The summer reading guide

Explore our handpicked recommendations for reads this season.

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Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Regular price $30.00

Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends.

No one writes about intimacy, insecurities, friendship, and desire like Sally Rooney.

- Sarah, Local Books Brooklyn

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