Literary Fiction Books For Your Summer Reading List | 2020
Literary fiction readers are in for a treat thanks to these amazing new literary fiction books hitting stores! Don’t miss our summer reading list recommendations from bestselling authors Sam Harris, Lee Conell, Leigh Stein, Julia Spiro, Maggie O’Farrell, and Barbara Davis. Enjoy!
The Substance of All Things
by Sam Harris
Release Date: July 1, 2020
“Poignant and devastatingly evocative, this story about faith, frauds, fear, and finding peace will win over any fan of heartbreaking and heartwarming 20th-century Americana literature. A mesmerizing novel.”… It tells the story of Theo Dalton, who at six years old, has his hands irreparably damaged in a car accident that also takes his mother’s life. Six years later he meets Frank, a Native American outcast, and learns that he has the ability to heal through his disfigured hands.
Buy on AmazonThe Party Upstairs
by Lee Conell
Release Date: July 7, 2020
The debut novel from author Lee Connell… Ruby has an odd relationship with privilege. As the daughter of a super, she grew up in the basement of an Upper East Side co-op that gets more gentrified with each passing year. She is not economically privileged in any way, but living in such a wealthy neighborhood brought her certain advantages, even expectations.
Buy on AmazonSelf Care
by Leigh Stein
Release Date: June 30, 2020
Highbrow, brilliant.”… Maren Gelb is on a company-imposed digital detox after she tweeted something terrible about the President’s daughter. As the COO of Richual, an inclusive online community for women to cultivate the practice of self-care and change the world, it is a PR disaster.
Buy on AmazonSomeone Else’s Secret
by Julia Spiro
Release Date: July 1, 2020
Lindsay and Georgie have high hopes for their summer at Martha’s Vineyard. In the wake of the recession, Lindsay accepts a job as a nanny for an influential family who may help her land a position in Boston’s exclusive art world. Georgie is the eldest child in that family, is fifteen, and years for his first love.
Buy on AmazonHamnet
by Maggie O’Farrell
Release Date: July 21, 2020
Agnes is an eccentric creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove. She is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she quickly becomes a fiercely protective mother.
Buy on AmazonThe Last of the Moon Girls
by Barbara Davis
Release Date: August 1, 2020
The new novel from the bestselling author of When Never Comes… Eight years ago, Lizzy Moon left Moon Girl Farm. She never wanted the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended. She wanted to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy.
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