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Great Summer Reads

The Team at Wijaya House Shares Their Top Picks

Article by Melati Parker and Rylie Occhipinto

Photography by Rylie Occhipinto

Originally published in Tempe City Lifestyle

A Book That Will Make You Glad It's Summer

Snow Globe by Soyoung Park (translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort) 

A fast-paced dystopian read translated from Japanese, with a below-freezing setting. 

Better than Fiction (Non-Fiction)

Kook by Peter Heller 

The journey from Southern California to the coast of Mexico told through surfing and the unique people on the way. 

Steamy Summer Action

In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati Alexander 

An unputdownable summer romance from a local Arizona author with all the right parts—fake dating, women thriving, and a beach setting!

A Book Set on the Coast

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 

A summer vacation becomes more about people-watching than relaxing, told in an Italian coast setting. 

Dog-Days of Summer

Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 

Set in Tennessee in the 1990s, two teens join together in the boredom of summer and end up creating a piece of art that stirs the country.

Find these and other reads at WijayaHouse.com.