8 Summer Books to Keep You Laughing

by Lindsay Hunter

A savage tale of parenthood and squandered hope from an author whose unsparing eye never ceases to subvert the mundane. Full review >

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by Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Helen Stevenson

This tightly contained, densely packed story issues a challenge that never loses its urgency: how does a person cling to a... Full review >

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by Joshua Cohen

For a writer whose last two novels total some 1,400 pages, Cohen has slimmed down here but still covers a lot of territory. Full review >

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by Andrew Sean Greer

Seasoned novelist Greer (The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, 2013, etc.) clearly knows whereof he speaks and has lived to... Full review >

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by Matthew Klam ; illustrated by John Cuneo

A tale of middle-aged ennui that gets sharper as it gets funnier. Full review >

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by Ian Bassingthwaighte

The ironies of bureaucracy and wartime, à la Catch-22, meet the ironies of love and sacrifice, à la The Necklace, profoundly... Full review >

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by Daryl Gregory

A skillfully written family drama that employs quirk and magic with grace. Full review >

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by Lynn Freed

Replete with references to Greek mythology, Freed’s modern retelling of a timeless tale of self-fulfillment wanders into... Full review >

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