Here are some top titles we deemed perfect for your beach bag, airplane carry-on or back porch lounge chair.
"Two From the Heart," by James Patterson with Frank Costantini
Anne McWilliams has lost everything. After her marriage falls apart and a hurricane destroys her home, she realizes that her life has fallen out of focus. So she takes to the road to ask long lost friends and strangers a simple question: "What's your best story?"
Can the funny, tragic, inspirational tales she hears on her journey help Anne see what she's been missing?
About this article
- This article was originally published in the June 2017 issue of 400-The Life, a publication of the Forsyth County News. To read the entire magazine, click here.
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"The Silent Wife," by A.S.A. Harrison
"The Arm," by Jeff Passan
"Brain on Fire," by Susannah Cahalan
"Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction," by Derek Thompson
From the dawn of impressionist art to the future of Facebook, from small Etsy designers to the origin of Star Wars, Derek Thompson leaves no pet rock un-turned to tell the fascinating story of how culture happens and why things become popular.
"The Wrong Side of Goodbye," by Michael Connelly
"The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between," by Hisham Matar