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Saturday, July 8, 2017

If you only read one book this summer … make it this one

If our 2017 holiday reading list was too long for you, here are some suggestions, from beach reads to history, science to sci-fi

Literary page turner
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Fleet)
Both harrowing and thrilling, this is a genre-bending tour de force in which the abolitionist network becomes a real railway taking escaping slaves into different possible versions of America.

Beach read
The Power by Naomi Alderman (Penguin)
This year’s Baileys winner is simultaneously a high-concept thought experiment and a rollercoaster, action-packed read.

Related: Funny memoirs with Patricia Lockwood – books podcast

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