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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Summer Book Suggestions

Forget the economy with these notable upcoming tomes

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(Newser) – It’s almost summer, and that means it’s time to forget about the economy, grab a book, and head to the beach. The Wall Street Journal has some suggestions:

  • The Secret Speech, by Tom Rob Smith: Nothing says “escapism” like this novel—set in the paranoid nightmare of Soviet Russia.
  • The Bourne Deception by Robert Ludlum: Spoiler: Jason Bourne gets a new identity.

  • Fragment by Warren Fahy: A Jurassic Park-esque thriller that features, we kid you not, “spigers”—creatures that are part spider, part tiger.
  • Get Real by Donald Westlake: The late Westlake’s final novel starring bumbling crook John Dortmunder.
  • The American Future by Simon Schama: A historian tries to divine America’s future by analyzing the past.

The cover of Warren Fahy's
The cover of Warren Fahy's "Fragment."
The cover of Robert Ludlum's latest Bourne book.
The cover of Robert Ludlum's latest Bourne book.
The cover of Westlake's
The cover of Westlake's "Get Real."
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