June 1, 2023
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Our special summer reads issue features 43 of the season’s coolest books and much more.
Featured In This Issue
This Issue's Starred Reviews
FICTION
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THE APARTMENT
By Ana Menéndez
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THE DEEP SKY
By Yume Kitasei
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WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY
By Ava Wilder
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LUCKY RED
By Claudia Cravens
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EMERGENCY
By Kathleen Alcott
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CROOKED PLOW
By Itamar Vieira Junior Johnny Lorenz
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RIPE
By Sarah Rose Etter
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TEN-ACRE ROCK
By Kris Lackey
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STARVE ACRE
By Andrew Michael Hurley
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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
By James McBride
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SUN HOUSE
By David James Duncan
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KALA
By Colin Walsh
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THE STOLEN COAST
By Dwyer Murphy
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CUTTING TEETH
By Chandler Baker
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LOVE, THEORETICALLY
By Ali Hazelwood
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LOOT
By Tania James
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MARRY ME BY MIDNIGHT
By Felicia Grossman
NONFICTION
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ORPHAN BACHELORS
By Fae Myenne Ng
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1964
By Paul McCartney
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WHEN CRACK WAS KING
By Donovan X. Ramsey
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THIN SKIN
By Jenn Shapland
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ALIEN WORLDS
By Steve Nicholls
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THE 272
By Rachel L. Swarns
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THE GREAT WHITE BARD
By Farah Karim-Cooper
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LANDLINES
By Raynor Winn
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THE INJUSTICE OF PLACE
By Kathryn J. Edin H. Luke Shaefer Timothy J. Nelson
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KINGS OF THEIR OWN OCEAN
By Karen Pinchin
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SUMMER OF HAMN
By Chuck D
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EVERYTHING/NOTHING/SOMEONE
By Alice Carrière
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THE DEADLINE
By Jill Lepore
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CONGRATULATIONS, THE BEST IS OVER!
By R. Eric Thomas
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SURVIVOR INJUSTICE
By Kylie Cheung
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BREAKING THROUGH DEPRESSION
By Philip William Gold
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BEIJING RULES
By Bethany Allen
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AMERICAN WHITELASH
By Wesley Lowery
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BATTLEFIELD CYBER
By Michael G. McLaughlin William J. Holstein
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OVERREACH
By Owen Matthews
TEEN
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THE NARROW
By Kate Alice Marshall
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UNNECESSARY DRAMA
By Nina Kenwood
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I AM NOT ALONE
By Francisco X. Stork
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CARDBOARD CITY
By Katarina Jovanovic
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WRITING IN COLOR
By Nafiza Azad Melody Simpson
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A LONG TIME COMING
By Ray Anthony Shepard R. Gregory Christie
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HENSHIN!
By Bon Idle
CHILDREN'S
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LIKE LAVA IN MY VEINS
By Derrick Barnes Shawn Martinbrough Adriano Lucas
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DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR MONSTER
By Deke Moulton
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STAND AS TALL AS THE TREES
By Patricia Gualinga Laura Resau Vanessa Jaramillo
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NIGHT OWL NIGHT
By Susan Edwards Richmond Maribel Lechuga
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BANANA DREAM
By Hasan Namir Daby Zainab Faidhi
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WELCOME TO THE WONDER HOUSE
By Rebecca Kai Dotlich Georgia Heard Deborah Freedman
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BREAKING TO THE BEAT!
By Linda J. Acevedo Frank Morrison
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THE NIGHT RAVEN
By Johan Rundberg A.A. Prime
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THE DEMON SWORD ASPERIDES
By Sarah Jean Horwitz
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THE PROBABILITY OF EVERYTHING
By Sarah Everett
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GRANDPA AND THE KINGFISHER
By Anna Wilson Sarah Massini
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WE STILL BELONG
By Christine Day
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STICKLER LOVES THE WORLD
By Lane Smith
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EVERYBODY HAS A BODY
By Molli Jackson Ehlert Lorian Tu
INDIE
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SWING BRIDGE
By Bronwyn Hughes Kat Sharp
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GRENADINE AND OTHER LOVE AFFAIRS
By Carolyn Grace
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LIVING RIVER
By Dave Showalter
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SOMETIMES WHEN I’M WORRIED
By Deborah Serani Kyra Teis
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DETECTIVE DEATH
By Darius Ebrahimi
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THE BABEL APOCALYPSE
By Vyvyan Evans
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HEALING VISIONS
By Various Meg Boscov
More In This Issue
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PERSPECTIVES
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