Our Monthly Picks July 2024

While you’re off catching flights and booking holiday weekend barbecues, beat the heat with our brand-new monthly picks. July’s take us to Ireland’s west coast in our thriller pick, over to rural Pakistan in our young reader selection, and we get to travel to a world of dragons in our speculative title. Pack your favorite blanket and snacks for these reads — there’s so much to see.
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What if a Sally Rooney novel read like a thriller? Kala combines relatable characters with a propulsive mystery (on par with that of Tana French) in this electric novel about fleeting youth and the ties that bind.
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Packed with secrets, shapeshifting dragons, romantic tension and non-stop action — you’ll be hooked.
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Spanning decades and coasts, Zevin’s epic is expertly crafted and deftly realized. An intelligent novel full of friendship, heartbreak, creativity, and love … an instant classic.
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Michael Finkel
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$18.00
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This is the stranger-than-fiction true story of Stéphane Breitweiser’s infamous and incredible career as — you guessed it — one of the world’s most notorious art thieves.
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As devastating as it is uplifting, this is a story of losing love, loving what’s lost, holding on and letting go.
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Narnia, but with a Pakistani Muslim infusion, this is the story of two friends being swept out of rural Pakistan into a magical Jinn realm. With heart and humor, M.T. Khan tells a culturally vibrant tale that bandies with important themes of capitalism, child labor and Islamic tradition.









