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What are you in the mood to read this summer? This year boasts an unusual volume of stories exploring the thrilling and thorny stuff that makes us human. We think of them as books that make a difference—every one of them worth the plunge!
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60 Must-Read Books of the Summer

The Gene

By Siddhartha Mukherjee

Publisher: Scribner
Pages: 608

The Pulitzer Prize winner weaves an epic history of human speculation, error, discovery, and wonder about our genetic code in a close-to-the-bone story of hereditary mental illness in his own family. An unexpectedly enthralling inquiry into the realm of bioethics.

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