Drumroll please! It’s virtually time for our annual MMD Summer time Studying Information: a beloved custom and the very best a part of the entire studying yr! This yr is further particular for us as will probably be our fifteenth version—a milestone I by no means noticed coming again in 2012 once I launched the primary Information. Yr after yr, placing collectively the Summer time Studying Information is a spotlight of my yr (and spans the higher a part of it—I began studying potential titles means again in October!). And in that point, I’ve been honored and thrilled to see what number of readers flip to our Information as a trusted gateway to summer time studying pleasure.
My intention with the Information has all the time been to return alongside you as you uncover good books that allow you to escape into new worlds, and likewise enrich your life in significant methods. The Information is an support towards cultivating a studying season stuffed with abundance, ease, and pleasure, one that’s anti-frantic and anti-FOMO and places a heaping serving to of potential 4- and 5-star books in your readerly horizons. My hope is you’ll uncover or be taught extra about books that sound precisely like what you already prefer to learn, and that you simply’ll additionally discover concepts and encouragement to department out to books outdoors your ordinary lane.
For 2026, our unfastened theme is “studying retreat,” as a result of I do know I’m not the one one who desires of getting away with good books (and good folks) proper now. This yr’s Information contains the staples common readers have come to count on plus new-for-2026 options. Within the pages of this yr’s Information you’ll discover:
- 35 new and thoroughly chosen titles, releasing between April and August 2026
- Offbeat and eccentric classes that can assist you assume in another way about what books could also be best for you this summer time. (I had a lot enjoyable with the classes this yr!)
- “For followers of” backlist suggestions for each guide to each enable you to perceive which books are best for you and that can assist you uncover older titles you might also get pleasure from
- Studying retreat greatest practices from our terrific staff
- A splashy anniversary function trying again on 15 years of the SRG
- The Superior on Audio suggestions you’ve come to like and belief
- Attractive (however relatable) {custom} images on your aesthetic enjoyment
2026 Summer time Studying Information and Unboxing Get together
We’re releasing this yr’s Information on Thursday, Could 14.
As soon as once more, our 2026 SRG is an included perk for our group members within the Fashionable Mrs Darcy E book Membership and What Ought to I Learn Subsequent Patreon communities, together with Unboxing entry.
And as soon as once more, we’re providing an a la carte possibility for our 2026 SRG + Unboxing entry, for individuals who don’t have the time or inclination to affix a group.
We’ll ship the information to all members and our a la carte readers at 10:00am EDT on Could 14, and can host two Unboxing Events that day at 1:00pm and eight:00pm Japanese time. Our Unboxing occasion isn’t important—all the information you want is within the Information—however is included and a complete lot of enjoyable, plus all types of helpful as you’ll acquire extra nuance and context than you’ll from the Information alone. In these 90+ minute stay periods, I share each title within the information and why I selected it. Unboxing is stay and unscripted: select the one that most closely fits your schedule (or come twice, we gained’t cease you!). Whereas my guide speak is considerably related in every session, the stay Q&A will differ.
In case you can’t be part of us stay, no worries—we’ve bought you coated; we share a video recording with everybody who opts for Unboxing entry.
There are three 4 methods to get the 2026 MMD Summer time Studying Information:
- Be a part of the Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club.
- Help the What Should I Read Next Patreon.
- Purchase the guide and Unboxing access a la carte.
- Purchase a print-only option. (Unboxing entry not included.)
Get a print 2026 Summer time Studying Information journal!
This labored so nicely in 2025 we’re doing it once more: we’re professionally printing the information for you! As a result of we’re ordering a high-quality journal in bulk, considerably dropping the worth per print copy, readers who need a print Information are discovering this selection to be each handy and economical.
Your Summer time Studying Information buy features a digital PDF of the total Information and entry to the stay Unboxing occasions. However if you wish to maintain onto a printed magazine-style Information that you may flip by means of all summer time, go away in your espresso desk, mark up and dog-ear, and look again on it in a yr or two once you’re questioning what so as to add to your library holds, then add a printed SRG journal to your order.
If you want, we’re additionally providing the choice to buy the print information ONLY. This magazine-only possibility doesn’t embrace our digital PDF Information or Unboxing entry.
Timing notice: these will ship through USPS first-class mail AFTER Could 14. These usually arrive inside two days to 2 weeks of mailing relying on the place you reside. (We want it weren’t so, however due to the present unsure delivery panorama, this selection is on the market for U.S. mailing addresses solely.)
We’ve rounded up more info and answered your most frequently asked FAQ on this page. We hope you’ll select the choice that’s best for you.
What’s the distinction between E book Membership and Patreon?
Nice query! In case you’d prefer to take heed to MMD group supervisor Ginger Horton and I speak in regards to the distinction, we made this Patreon bonus episode publicly accessible to all: By popular request: Anne and Ginger talk Patreon vs Book Club. It’s a enjoyable and informative dialog.
Our communities have completely different scopes and emphases: we consider our Patreon choices as being bite-sized, whereas MMD E book Membership is extra like a buffet. We encourage you to decide on the one which greatest works for you and your studying life.
Our WSIRN Patreon community is an extension of the What Ought to I Learn Subsequent podcast, and affords Friday bonus episodes (e.g., One Nice E book, Mini Matchmaking, Trade Insights), peeks behind the scenes, and extra curated guide suggestions to our readers in that area. Patreon is audio-first, which suggests you may largely take part when it’s handy for you. We host two occasions every semester in Patreon: one seasonal preview (like Summer time Studying Information Unboxing) and one further occasion like Ask Us Something or Stay Mini Matchmaking. Our patrons additionally affect the present by providing enter on future episode themes and company and voting on our episode titles.
Our slate of MMD Book Club offerings is extra sturdy, which is why we name it a buffet: we search to supply plenty of nice literary content material on this area, and don’t count on you to place all the pieces in your plate! We host many stay occasions on this area, together with month-to-month guide and writer discussions, common courses on literature and the studying life, and group occasions like our Readers’ Days and Weekends, Greatest Books of Summer time, Studying Life Rehab, Readalongs, Be a part of Us for Journaling, and extra. Our stay occasions are video-driven, however you don’t have to attend stay to take part: very similar to Unboxing, we document our occasions so you may watch in your schedule. Our custom-built member web site additionally units E book Membership aside: our 24/7 boards (and the app) makes it simple to get pleasure from all of the guide speak your coronary heart needs, and join with different readers who love books as a lot as you do.
A la carte entry
As soon as once more we’re providing a la carte entry for individuals who don’t have the time or inclination to affix a group. Your ticket contains our full PDF information, your invite to our stay Unboxing periods, and your Unboxing replay. Get your a la carte ticket here.
In case you’re not ready or don’t want to be part of one in all our member communities or buy the information individually, please know that we’ll hold with our longstanding custom of sharing our Minimalist Summer time Studying Information on the weblog (here’s the 2025 Minimalist SRG for reference), and I’ll share many summer time studying titles right here and on What Ought to I Learn Subsequent all summer time lengthy.
Thanks a lot on your assist through the years. I can’t wait to share our 2026 information and to listen to the way it shapes your studying life this summer time. I’m so trying ahead to the studying season to return, and I hope you might be, too.
Thanks for studying, and most of all, for permitting me to be part of your summer time studying.
Anne
