Need a summer book? 🏖️

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Below, our summer book picks grouped by vibe.

BOOKS THAT EVADE SCENES

• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

• Writing on Raving edited by McKenzie Wark, Geoffrey Mak and Zoë Beery

• Everything is Personal by Laurie Stone

• The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey

“SERIOUS” BOOKS

• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

• Septology by Jon Fosse

• If Only by Vigdis Hjorth

• The Years by Annie Ernaux

BOOKS TO TOUCH GRASS TO

• The Age of Deer by Erika Howsare

• Mojave Ghost by Forrest Gander

• A Natural History of Empty Lots by Christopher Brown

• Proxies by Brian Blanchfield

BOOKS TO TOUCH SAND TO

• Y2K by Colette Shade

• Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik

• Selling Sexy by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez 

• The Most by Jessica Anthony

CONVERSATION STARTERS

• Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

• Liars by Sarah Manguso

• When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter

• The Dry Season by Melissa Febos

FOR RECOVERING POETS

• I Remember by Joe Brainard

• An Honest Woman by Charlotte Shane

• I Love Shopping by Lauren Cook

• Selected Amazon Reviews by Kevin Killian 

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