Popular summer reads of 2019

We are half-way through 2019, and there are plenty of good books which have released so far. But browsing through all the new releases to pick your next read is a daunting task; so we have made it simple for you. Here we list down some popular good reads of 2019 which will make you escape reality for some time this summer. Check out this list and add your favourite books to your summer reading list!

Claire Lombardo's 'The Most Fun We Ever Had' is a complex family saga. Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson met and fell in love in 1970s and have been together ever since. But by 2016 their four daughters, who are quite different in their temperaments, haven't been so lucky in love. The readers get to know about each daughters' individual story and how, sometimes, it could be so complex and complicated to love people who are close to you.

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As the title sugests, the story revolves around three Shergill sisters- Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina-- who are poles apart in their nature. Before her death, their mother requests them to take a pilgrimage in India to carry out her final rites. Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have their own reasons to run away from their respective lives; it's during their travel across India that the secrets of their past and present spill out.

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'On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous' is T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry winner, Ocean Vuong's debut novel. The book is a letter written from a son to his mother who cannot read. The letter is written when the speaker (named Little Dog) is in the late twenties. It discovers a family's history, much before he was born, rooted in Vietnam and unveils a part of his life which was unknown to his mother. The book highlights the unconditional love between the mother and son; it also explores the topics of race, class, and masculinity.

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May Attaway, 40, is an introvert and loves her job as a gardener. But when May gets an unexpected leave from her job she decides to reconnect with four of her once-close friends. She knows that a proper reunion won't be possible for them and so she plans to meet them one by one. This heart-warming story explores friendship in the digital age.

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'Eat, Pray, Love' author Elizabeth Gilbert's third novel 'City of Girls' released this year. The story is about an older woman, who looks back at her younger days and discovers through her journey that one doesn't need to be a 'good' girl to be a good human being. 'City of Girls' is set in 1940s New York City theatre world. Vivian Morris, 19, miserably fails in her exams and is kicked-out of her college. That's when her parents send her to visit Aunt Peg, who runs a disreputable theatre in Manhattan. But when Vivian falls in love and is embroiled in a scandal, it changes her life forever.

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Jennifer Weiner's 2019 novel 'Mrs. Everything' is a story of two sisters-- Jo and Bethie Kaufman-- who are different in their temperaments. The book explores their lives from 1950s to the present times, their struggles to find their place in the ever-changing world and how the years spent apart shape them and their relationship. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women', 'Mrs. Everything' touches upon complex female relationships. At the heart of the story lies the ultimate question of how should women be in this world?

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Jean Kwok's 2019 book 'Searching for Sylvie Lee' is a suspense-drama about family, secrets and identity. Sylvie Lee, the sucessful older daughter of the Chinese immigrant Lee family, goes to pay her last visit to her dying grandmother in Netherlands and disappears. The sudden turn of events leaves her family back home distraught and desperate to find her. When her younger sister Amy retraces Sylvie's footsteps in order to find and bring her back home, she discovers some family secrets which turns her world upside down forever.

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From the creator of the popular BoJack Horseman TV series, this book is a collection of funny yet poignant short stories of love-- in the best and worst form. In these relatable stories 'Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary and crushing emotional vulnerability,' reads the book's blurb.
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