The 10 Most Overlooked Books of This Summer

by Grace Dane Mazur

Beautifully written and bracingly intelligent. Full review >

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by Onnesha Roychoudhuri

There have been plenty of books covering similar territory—and there will be many more in the years to come—but rarely are... Full review >

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by Joe Mungo Reed

Fast and smart, funny and sad, this is an outstanding sports novel, and Reed is an author to watch. Full review >

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by Karen Auvinen illustrated by Greg Marquez

A fine example of the hybrid nature-memoir. Full review >

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by Neel Patel

A melancholic pleasure with a sense of humor. Full review >

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by Dave Zirin

A truly rounded, fully fleshed portrait of a significant 20th-century figure. Full review >

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by Maria Dahvana Headley

There’s not a false note in this retelling, which does the Beowulf poet and his spear-Danes proud. Full review >

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by Rob Ruck

A penetrating probe into one of the most intriguing and misunderstood sporting stories of our time. Full review >

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by David Chariandy

An important, riveting novel about dreams, families, and the systems holding them back. Full review >

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by Jean Guerrero

With a little suspension of disbelief on his or her own part, even the hardest-nosed reader will find Guerrero’s decidedly... Full review >

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