10 books to add to your reading list this July
On the Shelf 10 books for your July reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair By William J. Mann Harper: 656 pages, $40 She was 19 and he was 45 when they met, yet Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart‘s romance endured through his death in 1957. Chau HarperVia: 416 pages, $30 Given the many reimaginings of “Pride and Prejudice,” it’s about time one was set in Chinatown — the one in Manhattan, in this case. Books The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Fiction L.A.’s 16 essential works of literary fiction, from ‘The Day of the Locust’ to ‘If He Hollers Let Him Go,’ ‘Play it as it Lays’ to ‘Interior Chinatown.’ All-Night Pharmacy By Ruth Madievsky Catapult: 304 pages, $27 Madievsky, a published poet, melds an array of genres into her fiction debut, a wild L.A. story in which plot and prose are both turned up to the max. Crook Manifesto By Colson Whitehead Doubleday: 336 pages, $29 Ray Carney, last seen in the supremely talented Whitehead’s 1960s caper “Harlem Shuffle,” returns in this ’70s sequel, set in uptown Manhattan among a panoply of small-time crooks.
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