Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn’t get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that’s how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our recommendation of random things that we’ve actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we’d actually tell our friends about. And now we’re telling you.
I said they’re the best books of summer 2013, but I’m not sure these all came out. It’s just when I read them, and I think we can all agree, that is what matters.
Let’s dive right in before that asshole winter robs us of our final rays of delicious sunshine.
As pictures above, my four favorite summer reads were Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole Georges, Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, Lost Cat by Caroline Paul (drawings by the ridiculously talented Wendy MacNaughton), and If You Lived Here, You’d Be Perfect By Now (The Unofficial Guide to Sweet Valley High) by Robin Hardwick.