No matter what kind of summer reader you are – romance, mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, general fiction – something is coming out in June for you to savor.
6/4: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin – In this contemporary take on Pride and Prejudice set in Toronto’s Muslim community, poet and teacher Ayesha is holding out for true love over an arranged marriage when smart, judgmental Khalid comes into her orbit.
6/4: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert – 89-year-old Vivian reflects back on the years she spent living with her Aunt Peg in Manhattan, working at the Lily Playhouse theatre and living the single life, as well as the personal mistake she made that led to a professional scandal and changed the course of her life. A Peak Pick!
6/4: Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson – When multibillionaire Dodge dies, his will stipulates that his brain be given to a cryonics company, where it is scanned and stored in the Cloud. When technology allows Dodge’s brain to be turned back on, he finds himself cognitively alive in an eternal afterlife – the Bitworld.
6/4: In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow – The story of a woman living by her own rules and the rural North Carolina community that struggles to understand her.
6/4: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey – Detective Ivy Gamble is sent to investigate a murder at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, and must reckon with her estranged, magically-gifted sister Tabitha, a teacher at the school.
6/4: Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett – Following her father’s suicide, Jessa-Lynn takes over the family’s taxidermy shop, explores extra-legal ways of making ends meet, and tries to manage her family’s eccentric methods of coping with grief.
6/4: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong – The first novel by poet Vuong takes the form of a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Little Dog writes of their family history and the way that history shadows into his life, and examining issues of race, class, and masculinity. A Peak Pick!
6/4: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn – Receiving her long desired visa to America, Patsy leaves her family behind in Jamaica and looks to make a new life for herself in New York City. However, the realities of surviving in the city as an immigrant is far from what she envisioned. At the Central Library 7p.m. Wednesday, June 19. A Peak Pick!
6/4: The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair – In post-World War II London, Iris Sparks (perhaps a wartime spy) and Gwendolyn Bainbridge (a society widow) have teamed up to matchmake singles with The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. When one client is accused of murdering another, Iris and Gwendolyn decide the police have the wrong man and start investigating.
6/4: Unravelling by Karen Lord – Dr. Miranda Ecouvo believes she has just put a serial killer behind bars, only to discover that the true mastermind is still on the loose, chasing a myth to achieve immortality. Chasing the killer, Miranda is thrown into an otherworldly realm of spirits, myth, and memory.
6/11: Bunny by Mona Awad – MFA grad student Samantha gets ensnared in a clique of rich girls who all call one another “Bunny” in a novel the publisher calls “The Vegetarian (by Han Kang) meets Heathers,” and honestly what more do you need?
6/11: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner – Two sisters struggle to find their place, be true to themselves, and adapt to societal changes over 60 years from the 1950s on. A Peak Pick!
6/11: The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora – Two women’s dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood.
6/18: Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner – Recently divorced, Toby Fleishman is shocked when his wife drops off the kids and disappears, leaving Toby to balance single parenthood, his work as a doctor, and his newfound app-based sexual popularity.
6/18: The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung – Trailblazing mathematician Katherine’s research into the Riemann hypothesis unearths her own extraordinary family story and its roots in World War II and forces her to rethink everything she knows about herself.
6/25: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson – Private investigator Jackson Brodie is back! He’s living in a quiet seaside village, but a chance encounter leads him back into a sinister network of secrets and lies. A Peak Pick!
6/25: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes – Evvie is a young woman who’s lost her husband; Dean is a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. When Dean arranges to stay in the apartment behind Evvie’s house, their unlikely relationship may help them each find their way.
6/25: The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz – 30 years after leaving, Billie returns to her father’s home in the Mississippi Delta to investigate his long-ago death, only to discover secrets about her own life.
~ posted by Andrea G.
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