Not sure what to read next? Check out these exclusively curated titles recommended by Books & Books and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce to spice up your summer reading season!

 

 


EARN IT! KNOW YOUR VALUE AND GROW YOUR CAREER IN YOUR 20s AND BEYOND

By Mika Brzezinski and Daniela Pierre-Bravo

 “Books for recent grads that will help guide them through their next chapter.”

Business Insider

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THE NEW GIRL 

by Daniel Silva

“No plot details, no problem. This is Silva’s latest white knuckler involving international intrigue, with a 500,000-copy first printing.” Library Journal

Book Event in Coral Gables on July 27 at 7 pm 

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MANAGEMENT MESS TO LEADERSHIP SUCCESS

by Scott Jeffrey Miller

“Honest, heartfelt, and generous, this is the new classic on authentic leadership.” 

– Seth Godin Author of This Is Marketing

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THE NICKEL BOYS 

by Colson Whitehead

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Hailed as “America’s Storyteller” in the new issue of TIME Magazine, Colson will be in Miami on July 26 to discuss and read from his new novel, The Nickel Boys (Doubleday, $24.95).

“Whitehead follows his dynamic, highly awarded, best-selling Civil War saga, The Underground Railroad, with a tautly focused and gripping portrait of two African American teens during the last vicious years of Jim Crow… – Booklist (Starred Review) 

Tickets are $35 per person and include a copy of the book OR $45 for (2) two tickets and (1) one book, with the special promotional code: BRINGAFRIEND

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THE ART OF NOTICING

by Rob Walker

“Attention is a precious resource, one we waste in stupid ways. And attention is a muscle, one we can easily develop. In this refreshingly practical book, Rob Walker gives us 131 ways to treasure and improve our ability to see.”
—Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing

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FALTER

by Bill McKibben

“He has gathered the most vivid statistics, distilled history to its juiciest turns, and made the case as urgently and clearly as can be: The whole breadth of our existence―the ‘human game’―is in jeopardy.” ―The Washington Post

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WORKING

by Robert Caro

“An inspiring window into the seemingly superhuman reporting, researching, writing, patience, and above all, will-power that have empowered Caro’s reinvention of the political biography and history genre.”

Scott Detrow, NPR

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FURIOUS HOURS

by Casey Cep

“…Her book makes a magical little leap, and it goes from being a superbly written true-crime story to the sort of story that even Lee would have been proud to write.” —Michael Lewis, The New York Times Book Review

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UNDERLAND

by Robert Macfarlane

“Incantatory…A worthy companion to the historian Simon Schama’s monumental Landscape and Memory.”
– Marcia Bjornerud, Wall Street Journal

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BITCOIN BILLIONAIRES

by Ben Mezrich

“The book is written with a slick beauty . . . As an introduction to the rise of cryptocurrencies and the modern tech world generally, it is as painless and novelistic as could be imagined” – Guardian 

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ROUGH MAGIC

by Lara Prior-Palmer

“The author’s prose is poetic, and while the race and Mongolian landscape are conjured beautifully and intensely, the book’s emotional impact lies in the nuanced portrait of its subject searching for answers beyond the life she’s lived so far.” ―David Canfield, Entertainment Weekly

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CALL THEM BY THEIR TRUE NAMES

by Rebecca Solnit

“A searing and super smart call-to-arms that takes on a range of social and political problems in America—from racism and misogyny to climate change and Donald Trump—Call Them by Their True Names features Solnit’s signature wit, humor, honesty, and incisive commentary, and beneath it all, a focus on progress and hope.”
Poets & Writers

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SAY NOTHING

by Patrick Radden Keefe

It can be read as a detective story… What Keefe captures best, though, is the tragedy, the damage and waste, and the idea of moral injury… Say Nothing is an excellent account of the Troubles.
—Roddy Doyle, The New York Times Book Review 

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CARI MORA

by Thomas Harris

“This page-turner begins intensely, builds in suspense then executes a high-action finale . . . Harris writes in cinematic takes and doesn’t waste words . . . a good, fiendish read.”
USA Today

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MOSTLY DEAD THINGS

by Kristen Arnett

“An ambitious debut writer with extraordinary promise, Arnett brings all of Florida’s strangeness to life through the lens of a family snowed under with grief.”

-“Kirkus Reviews”

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DISAPPEARING EARTH

by Julia Phillips

“Phillips lets her experience in Kamchatka shimmer lightly in details of beautifully delineated scenes—situations strange in their specificities and universal in their familiarity. The mystery is worth reading until the very end.” —Bethanne Patrick, NPR

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ORANGE WORLD

by Karen Russell

“Russell has an impeccable command of her form…Russell’s particular gift lies in taking themes that are close to universal and presenting them in stories whose strangeness comes to seem entirely natural, even necessary.”
-Emily St. John Mandel, The New York Times book review

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ZUCKED

by Roger McNamee

“A timely reckoning with Facebook’s growth and data-obsessed culture. . . [Zucked] is the first narrative tale of Facebook’s unraveling over the past two years . . . McNamee excels at grounding Facebook in the historical context of the technology industry.” — Financial Times

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AN ECONOMIST WALKS INTO A BROTHEL

by Allison Schrager

“If you want to understand risk better, you have to go into some unconventional settings.  In the tradition of Freakonomics, that’s what Allison Schrager does as an economist, and her book is not just informative—it’s an entertaining read too.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

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WOLFPACK

by Abby Wambach

“Abby is a relatable revolutionary — with WOLFPACK, she inspires the confidence, leadership and sisterhood we all so desperately need right now.”
―Amy Schumer, actress

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RANGE

by David Epstein

Range is a convincing, engaging survey of research and anecdotes that confirm a thoughtful, collaborative world is also a better and more innovative one.” —NPR 

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THE MOMENT OF LIFT

by Melinda Gates

“An inspirational look at the need to empower women to make a change in the world.”

 ―The Washington Post

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LOONSHOTS

by Safi Bahcall

“This thorough, fascinating study will appeal to a broader audience than just business wonks.”

Booklist

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DARE TO LEAD

by Brene Brown

“With Dare to Lead, Brené brings decades of research to bear in a practical and insightful guide to courageous leadership. This book is a road map for anyone who wants to lead mindfully, live bravely, and dare to lead.”—Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook, founder, LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org

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THE ROBOTS ARE COMING

by Andres Oppenheimer

“Rather than sensationalizing or downplaying the coming technological changes, Andres has articulated them in a way that almost anyone can understand. And he provides a very sensible guide to the jobs of the future.”
–Vivek Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow & Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Engineering at Silicon Valley

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LATE BLOOMERS

by Rich Karlgaard

Late Bloomers is a profoundly important book. It will immeasurably and happily improve the lives of millions of kids, parents, baby boomers—just about all of us.”—Steve Forbes, Chairman, and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media

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SEPTEMBER SURPRISE: 

IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY? by Candace Bushnell

Book Event in Coral Gables on September 20

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