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24 terrific books for the beach, cabin or lawn chair you’ll want to read this summer
A comfy chair, sunglasses, an Arnold Palmer and these 24 books — from S.A. Cosby, Rachel Joyce, “one of the best books of the year” and more — are your ticket to a great season.
June 6, 2025
TEST: 24 books you’ll want to take to the cabin, the beach or your favorite chair this summer
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer’s literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes.
July 18, 2024
24 books you’ll want to take to the cabin, the beach or your favorite chair this summer
From Nigeria to Sweden to seedy L.A., this summer’s literary fiction and mysteries/thrillers provide exciting escapes.
May 30, 2024
Review: 'Künstlers in Paradise,' by Cathleen Schine
FICTION: A Jewish grandmother revisits her youth among Hollywood émigrés — including an interlude with Greta Garbo — during the 2020 pandemic.
March 17, 2023
Review: 'Natural History,' by Andrea Barrett
FICTION: A 19th-century teacher and amateur scientist studies the mysteries of the natural world — and the human heart.
September 23, 2022
Review: 'The Marriage Portrait,' by Maggie O'Farrell
FICTION: A young duchess fears her husband plans to murder her in this gorgeous novel set during the Italian Renaissance.
September 2, 2022
33 novels, thrillers and young adult books you'll want to read this summer
Whether you're sipping coffee on the porch, lounging in a beach chair or camping in a tent, you're going to need a book.
June 10, 2022
Review: 'Here Goes Nothing,' by Steve Toltz
FICTION: A murdered Australian pickpocket pines for his pregnant wife in this satire of mortality and the afterlife.
April 29, 2022
Review: 'Young Mungo,' by Douglas Stuart
FICTION: Two teenage boys fall in love in a violent Glasgow neighborhood during the 1980s.
April 1, 2022
REVIEW: "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout
FICTION: In Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, the character of Lucy Barton returns and tries to understand her attachment to her troubled ex-husband.
October 15, 2021
Review: 'Matrix,' by Lauren Groff
FICTION: A French teenager rises to become the formidable prioress of an English convent.
September 3, 2021
Review: 'The Cape Doctor,' by E.J. Levy
FICTION: Based on the true story of a 19th-century doctor, this novel examines transformation, gender and identity.
June 17, 2021
