The Olve's Summer Reading List
For many of us, summer 2021 will likely be all about staycations, lazy long weekends and days spent in the backyard, and hopefully some well deserved vacations when we can. These are all ideal opportunities to lose yourself in a good book. From immersive thrillers to memoirs, comedies to timely and poignant storytelling , here are our choices for summer reads:
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Be A Triangle: How I Went From Being Lost to Getting my Life into Shape by Lilly Singh From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Bawse comes an honest, funny, and inspiring primer on learning to come home to your truest and happiest self. |
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Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. |
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Other People's Clothes by Seth Rogen Inexplicable things start happening in the apartment and the two friends suspect they are being watched by Beatrice. Convinced that their landlord is using their lives as inspiration for her next thriller novel, they decide to beat her at her own game. The girls start hosting wild parties in the flat and quickly gain notoriety, with everyone clamouring for an invite to 'Beatrice's.' But ultimately they find themselves unable to control the narrative and it spirals into much darker territory . . . |
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Kaikeyi by Valshnavi Patel A stunning debut from a powerful new voice, Kaikeyi is the story of the infamous queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana. It is a tale of fate, family, courage, and heartbreak—of an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come. |
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Watch out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey A tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe. |
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Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone—no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can’t fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new—much younger—husband? |
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Sex and Vanity
by Kevin Kwan The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds--the WASP establishment of her father''s family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with. |
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The Party Crasher
by Sophie Kinsella From bestselling author of Love Your Life comes a humorous and heartwarming novel about family and finding a second chance at love, set against the backdrop of the most fabulous party you've ever snuck into. |
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