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Ten Books That Will Help You Escape Reality This Summer
True crime, exotic locations, heartbreaking love affairs—this list has the beach reads you need.
Illustrations: Jaci Kessler Lubliner
Even if you’re living the perfect life, in the perfect location, there’s just something about summer that makes you long to experience new things. The best books of beach season all have that in common: a desire to escape place, time, or circumstance. We read the most highly anticipated releases, both fiction and non-, and picked our favorites.
Central Escape: Instead of couples therapy, what if you kept your marriage alive by murdering young women?