Last weeks for summer reading!

08/05/2024

Zachary Brown

Criminal Justice,

History

There's just three weeks before the fall semester starts, so why not check out these summer book recommendations to pass the time?

Fiction:
- Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
- Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Nonfiction:
- Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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