Kick off your flip-flops, flick off a pop-top, and dive into this summer’s sweet and salty beach reads. Surf and sand suggested but not required.
Gone Girl
A beautiful young wife is missing, so obviously the oddly evasive husband did it. Or did he? Gillian Flynn’s killer thriller is unputdownable, and just when you think you know where she’s going, she’s gone.
Are You My Mother?
We were obsessed with Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir, Fun Home, about her father, his secret gay life, and his tragic death. This time Mom gets the pen-and-ink treatment in a poignant tale of mother-daughter dynamics and the pursuit of artistry.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
Judgment. Books. Covers. We know. But if the cover art for Carol Rifka Brunt’s debut doesn’t sell you (it did us), the gut-wrenching portrayal of a 13-year-old coping with her beloved Uncle Finn’s death from AIDS more than delivers.
Afterwards
A mother is trapped in a coma after a fire, but she flies around in an in-between state snooping on friends and family in search of the arsonist still targeting her daughter. Rosamund Lupton captured us with Sister and does it again with this literary thriller.
Signs and Wonders
Here’s a tip: Regulate your sun exposure with short stories. Read one; flip over. Read another; flip over again. Alix Ohlin’s smart new collection explores the complexities of relationships in unexpected ways. Each of the sixteen is that rare pearl plucked from September’s first oyster.
The Secrets of Mary Bowser
Freed slave Mary Bowser returns to Richmond, Virginia, to the pre-Civil War Confederate White House to spy on President Jefferson Davis for the Union. Sound intriguing? Author Lois Leveen’s meticulously researched historical fiction is best consumed with sweet tea and a porch swing.
Photos: Courtesy of The Crown Publishing Group; Courtesy of The Dial Press; Courtesy of Vintage/Anchor Books
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