Get ready to get your summer beach book picks on! Writer Annabel Monaghan shares what’s on top of her to-be-read pile, beach books not to miss, writers that get midlife right, and the back story behind her buzzy new book Nora Goes Off Script. Plus, we dish on midlife joy and fangirl over Paul Rudd.

Want a surefire way to be lit up about midlife and how you spend your days? Find Your Unicorn Space author Eve Rodsky has ideas to wire your brain (and life) with more joy, energy, and meaning. Bonus! We explore toxic time messages and women’s rage and resentment.