"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer" - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Summertime, and the livin's easy. What can beat a good book, the beach, and a few cold drinks in the summer? The titles below are just a few of the new books arriving in June, July, and August for you to enjoy by the beach, pool, or in the park. Or, if you're like me, reading a book in the second floor Members' Room enjoying a truly great invention of our time, air conditioning. For a more complete account of our recent acquisitions this summer, check out New Books, a list published at the beginning of every month and available on the website or at the Circulation Desk. Check out our Recommended Books if you're stumped or interested in what our staff members have been reading. If there is something you're looking forward to reading, but don't find in our catalog, simply request it from the Acquisitions Department by filling out a request slip at the Circulation Desk or log in to our website and use the Suggest a Purchase form.

June

• Ailes, Kat I Dead Tired: A Mystery  
• Aira, Casar I Festival and Game of the Worlds
• Atkins, Ace I Don't Let the Devil Ride: A Novel
• Berry, Flynn I Trust Her: A Novel
• Condie, Ally I The Unwedding
• Constantine, Liv I The Next Mrs. Parrish: A Novel
• Emezi, Akwaeke I Little Rot: A Novel
• Foley, Lucy I The Midnight Feast: A Novel
• Gates, Eva I The Stranger in the Library
• Hart, Rob I Assassins Anonymous
• Hilderbrand, Elin I Swan Song
• Lange, Richard I Joe Hustle: A Novel
• Lombardo, Claire I Same As It Ever Was: A Novel
• Maynard, Joyce I How the Light Gets In: A Novel
• Murrin, Alan I The Coast Road: A Novel
• O'Hagan, Andrew I Caledonian Road: A Novel
• Perry, Sarah I Enlightenment: A Novel  
• Phillips, Julia I Bear: A Novel
• Sager, Riley I Middle of the Night: A Novel
• Sloan, Robin I Moonbound: A Novel 
• Swanson, Peter I A Talent for Murder: A Novel
• Thorogood, Robert I The Queen of Poisons: A Novel
• Williams, Beatriz I Husbands and Lovers: A Novel
• Wingate, Lisa I Shelterwood: A Novel
• Wise, Henry I Holy City
• Yoon, Nicola I One of Our Kind: A Novel

• Apps, Peter I Deterring Armageddon: a Biography of NATO
• Biesen, Sheri Chinen I Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
• Courogen, Carrie I Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius
• Godwin, Gail I Getting to Know Death: A Meditation
• Holland, James I Burma '44: The Battle That Turned World War II in the East
• Hughes, Kathryn I Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania
• Hughes, Larry J. I Rings of Fire: How Polaroid and a Team of Miners, Engineers, and Misfits Helped Win World War II 
• Jackson, Kellie Carter I We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
• Jobb, Dean I A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
• Kennedy Jr., Amos Paul I Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer
• Laing, Olivia I The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
• Leary, Ann I I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
• Lobel, Michael I Van Gogh and the End of Nature
• Markel, Howard I Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin
• Miles, Tiya I Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
• Mithen, Steven I The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
• Nott, Michael I Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life
• Popper, Nathaniel I The Trolls of Wall Street: How the Outcasts and Insurgents Are Hacking the Markets
• Prose, Francine I 1974: A Personal History
• Questlove I Hip-Hop Is History
• Thomas, Rachel I Mickalene Thomas: All about Love
• Trebay, Guy I Do Something: Coming of Age amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York
• Twilley, Nicola I Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
• Valosik, Vicki I Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water
• Waters, Michael I The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports
• Wilford, Hugh I The CIA: An Imperial History 

July

• Barry, Kevin I The Heart in Winter: A Novel
• Bhattacharya, Nabarun I Beggar's Bedlam
• Billingham, Mark I The Wrong Hands
• Brodesser-Akner, Taffy I Long Island Compromise: A Novel
• Butler, Halle I Banal Nightmare: A Novel
• Giffin, Emily I The Summer Pact: A Novel
• Grossman, Lev I The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
• Harris, Joanne I The Moonlight Market: A Novel
• Joella, Ethan  I The Same Bright Stars: A Novel
• Kamali, Marjan I The Lion Women of Tehran  
• Lapena, Shari  I What Have You Done?: A Novel  
• Manguso, Sarah I Liars: A Novel
• McCreight, Kimberly I Like Mother, Like Daughter: A Novel
• Mead, Tom I Cabaret Macabre
• Mengestu, Dinaw I Someone Like Us: A Novel
• Montclair, Allison I Murder at the White Palace: A Sparks and Bainbridge Mystery
• Moore, Liz I The God of the Woods: A Novel
• Norman, Howard I Come to the Window: A Novel
• Parker, T. Jefferson I Desperation Reef: A Novel
• Pearse, Sarah I The Wilds: A Novel
• Priest, Cherie I The Drowning House
• Robotham, Michael I Storm Child
• Savas, Aysegül I The Anthropologists
• Smith, Alexander McCall I The Conditions of Unconditional Love: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
• Steadman, Catherine I Look in the Mirror: A Novel  
• Sullivan, J. Courtney I The Cliffs: A Novel
• van den Berg, Laura I State of Paradise: A Novel
• Xi Xi I Mourning a Breast

• Castleman, Michael I The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing
• Diner, Hasia R. I Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America  
• Fox, Margalit I The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
• Laux, Dorianne I Finger Exercises for Poets

AUGUST

• Everett, Percival I Sonnets for a Missing Key
• Walker, Martin I A Grave in the Woods: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel

Nonfiction 

• Hopson, Cheryl R. I Zora Neale Hurston
• Levitin, Daniel J. I I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music As Medicine
• MacDonell, Nancy I Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion
• Nicholson, Virginia I All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: a History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960
• Toibin, Colm I On James Baldwin