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Ten Books for a Summer with the Window Open

One summer morning, you open the window, hoping to catch a breath of air, a few bird songs. But what reaches you first is the noise of the world — its glimmers, its tensions. Every summer, we like to let you hear the rustle of pages that shed light on this clatter. This summer, we invite you to take a fresh look at what it means to live, at love that questions, at the fragile freedom of women, at resistance, and at the past that always catches up with us.

Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 
A haunting and urgent chronicle about complicity, memory, and the stories we choose to tell.

Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red 
A dazzling myth retold as a queer love story, as strange and unforgettable as summer itself.

Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume 
Time folds, days repeat, and nothing is quite what it seems — an addictive, mind-bending novel for long, languid afternoons.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count 
A luminous, intimate novel that traces the quiet ruptures and enduring hopes of modern life — like postcards from another version of yourself.

Ingrid Robeyns, Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth 
A bold and timely manifesto that asks the simplest — and most radical — question of the summer: how much is too much?

Agustín Fernández Mallo, The Book of All Loves 
A lyrical, cosmic journey through lost connections and future desires — love, unbound and reimagined.

Philippe Sands, 38 Londres Street
Part detective story, part political thriller, all true — a gripping exploration of impunity across continents and decades.

Manon Garcia, The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex
A smart, refreshing take on sex, power, and pleasure.

Baptiste Morizot, Ways of Being Alive
A meditative call to reconnect with the living world.

Arthur Borriello & Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the Great Recession
A sharp and timely look at why the Left missed its moment — and what might still be salvaged from the wreckage.