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Escapist Summer Reads 20 fiction and nonfiction books that will make you want to lose yourself in their pages

Fiction

Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.

By Joyce Carol Oates (June) ECCO | $35

The death of John Earle McLaren after an altercation with the police brings together his children, who cope in varied ways in this timely, enveloping story of an American family.

The Last Trial

By Scott Turow (May) GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING | $29

Eighty-five-year-old renowned defense lawyer Sandy Stern has one more trial in him. So when his close friend, a Nobel Prize-winning doctor, is accused of fraud and murder, how can he say no?

The Lying Life of Adults

By Elena

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