10 new books in June will transport you

NPR

It feels fitting that, on the cusp of summer vacation, the notable books we can expect this month are a well-traveled bunch. Below you can find books set in Ireland and South Korea, Los Angeles and Tuscany, the Western Front of WWI and … whatever you want to call the ecological wastelands of Earth 7.

The point being, there is ample reason to spare yourself those engorged gas prices, the rental car fees, the uncannily shrinking airplane seats