Summer books 2024: It's summertime and the reading's easy. Or epic. Choose your own adventure.
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One strategy for summer reading is to begin a project with an epic book, like reading The Lord of the Rings one installment a summer or picking through Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography. Another strategy is to give yourself a quasi-degree in something specific, such as reading the complete short stories of Alice Munro or the crime novels of Stephen King.
Explore underrated classics and new editions for diverse reading options this summer. Discover works like Harry Crews' The Knockout Artist, a tale of a boxer with a unique talent, or Chilean legend Pedro Lemebel's A Last Supper of Queer Apostles, offering unclassifiable writing about gay experiences under dictatorship. Dive into updated editions of contemporary classics like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, now in a more manageable trilogy format by Folio Society.
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