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Escapist Summer Reads

e all need a little escapism these days—whether you’re socially distancing on the beach or holed up in your apartment—and nothing provides that better than the pages of a good book. This summer’s reads includes deeply satisfying page turners, from legal thrillers to tales of Nigerian family life and trivia about a favorite game show to a look at intimacy in the Arab world. The staff has chosen some of the best of this season’s fiction and nonfiction available for your e-reader or through contactless delivery that should keep your mind far away from viruses all the way through Labor

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