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24 terrific books for the beach, cabin or lawn chair you’ll want to read this summer
A comfy chair, sunglasses, an Arnold Palmer and these 24 books — from S.A. Cosby, Rachel Joyce, “one of the best books of the year” and more — are your ticket to a great season.
June 6, 2025
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TEST: 24 books you’ll want to take to the cabin, the beach or your favorite chair this summer
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer’s literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes.
July 18, 2024
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24 books you’ll want to take to the cabin, the beach or your favorite chair this summer
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer’s literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes.
May 30, 2024
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Review: 'Künstlers in Paradise,' by Cathleen Schine
FICTION: A Jewish grandmother revisits her youth among Hollywood émigrés — including an interlude with Greta Garbo — during the 2020 pandemic.
March 17, 2023
Minnesota Star Tribune
Review: 'Natural History,' by Andrea Barrett
FICTION: A 19th-century teacher and amateur scientist studies the mysteries of the natural world — and the human heart.
September 23, 2022
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Review: 'The Marriage Portrait,' by Maggie O'Farrell
FICTION: A young duchess fears her husband plans to murder her in this gorgeous novel set during the Italian Renaissance.
September 2, 2022
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33 novels, thrillers and young adult books you'll want to read this summer
Whether you're sipping coffee on the porch, lounging in a beach chair or camping in a tent, you're going to need a book.
June 10, 2022
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Review: 'Here Goes Nothing,' by Steve Toltz
FICTION: A murdered Australian pickpocket pines for his pregnant wife in this satire of mortality and the afterlife.
April 29, 2022
Minnesota Star Tribune
Review: 'Natural History,' by Andrea Barrett
FICTION: A 19th-century teacher and amateur scientist studies the mysteries of the natural world — and the human heart.
September 23, 2022
No Section
Review: 'The Marriage Portrait,' by Maggie O'Farrell
FICTION: A young duchess fears her husband plans to murder her in this gorgeous novel set during the Italian Renaissance.
September 2, 2022
No Section
33 novels, thrillers and young adult books you'll want to read this summer
Whether you're sipping coffee on the porch, lounging in a beach chair or camping in a tent, you're going to need a book.
June 10, 2022
No Section
Review: 'Here Goes Nothing,' by Steve Toltz
FICTION: A murdered Australian pickpocket pines for his pregnant wife in this satire of mortality and the afterlife.
April 29, 2022
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