July’s 20 must-reads

Need some new reads to throw into your beach tote?

(July 10)

Hope Never Diesby Andrew Shaffer

Barack Obama and Joe Biden as action heroes?

The pair re-teams to unravel a mystery that leads them to the sinister core of the opioid epidemic.

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Tim Duggan Books; Doubleday; Little, Brown and Company; Penguin; Simon & Schuster

Political relevance aside,A Terrible Countrypositions complacency against resistance, and questions what “home” really means.

Suzettes seven-year-old daughter wont speak to her, and soon begins behaving in indescribably cruel evil, even ways.

You might want to cover your eyes when you find out.

Can You Tolerate This?ESSAYSBy ASHLEIGH YOUNGCR: Penguin

Penguin

(July 31)

The Incendiariesby R.O.

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HarperCollins

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William Morrow

Clock DanceA NOVELBy ANNE TYLERCR: Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf

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Penguin

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Penguin

My Year of Rest and RelaxationNovel by Ottessa Moshfegh CR: Penguin

Penguin

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William Morrow

A Terrible Country: A NovelNovel by Keith GessenCR: Penguin

Penguin

What-We-Were-Promised

Little, Brown and Company

The Widower’s NotebookA MEMOIRBy JONATHAN SANTLOFERCR: Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf

Baby Teeth: A Novel by Zoje Stage CR: St. Martin’s Press

St. Martin’s Press

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Tim Duggan Books

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Little, Brown and Company

How to Love a JamaicanSTORIESBy ALEXIA ARTHURSCR: Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

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Simon & Schuster

The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken CR: HarperCollins

HarperCollins

Fruit of the Drunken TreeA NOVELBy INGRID ROJAS CONTRERASCR: Doubleday

Doubleday

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Penguin

Immigrant, MontanaA NOVELBy AMITAVA KUMARCR: Knopf Doubleday

Knopf Doubleday