The 17 Best Books to Pick Up This August
The 50th anniversary of a classic guilty pleasure, a wily short-story collection, psychological thrillers, and more reads we couldn’t put down this August.
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White Trash
By Nancy Isenberg
480 pages;
Viking
A myth-busting analysis of landless, poor white Americans from the earliest British settlements up through "Honey Boo Boo." With the election looming, this eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.
— Natalie Beach
Published 07/21/2016