We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is: Books on My Summer 2025 to-Read List
If you’ve been on my page before, you’ll likely know that I’m not a TBR girlie and I’m all about the possibility piles. I’ve got a few books on my radar for the summer months and I hope I do actually get to them! ☀️
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
If We Were A Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
Copper Script by K.J. Charles
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
The Geographer’s Map to Romance by India Holton
What are your summer reading plans? Have you read any of these books or are they on your TBR, too?
dinipandareads 
Copper Script and continuing the Dungeon Crawler Carl series are both goals for my summer too!
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I still haven’t got to Copper Script (might try picking that up next week) but I just finished the second book of Dungeon Crawler Carl and I already just want to dive into the third. It’s so much fun 🤩 I love Princess Donut and Carl and Mongo SO MUCH! I hope you love both books whenever you get to them!
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Thanks! I’m really hoping to get to DCC2 next month.
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The Galaxy and the Ground Within was a great book!
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Ah, glad to hear you loved it. I can’t wait to check it out!
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Phantasma has such a cool cover.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-summer-2025-to-read-list/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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It catches my eye every time I see it in passing!
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The Five was a good read, albeit an incredibly sad one. Hope you like it.
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I’m looking forward to giving it a try! I’ve heard very positive things about the book.
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I really want to read Copper Script, too. It is waiting for me on my Kobo, but I’m trying to get through some ARCs first. I hope you enjoy The Jasmine Throne. I can’t wait to see what you think of it!
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I’m doing a re-read of Jasmine Throne before continuing with the rest of the series and I hope that I love it just as much as I did the first time! 🤞🏽 I hope you enjoy Copper Script whenever you get to it 🙂 Happy reading!
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Love your list, Dini. I totally forgot to put our current series long BR’s on mine!! I am soooo glad you love Dungeon Crawler!! I just finished book two this morning and it was SO good. I loved Jasmine Throne and Phantasma. I hope you enjoy them both, and all your reads!
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I just finished the second DCC book last night and I’m eager to start on the third in the next 2-3 days cos I wanna try finishing an ARC first, lol. I don’t know if you’ve started it yet (or have plans to anytime soon) but if you wanna do a BR for it, let me know! 😃
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Ah, I’m just seeing this!! haha. How far are you? Actually, I’ll message you!
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Holton’s book is on my radar. I hope you love them all.
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Hope you love Holton’s book as well, Sam! 😍
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“Oooh” on the Becky Chambers. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by her.
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Same here! Defo need more books from her 😍
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Phantasma is also on my list! I’m not sure I will get to The Jasmine Throne this summer but it is in one of my book piles.
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I hope you enjoy Phantasma and Jasmine Throne whenever you get to them! I’m hoping to get the whole Jasmine Throne series done in the next couple of months and hopefully, I’ll enjoy it as much as everyone else seemed to 🙂
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I liked the first Thursday Murder Club book so I need to continue with the series like you.
My TTT Summer Reading List
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The second book was so much fun and I can’t wait to continue with the series. It’s so good 🙂 I hope you enjoy it as well!
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I adored Phantasma! Hope you’ll love all of these!
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Thanks, Lindsey! 💜
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I read The Bullet that Missed in April, and have the next one on hold at the library. So many books, so little time!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/summer-2025-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
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I can’t wait to continue the series. It’s so good and despite being about murder, very comforting, too 😂 Always enjoy being back with this crew. I hope you love the next book whenever you get to it, Pam!
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I’m excited for the movie in August too!
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I only read The Jasmine Throne, but never picked up the rest of the series. Phantasma and I weren’t a match, I hope it will work better for you.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/06/17/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-summer-2025-tbr/
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Thanks! I’m hoping to finish the rest of the Jasmine Throne series in the next couple of months.
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Some great possibilities on this list! I’ve only read Phantasma on this list and enjoyed it.
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It’s a very well-loved romantasy (which makes me a bit wary about it) but I hope to love it just as much as everyone else has 🙂
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Nice list, Dini. I have the Holton and Osman books on my TBR shelf. I hope you enjoy all of these when you get a chance to read them.
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Thanks, Carla! I hope you enjoy the Holton and Osman books too 🙂 Happy reading!
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I want to get around to The Galaxy and the Ground Within soon, too! Maybe not this summer, but hopefully this year!
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I hope you can get to it this year and that you enjoy it whenever you do 😍
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it, too!
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I’ve heard great things about Holton’s books. I hope you enjoy all these!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I hadn’t read her previous books before the first of this series but if it’s anything like it, I’m sure it’ll be a treat to read!
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Good luck getting to these. I’ll definitely be curious to hear what you think of Phantasma. And I need to try and get to The Jasmine Throne during the summer too. I’ve been desperate to read it for ages. I also really want to read The Five sometime, although I’m leaning towards picking up the authors 2025 release first. I hope all of the sequels here end up being hits and that you have a fantastic summer 🥰
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I hope that I end up loving Phantasma as much as everyone else seemed to. It’s such a well-loved romantasy (but that also makes me a bit cautious about it, haha). I’m hoping to get the Jasmine Throne series done in the next few months… Hopefully, I’ll enjoy the re-read of book one! Ooh, I wasn’t aware that the author of The Five released a book this year. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it. I just recently got the audiobook of The Five and the preview I listened to made me want to continue reading it asap. I hope you enjoy all the books whenever you get to them and that you have a fantastic summer too, Charlotte! 🙂
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It does seem incredibly popular. But I get your hesitation as I’m kind of the same about the genre in general. I want to fall for romantasy but I need the fantasy side of it to be strong, otherwise I roll my eyes when characters get sidetracked in life or death situations by taking each others clothes off 😂😂
I hope you enjoy the reread then 🥰 I didn’t realise it was the same author when I added it to my TBR tbh, but it’s another linked to a past killer. Ooh I hope it continues to keep you invested then. It sounds like such a promising start. Thank you 🥰🥰
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Good luck with your TBR! I really need to continue the Wayfarers series as I’ve only read the first two books 😄 I also just got The Thursday Murder Club second hand, so I’m excited to start this series!
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Oooh you’ve just reminded me about The Five! I’ve had it on my TBR for years, so I’m eager to see what you think of it. I also need to pick up The Geographer’s Map to Romance… I hope you enjoy all of these 🙂
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