Studies show the best way to stay cool in the heat is to read a good book indoors (this is a joke, if you are one of my coworkers on the Climate team, please don’t yell at me).

And those very same studies say that the best place to find a good book is to check out the list of NPR staff picks of our favorite books of the year so far!

There’s a lot here – kooky sci-fi, hard boiled thrillers, chunky history books and more.

That’s it for now, see you next Saturday!

P.S., if a friend sent you this newsletter and you want to sign up, the place to do it is npr.org/newsletter/books. :)