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Summer Reading: Books & Books Recommends…
This very hot summer, we asked our friends at Books & Books to recommend the hottest six books. Here is the list, a combination of fiction and nonfiction — in no particular order.
HORSE: A NOVEL by Geraldine Brooks
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history.
AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong
Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong takes us on “a thrilling tour of nonhuman perception.”
SEVENTEEN AND OH: Miami, 1972 and the NFL’s Only Perfect Season by Marshall Jon Fisher
Publishing on the 50th anniversary of that magic season, the definitive chronicle of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated team in NFL history — from an award-winning literary sportswriter
ROGUES by Patrick Radden Keefe
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing — and one of the most decorated journalists of our time — twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue
THE METAVERSE by Matthew Ball
Metaverse is suddenly everywhere, from the front pages of national newspapers and the latest fashion trends to the plans of the most powerful companies in history. It is already shaping the policy platforms of the US government, the European Union, and the Chinese Communist Party. But what, exactly, is the Metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is a persistent and interconnected network of 3D virtual worlds that will eventually serve as the gateway to most online experiences, and also underpin much of the physical world.
TRUST by Hernan Diaz
Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth — all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.
About Reading Books
“It may seem counterintuitive, but absorbing information through old-fashioned books gives your brain a break,” said entrepreneur Aytekin Tank. Good. But we all know reading a book is more, much more than giving your brain a break. One more consideration: supporting your local bookstore, your cultural institutions, is making a better Miami.
Enjoy them!
Estela Velazquez contributed to this article. And Cristina Nosti, Books & Books.
