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Births, Deaths and Marriages
Laura Barnett
★★★★· Published 2025· 368 pages· read 2025
Six university friends, one year, and the birth, marriage, and death waiting somewhere among them. A warm, globe-hopping celebration of friendship from the author of The Versions of Us.
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Thirst for Salt
Madelaine Lucas
A young woman drifts into a relationship with a man twenty years older in a sleepy Australian beach town. A debut about desire and memory that just aches.
The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand
Classic beachy Hilderbrand — a rundown Nantucket hotel, a big cast, and a little bit of ghost. Exactly the summer read it promises to be.
There There
Tommy Orange
A dozen Native characters in Oakland all converging on one powwow. Propulsive and heartbreaking.