Beach Reads
Summer travel plans? Don't forget to pack one of these hot new releases. Whatever you're in the mood for -- a classic story revisited, UFOs, or even psychological twists and turns -- this list has you covered.
Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee
Released: July 14
A newly discovered novel from the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers. Since assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later and we watch as Scout struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.
Pretty Is, by Maggie Mitchell
Released: July 7
A fiercely imagined fiction debut in which two young women face what happened the summer they were twelve, when a handsome stranger abducted them. Maggie Mitchell's Pretty Is beautifully defies ripped-from-the-headlines crime story expectations and announces the debut of a masterful new storytelling talent.
Armada, by Ernest Cline
Released: July 14
This new novel from the author of Ready Player One is at once a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming-of-age adventure, and an alien-invasion tale like nothing you've ever read before -- one whose every page is infused with author Ernest Cline's trademark pop-culture savvy.
The Swede, by Robert Karjel
Released: July 7
A sophisticated debut novel about a Swedish security force agent on a mysterious special assignment to the U.S., The Swede fuses the psychological tension of Jo Nesbø's thrillers with the gripping international intrigue of I Am Pilgrim and Red Sparrow.
Modern Romance: An Investigation, by Aziz Ansari
Released: June 16
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices. In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world.
The Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman
Released: August 4
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarr -- the Father of Impressionism. Once forgotten to history, the marriage of Rachel and Frédérick is a story that is as unforgettable as it is remarkable.
The Nature of the Beast, by Louise Penny
Released: August 25
Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.
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