‘Hot Dudes Reading’: Men of Viral Instagram Account Reveal Summer Book Picks

— -- Hot Dudes Reading, the Instagram account that features photos of attractive men reading in public, is now coming to followers as a book.

That’s right. Creators of the account that has nearly 900,000 followers are putting photos of their good-looking subjects reading books into an actual book -- aptly titled “Hot Dudes Reading.”

“I told my mom that there’s worse things in New York that you can get caught doing,” Julious Moore, a publishing software company manager and “Hot Dudes Reading” subject, said laughingly.

“GMA” caught up with some of the scholarly “dudes” featured on the account to check out just what they’re reading right now.

“It's called ‘The Last Mile.’” It's about a convicted murderer on death row ...,” said Michael Ortega, a corporate banker.

Steven Didas –- who’s racked up the most likes on the popular Instagram account and is featured on the cover of “Hot Dudes Reading” –- said he’s now reading “City of Mirrors,” the third part of a trilogy by Justin Cronin.

Moore, who said a good book helps him to relax, is reading “A Different Kind of Daughter,” explaining: “My mom's a single parent so I always sort of gravitate to books about women who are strong.”

Rami Zeidan, vice president at a private investment firm, said he recently started reading “Grit” by Angela Duckworth.

The book “discusses how you have to be passionate and persevere through these tough things,” he said.

Aspiring musician Teddy Grossman prefers to read about his idols. Grossman is also the vice-president of sales for a tech start-up, and he’s reading “My Voice,” a memoir by legendary radio personality Angie Martinez.

“She’s just like a force,” Grossman said of Martinez.

And while reading is no doubt good for the mind, it could also be helping these men in another way.

“I was told by a teacher a long time ago, she said ‘you need to read books; it's the only way you're going to get dates growing up,’” Didas, who is single, said, adding: “I hated to prove her wrong.”

"Hot Dudes Reading" is on sale now. Read below for the summer reads picked by the "hot dudes" themselves.

Biography

Hot Dude: Teddy
'Paul McCartney: The Life,' by Philip Norman
May 3, 2016
Little Brown
Written with Paul McCartney’s approval, bestselling biographer Phillip Norman detail’s the trials, triumphs and tribulations of McCartney’s life. The author had extraordinary access to family members and close friends.

Hot Dude: Julious
'A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight,' by Maria Toorpakai
May 3, 2016
Twelve
"A Different Kind of Daughter" tells the story of Maria Toorpakai, a brave Pakistani girl who passed as a boy in order to play the sports she loved. She defied death threats in orders to pursue her dream and in the process she became a symbol of freedom and a pioneer of women’s rights.

Memoir

Hot Dude: Teddy
'My Voice: A Memoir,' by Angie Martinez
May 17, 2016
Celebra
In "My Voice," legendary radio personality (New York’s Hot 97 and now Power 105.1) and powerhouse Angie Martinez recounts the story of her rise to fame, success and global influence.

Hot Dude: Steven
'In the Country We Love: My Family Divided,' by Diane Guerrero
May 3, 2016
"Orange is the New Black" and "Jane the Virgin" star Diane Guerrero tells the story of her remarkable resilience in the face of the terrifying struggles of undocumented residents in this country.

Fiction:

Hot Dude: Steven
'The City of Mirrors: A Novel (Book Three of Three of the Passage Trilogy),' by Justin Cronin
May 24, 2016
Ballantine Books edition
This is the conclusion to New York Times' bestselling author Justin Cronin’s apocalyptic thriller trilogy. Cronin takes the readers on an amazing journey, to the dead metropolis, where his band of hardened survivors await the second coming of unspeakable darkness. Master storyteller Stephen King writes of "The City of Mirrors," “Read this book and the ordinary world disappears.”

Hot Dude: Rami
"The Sport of Kings by C.E Morgan"
May 3, 2016
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The "Sport of Kings" by award-winning author C.E Morgan is an extraordinary tale of poverty, wealth, race horses and the enduring legacy of racism.

Hot Dude: Julious
'Before the Fall,' by Noah Hawley
May 31, 2016
Grand Central Publishing
A private plane, carrying some very influential people, crashes killing nine of the eleven passengers on board. The survivors are the young son of a media mogul and a previously unknown painter. Why did the plane go down? Was it an accident or an intentional act? Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics' Choice, and Peabody Award-winning author Noah Hawley captures the reader on the first page of this thriller and the suspense doesn’t stop until the end. The New York Times says of "Before the Fall." "This is one of the year's best suspense novels.”

Hot Dude: Michael
'The Last Mile,' by David Baldacci
April 19, 2016
Grand Central Publishing
In his latest thriller, New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci brings back Detective Amos Decker, first introduced in "Memory Man." Now, Detective Decker returns in "The Last Mile." The story centers on a convicted murderer, due scheduled to be executed in a matter of hours, when another man confesses to the crime.

Hot Dude: Michael
'Fireman,' by Joe Hill
May 17, 2016
William Morrow
Joe Hill, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of "NOS4A2" and "Heart-Shaped Box," debuts a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic that threatens civilization.

Non-Fiction

Hot Dude: Rami
'Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,' by Angela Duckworth
May 3, 2016
Scribner
In this New York Times bestseller, psychologist Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.”