Thread by @TheAtlantic

1/ Looking for a new read over the long weekend? Whether you’re in the mood to burst out the door or curl up on a couch this summer, The Atlantic’s writers and editors have book recommendations to match. theatlantic.com/summer-reading…

2/ Craving high drama? “‘I’m With the Band’ stirs a sensation the pandemic denied, of standing in a crowd, gazing up at a superstar, and wondering if you might just catch their eye,” @shirklesxp writes. on.theatln.tc/0zHDjI7

3/ Want to experience a sense of wonder about the universe? Wisława Szymborska’s poetry “can make all of human history seem like a daydream, or a cloud of dust seem like the cosmos," @lenikacruz writes. on.theatln.tc/0zHDjI7

4/ Ready to feel transported to a new place? “‘American Delirium’ is not a cheerful beach read; it is, however, utterly transportive—the rare, giddy book that makes the familiar seem fantastical, and vice versa,” @megangarber writes. on.theatln.tc/0zHDjI7

5/ Looking for a deep dive? “I have read dozens of books about mass incarceration, but I had never read one quite like Reuben Jonathan Miller’s ‘Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration,’” @ClintSmithIII writes. on.theatln.tc/0zHDjI7

6/ Here’s the full list of what to pick up, no matter how you’re feeling: theatlantic.com/summer-reading…