Goodreads asked Tracy Chevalier:

What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Tracy Chevalier I have just been sent a proof copy (ARC) of a big fat book called The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas, about a young writer, that is meant to be fabulous. Also, I just read a great review of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman that says it is wonderful and FUNNY. How often do you hear that these days about novels? So I've just ordered it and plan to drop everything to read it. Also on my summer stack is The Siege by Helen Dunmore, about the siege of Leningrad during WWII. I've always meant to read it and have heard only good things. Finally, I like to read at least one classic over the summer. This time it's a little obscure. Many readers know George Gissing for his novel about Victorian journalists and writers called New Grub Street. Lesser known is The Odd Women, about - yes - odd women who don't marry when Victorian society expects them to. This feeds in a little to what I'm researching and writing for next book. That's all I'll say on that for the moment!

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