The election? The Olympics? Taylor Swift? Fuhgeddaboutit. Each big calendar event of this summer is just another distraction. The moment you’ve really been waiting for is finally here: our guide to the most interesting summer reads. Big day. We’ve got riveting fiction, rip-roaring histories, rock’n’roll memoirs, mind-bending science and more. Slather on the suntan lotion, blow up the Lilo and lose yourself in the page.
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David Nicholls, the maestro of the modern rom-com, has had a big year: first came Netflix’s nostalgic adaptation of his 2009 hit One Day and now there is this sweet and stylish
