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35 Brilliant New Books You Should Read This Summer

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Asking for It (Louise O'Neill)
Asking for It
1
Louise O'Neill
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
2
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
The Book of Memory
3
Petina Gappah
Butterfly Fish (Irenosen Okojie)
Butterfly Fish
4
Irenosen Okojie
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
5
Claudia Rankine
The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo (Catherine Johnson)
The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo
6
Catherine Johnson
The Ecliptic (Benjamin Wood)
The Ecliptic
7
Benjamin Wood
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
8
Lauren Groff
The Girl in the Spider's Web (David Lagercrantz)
The Girl in the Spider's Web
9
David Lagercrantz
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers (Max John Porter)
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
10
Max John Porter
The Heart Goes Last (Margaret Atwood)
The Heart Goes Last
11
Margaret Atwood
The Last Act of Love (Cathy Rentzenbrink)
The Last Act of Love
12
Cathy Rentzenbrink
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
13
Hanya Yanagihara
The Loney (Andrew Michael Hurley)
The Loney
14
Andrew Michael Hurley
The Mark and the Void (Paul Murray)
The Mark and the Void
15
Paul Murray
The New World (Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz)
The New World
16
Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz
Noonday (Pat Barker)
Noonday
17
Pat Barker
The Past (Tessa Hadley)
The Past
18
Tessa Hadley
The Quality of Silence (Rosamund Lupton)
The Quality of Silence
19
Rosamund Lupton
The Rest of Us Live Here (Patrick Ness)
The Rest of Us Live Here
20
Patrick Ness
The Seed Collectors (Scarlett Thomas)
The Seed Collectors
21
Scarlett Thomas
The Shepherd's Crown (Terry Pratchett)
The Shepherd's Crown
22
Terry Pratchett
Signs for Lost Children (Sarah Moss)
Signs for Lost Children
23
Sarah Moss
A Spool of Blue Thread (Anne Tyler)
A Spool of Blue Thread
24
Anne Tyler
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
25
Elena Ferrante
The Sunshine Cruise Company (John Niven)
The Sunshine Cruise Company
26
John Niven
Trigger Mortis (Anthony Horowitz)
Trigger Mortis
27
Anthony Horowitz
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie)
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
28
Salman Rushdie
Undermajordomo Minor (Patrick Dewitt)
Undermajordomo Minor
29
Patrick Dewitt
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (Natasha Pulley)
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
30
Natasha Pulley
Where My Heart Used to Beat (Sebastian Faulks)
Where My Heart Used to Beat
31
Sebastian Faulks
A Whole Life (Robert Seethaler)
A Whole Life
32
Robert Seethaler
Wind/Pinball (Haruki Murakami)
Wind/Pinball
33
Haruki Murakami
The Wolf Wilder (Katherine Rundell)
The Wolf Wilder
34
Katherine Rundell
You Don't Have to Live Like This (Benjamin Markovits)
You Don't Have to Live Like This
35
Benjamin Markovits
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