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Sunshine State: Scintillating Summer Fiction

FICTION

GIVE ME YOUR HAND

by Megan Abbott

In Abbott’s deft hands, friendship is fused to rivalry, and ambition to fear, with an unsettling level of believability. It... Full review >

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THE PISCES

by Melissa Broder

A fascinating tale of obsession and erotic redemption told with black humor and biting insight. Full review >

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A PRINCESS IN THEORY

by Alyssa Cole

A delightful and sexy take on love between a suave African prince and a nerdy epidemiology student. Full review >

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THE WORD IS MURDER

by Anthony Horowitz

Though the impatient, tightfisted, homophobic lead detective is impossible to love, the mind-boggling plot triumphs over its... Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

SUNBURN

by Laura Lippman

Plotty, page-turning pleasure plus instructions on how to make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich and how to stab a man in... Full review >

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THE AIR YOU BREATHE

by Frances de Pontes Peebles

Peebles’ detailed and atmospheric story is cinematic in scope, panoramic in view, and lyrical in tone. Full review >

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WE BEGIN OUR ASCENT

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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FICTION

THE SUMMER WIVES

by Beatriz Williams

With just the right touch of bitters, Williams (Cocoa Beach, 2017, etc.) mixes a satisfyingly tempestuous—and eminently... Full review >

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