, and everyone has rated it 5 stars.

Biography


Maybe you’re looking for an inspiring true story or deeper dive into the personal life of your favourite celebrity. Here are a few of the bios our team has read recently and loved.

Our Picks



  • Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson
  • The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
  • Yearbook by Seth Rogan
  • I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Do you plan to read any of the books off of the Soco Summer Reading List? Tag us in your summer book photos on social media and use the hashtag:

#SocoSummerReads.

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