There’s nothing quite like a good book and a cool summer day. Whether your jet-setting abroad or knackering down here in L.A., ignite your inner bookworm! Ditch the celeb gossip and work emails (for a bit)! It’s time to dust off your Kindle or go the old fashion route of visiting a bookstore for these essential summer reads.
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Fleishman Is in Trouble, by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
This fiction novel is about a single man who’s ex-wife interferes with his plan after she drops the kids off and disappears.
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How to Forget, by Kate Mulgrew
This memoir explores family relationships and difficulties caring for loves ones with terminal illnesses.
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Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
This thriller shares the store of a woman found in a city park lake and a reporter who attempts to solve the murder.
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Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim
This fiction novel revolves around the mysterious death of a young boy following an explosion.
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Normal People, by Sally Rooney
This fiction novel follows a bookish pariah and a popular athlete’s secret relationship in high school.
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The Right Swipe, by Alisha Rai
This romance follows an entrepreneur who’s rules about dating diminish once she encounters a past flame who now works for a rival company.
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The Latte Factor, by David Bach
Discover Bach’s three secrets to financial freedom while he explains how we all may be richer than we think.
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb
Gottlieb reflections on her therapy sessions helping a self-absorbed Hollywood producer to cope through a messy breakup in this memoir.
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The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead
This 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner shares on how an African-American boy’s plans for college are changed once he’s sent to a juvenile reformatory in the 1960’s.
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Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn
This fiction novel follows a woman who leaves her young daughter behind in Jamaica to travel to the United States to track down the woman she loves.