Summer may be a bit different this year, as Sabienna Bowman of Popsugar writes in this offering of best reads for the 2020 season, but at least we still have books. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is one of the books that has made my lockdown a little easier to bear, and I’m so happy to see it alongside Afterland on the list! Other cool titles featured included Wonderland by Zoje Stage and The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda.
Sabienna Bowman writes:
Lauren Beukes’s Afterland is a timely postapocalyptic tale set after a pandemic wipes out most of the world’s male population. Cole’s 12-year-old son Miles is one of the last men left on the planet, and she’ll stop at nothing to protect him from the varying factions of people who want to get their hands on her little boy.
Gorgeously-styled photo of Afterland (ft. super cool skull!) from @readswithdogs.