60 Must-Read Books of the Summer
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!
By The Reading Room
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The Gene
By Siddhartha Mukherjee
608 pages;
Scribner
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.
Published 06/13/2016
