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    New Books In May To Add To Your Summer Reading List

    Whether you're making travel plans to your favorite beach destination or have a whole week of "staying in" as your much needed summer vacay, you gotta be ready with the good reads to catch up on. Here are some hot new books in May you want to be sure you pick up ahead of your summer plans.

    1. The Goodbye Year by Kaira Rouda

    2. Leaving Blythe River by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    3. Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell

    4. Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica

    5. The Tolling of Mercedes Bell: A Novel by Jennifer Dwight

    6. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

    7. Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

    8. Happy Family by Tracy Barone