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SALT LAKE CITY — Summer is an excellent time to catch up on reading, whether before bed, on an annual Lake Powell trip or relaxing in a park — longer and warmer days have opened up many opportunities to sit down with a good book.
The key to great summer reads, however, involves finding the right book. Here are KSL.com’s recommendations:
By Delia Owens
“The Marsh Girl” lives in a marsh near the small town of Barkley Cove along the North Carolina coast. For years now rumors have permeated the area, depicting her as primitive and monstrous. As a result, when popular and handsome Chase Andrews is found dead the townspeople immediately turn to the marsh girl, Kya Clark, as a suspect.
Little do they know, she is an intelligent and passionate girl who has survived for years alone after being abandoned by her entire family. This novel presents both a love story and a mystery as Kya navigates her way through a complicated love life, a struggle to survive and a constant bombardment of public scorn.
Read more about the novel on Penguin Random House.
By Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman — a destroyer of the most illegal item in his society, books. Montag never questioned his drab life of destruction, until a young neighbor with eccentric interests introduces him to a world of ideas through illegal books.
Over time, Montag’s love for books grows and he begins filling his mind with as much information as he can, violating the law his very job is to enforce. Dive into Montag’s struggle to reconcile his desire for knowledge with the rules of his society and the problems that arise as he begins to question everything he has ever known.
Read more about Fahrenheit 451 on GoodReads.
By Liane Moriarty
You may have enjoyed the TV show rendition of Big Little Lies on HBO, but the book brings a new take and a lot more detail to the story. Set in a small coastal town in Australia, a group of local mothers becomes tangled up in a mysterious death, domestic abuse and parenting dilemmas.
This humorous, emotional mystery tackles many issues, from domestic violence to schoolyard scandals. Join three very different women as they wind up in the same shocking situation turning their lives upside down.
Read more about the novel on GoodReads.
By Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers has been popular for years now, but it’s still an essential read for those intrigued by how society works and why some people achieve many things in their lives while others do not. Gladwell explores what makes high-achievers different, analyzing their backgrounds and upbringing rather than what they are like today.
Dive into discovering the secrets to becoming phenomenal at anything, whether it be math, music, writing or sports through Gladwell's sociological investigation of human talent.
Read more about Outliers on GoodReads.
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