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Best Summer Books 2018, as Picked by Writers – Part One

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The Female Persuasion (Meg Wolitzer)
The Female Persuasion
1
Meg Wolitzer
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael a (Danielle Allen)
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A
2
Danielle Allen
Speak No Evil (Uzodinma Iweala)
Speak No Evil
3
Uzodinma Iweala
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
4
Annie Ernaux
The Long Take (Robin Robertson)
The Long Take
5
Robin Robertson
The Order of Time (Carlo Rovelli)
The Order of Time
6
Carlo Rovelli
100 Poems (Seamus Heaney)
100 Poems
7
Seamus Heaney
Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50 (Agnès Poirier)
Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50
8
Agnès Poirier
Modernists & Mavericks (Martin Gayford)
Modernists & Mavericks
9
Martin Gayford
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
10
Philip Roth
To Be a Machine (Mark O'Connell)
To Be a Machine
11
Mark O'Connell
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
12
Sally Rooney
Red Dirt (E.M.Reapy)
Red Dirt
13
E.M.Reapy
Only to Sleep (Lawrence Osborne)
Only to Sleep
14
Lawrence Osborne
The Transition (Luke Kennard)
The Transition
15
Luke Kennard
Return of the Gift (Michael O'Neill)
Return of the Gift
16
Michael O'Neill
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
17
Kamila Shamsie
In Search of the Phoenicians (Josephine Quinn)
In Search of the Phoenicians
18
Josephine Quinn
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet (Clare L. Evans)
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
19
Clare L. Evans
Lights in the Distance (Daniel Trilling)
Lights in the Distance
20
Daniel Trilling
Let Me Be Like Water (S K Perry)
Let Me Be Like Water
21
S K Perry
Fondue (A.K. Blakemore)
Fondue
22
A.K. Blakemore
Hold (Michael Donkor)
Hold
23
Michael Donkor
The Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien (Edit.Maebh Long)
The Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien
24
Edit.Maebh Long
Whistle in the Dark (Emma Healey)
Whistle in the Dark
25
Emma Healey
Elizabeth Is Missing (Emma Healey)
Elizabeth Is Missing
26
Emma Healey
Old Baggage (Lissa Evans)
Old Baggage
27
Lissa Evans
Perfidious Albion (Sam Byers)
Perfidious Albion
28
Sam Byers
Certain American States (Catherine Lacey)
Certain American States
29
Catherine Lacey
Nobody Is Ever Missing
Nobody Is Ever Missing
30
The Mars Room (Rachel Kushner)
The Mars Room
31
Rachel Kushner
Human Relations and Other Difficulties (Mary-Kay Wilmers)
Human Relations and Other Difficulties
32
Mary-Kay Wilmers
The Cost of Living (Deborah Levy)
The Cost of Living
33
Deborah Levy
Kudos (Rachel Cusk)
Kudos
34
Rachel Cusk
Motherhood (Sheila Heti)
Motherhood
35
Sheila Heti
The House With Only an Attic and a Basement (Kathryn Maris)
The House With Only an Attic and a Basement
36
Kathryn Maris
Talking to Women (Nell Dunn)
Talking to Women
37
Nell Dunn
Calypso (David Sedaris)
Calypso
38
David Sedaris
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
39
Lesley Nneka Arimah
This Mournable Body (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
This Mournable Body
40
Tsitsi Dangarembga
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