Summer Reading might be over, but Brat Summer is just getting started. But, what is it? The movement was inspired by Charli XCX’s lime-green album Brat, which redefines what it means to live a life that’s fierce, carefree, bold and a little bit messy.
Whether you’re leaning into a summer of luxury or embracing the simpler joys of life — enter the world of the ‘brat’ with these books about strong, unapologetically brat-coded women, by women.
– The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
– My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
– Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
– Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
(P.S. Brat is available for streaming on Hoopla with your library card.)
– The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
– The Body in the Woods by April Henry
– The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
– Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
– Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
– Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
– Meet Fawn, the Animal-Talent Fairy by Jennifer Fox
– Billie the Baby Goat Fairy by Daisy Meadows