Memorial Day is often considered the unofficial start to summer. Many kids are entering the last weeks of school, pools start to open, and vacations from work are on the horizon. It's a time of the year that many associate with a somewhat slower pace affording, maybe, a little more free time to read. We asked some of our regular book critics what soon-to-be-published titles they are most looking forward to reading this summer. Here's what they said.
June
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
A Quitter's Paradise by Elysha Chang
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Talk by Darrin Bell
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Loot by Tania James
The Fear of Too Much Justice by Stephen Bright and James Kwak
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
July
Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen
Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
August
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley
Mobility by Lydia Kiesling
Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki
Fever House by Keith Rosson
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