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New books: California wildfires, disco witches, rafa nadal, soufflé meltdowns and more

It’s still spring in Colorado, and Denver has gotten more rain than Seattle in the past month. I’m romanticizing spring by wearing light cotton sweaters and reading books set in locations I’d like to plan summer trips to—Ireland, Tuscany, the Atlantic coast, a tiny island off Eastern Australia, even The Hague sounds worth a jaunt—and eating rhubarb-based pastries and light green pastas with (okay, frozen) peas.

summer colors are here!!!

I’m feeling like reading the most books I’ve ever read in a summer this year. How about you? Not in a “I’m reading by listening to audiobooks at 2x speed all day,” but reading as in tucking in with a book and losing the entire day to it...and repeat. I’m searching for the first big literary fiction title to start off my summer (last year it was This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud), and I’m thinking maybe The Fraud by Zadie Smith, which I’ve been saving for the right moment.

Here are some of the notable titles (according to me) that came out in May for your summer reading enjoyment!