what's your favorite summer book? - by Ava

Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015

what's your favorite summer book? Ava Jun 02, 2026 49 2 2 Share Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015 In Los Angeles, gardenias. In the Bay, bougainvillea and hydrangeas. Summer in San Francisco feels like the center of the world. I associate June with drain flies, coconut-scented sunscreen, tan lines from my sports bra. War and Peace is a winter book; Bonjour Tristesse and The Ravishing of Lol Stein are summer books. I noticed recently that I don’t care about Freud anymore and I no longer obsessively reread Annie Ernaux, Graham Greene, Flaubert. For many years, I would chew through bildungsromans b

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