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Thrillers, Histories and Capers: The 10 Best Books of Summer 2025
From real-life tennis stars to made-up sexy snail researchers, the characters in these tales will keep you turning pages in the shade.
Illustration: George Wylesol for Bloomberg Pursuits
The summer’s most gripping books excavate and enliven history. No matter if it’s interrogating a century-old injustice or vivifying events so recent they feel current, the best fiction and non-fiction takes the past and runs with it—so that you can sit back and dig in.
The Great Mann: A Novel
By Kyra Davis Lurie (June 10, Crown)