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Dive into Penguin Books this summer

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Check out some of the best books to read this summer.

From thrilling crime novels to swoon-worthy rom-coms, there is a summer read for everyone on this list. 

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Lessons in Chemistry

The thirty-year-old mother of Madeline Zott rose before dawn every morning and felt certain of just one thing: her life was over.

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Wifedom

How did I get here?

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None of This is True

Josie can feel her husband’s discomfort as they enter the golden glow of the gastropub.

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Big Mouth

‘Why have you got two birth certificates? Are you adopted?’

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The Last Devil To Die

Kuldesh Sharma hopes he’s in the right place.

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The Other Bridget

There’s only one thing that could make me agree to dress up like a playboy bunny and parade around half-naked in front of my col­leagues and library patrons on a Wednesday night.

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The Matchmaker

This would be her fifth wedding this year and it was not yet March. And yet she couldn’t help but enjoy it as if it was her first wedding.

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Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect

So, I’m writing again.

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The Tea Ladies

From the moment she steps out into the laneway before her morning shift, Hazel Bates, tea lady at Empire Fashionwear, has the curious feeling of being watched.

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Broken Bay

Arctic wind lashed the boat.

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Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder

Lenny Marks seldom found herself unprepared.

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Before Mazer invented himself as Mazer, he was Samson Mazer, and before he was Samson Mazer, he was Samson Masur...

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Good Material

Summer 2019 - Reasons Why It’s Good I’m Not With Jen

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The Year of the Locust

I once went to kill a man.

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The Sugar Palace

'Where've you been?'

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A Thousand Boy Kisses

There were exactly four moments that defined my life.

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Assistant to the Villian

There were severed heads hanging from the ceiling again.

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Hunt on Dark Waters

Once upon a time, the realms used to be much closer to each other.