11 Summer Book Club Picks

by Maggie Shipstead

Ingeniously structured and so damn entertaining; this novel is as ambitious as its heroines—but it never falls from the sky. Full review >

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by Miranda Cowley Heller

From the first pages of her debut novel, Heller pulls no punches. Some of them just sneak up on you later on. Full review >

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by Stacey Swann

A total page-turner. Full review >

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by Laura Dave

Light on suspense but still a solid page-turner. Full review >

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by Chris Bohjalian

Illustrates how rough justice can get when religion and institutional sexism are in the mix. Full review >

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by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A compulsively readable story about the bonds between family members and the power of breaking free. Full review >

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by Zakiya Dalila Harris

A biting social satire–cum-thriller; dark, playful, and brimming with life. Full review >

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by Tia Williams

A hugely satisfying romance that is electrifying and alive. Full review >

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by Nathan Harris

An impressive debut by a storyteller with bountiful insight and assurance. Full review >

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by Jason Mott

By turns playful and surprising and intimate, a moving meditation on being Black in America. Full review >

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by Lisa Taddeo

As full of sensuality, amorality, and drama as its riveting narrator. Full review >

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