Seven Books Worth Your Summer Downtime
Many of this season’s top books riff on the working life
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A History of Money
by Alan Pauls
An executive is en route to meet with striking factory workers when his helicopter crashes. He dies, and a briefcase full of money goes missing. A top Argentine novelist uses this incident to explore one family’s relationship with cash—and the ways it destroys us.
Read if: You have wealth guilt.
Book of Numbers
by Joshua Cohen
This breakout novel from a young author follows a ghostwriter who pulls back the veil of the tech world in search of the meaning of life in the Internet era. At 592 pages, it’s a commitment, but a worthwhile one.
Read if: You attend lots of dinner parties.