6 books to read this summer

Do you have a vacation or lazy weekend coming up? Indulge with one of these reads. This list features five novels and one business book.

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Kids are home from school. The grill is getting a serious workout. Your hammock calls your name in the middle of the day. Summer has begun!

Therefore, it is time for my annual list of fiction books for summer reading.

Following is a list of my favorite books that I’ve read in 2014. They are in no particular order.

1. “The Dinner“: This book takes place during one dinner when two brothers and their wives meet to discuss the banality of work and triviality of the holidays. We quickly learn, though, that a bigger issue is at play. One brother’s 15-year-old son seems to have participated in a horrific act that triggered a police investigation and will test the sibling rivalry.

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