A pocket-sized paperback is the perfect companion on vacation. Whether you’re on your way to a cabin at the tip of a pier or abroad to go mountain climbing, a light paperback is the perfect format for summer reading.

Here are the recommendations of the Akateeminen Bookstore staff for summer reading:

Light reading by the water:
Again, Rachel
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
The Party Crasher
Either/or
Carrie Soto Is Back
Found in a Bookshop
Summer at the Ice Cream Café

Crime and suspense for bright summer evenings:
The Bullet That Missed
Something to Hide
A Heart Full of Headstones
No Plan B
Desert Star
The Last Party
The Cat Who Caught a Killer
The Old Woman With the Knife

Historical fiction:
Act of Oblivion
Shrines of Gaiety
Trust
The Paris Bookseller

Tiktok’s most popular books for young adults:
King of Pride
Love Theoretically
Daisy Jones & The Six
The Book Thief
One Last Stop
Twisted Lies
Icebreaker
Things We Hide From The Light

In the Academic Bookstore, pocket-sized paperbacks are in a buy 4 pay 3 offer* for Friends club members 19.6.–16.7.2023.

Not in the friends club? Join now!

Still don’t know what to read? See the Top 10 paperbacks of Akateeminen below:

*Get the cheapest one free. The offer is only valid in stores.