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We’ve Got Your Beach Reads Covered: 18 Buzzy Books Everyone Will Be Talking About This Summer

This is the list that has something for everyone.

Sadiya Ansari and Courtney Shea Updated

There’s nothing better than devouring an entire book in one dock-side session. Get ready for new books by heavy-hitters Miriam Toews, Lauren Groff and JP Delaney, and to be swallowed up by stories about time-travelling couples, painful family reunions and (wait for it!) sink holes. Here are 18 of the buzziest reads of the summer.

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<p><strong><em><a href="http://thealim.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An Ocean of Minutes</a></em> by Thea Lim</strong></p> <p><strong>June 26, 2018</strong></p> <p>Toronto-based Thea Lim’s debut novel centres around a couple, Frank and Polly, during a deadly flu pandemic in the U.S. When Frank is infected, the pair hatch a radical plan involving time travel to try and save him. With praise from the likes of authors Omar El Akkad and David Chariandy, and comparisons to <em>Station Eleven</em>, Lim’s debut could prove to be the must-read CanLit offering this summer. —Sadiya Ansari</p>
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An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

June 26, 2018

Toronto-based Thea Lim’s debut novel centres around a couple, Frank and Polly, during a deadly flu pandemic in the U.S. When Frank is infected, the pair hatch a radical plan involving time travel to try and save him. With praise from the likes of authors Omar El Akkad and David Chariandy, and comparisons to Station Eleven, Lim’s debut could prove to be the must-read CanLit offering this summer. —Sadiya Ansari

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