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11 excellent novels for summer reading

Whether you're on the beach, in the airport, or staying in your own backyard, there's nothing like the perfect novel to round out your summer vacation. Here are a handful of very attractive titles appearing this summer.

- Marjorie Kehe, Monitor books editor

9. "The Family Fang," by Kevin Wilson

(Ecco, 320 pp.) This debut novel may be on the wild and wacky side, but it’s gathering early kudos for wit and quirky imagination. The Fangs are a family of “art world darlings” who love to upset the public apple cart – until the day the parents disappear. (August)


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