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Editor's Note

Not to humblebrag, (very much humblebragging), but I’ve read 76 books so far this year. I’d like to think that I’ve hit the sweet spot in knowing exactly what I like. Whether you’re in a reading slump or are in between books, here are some of my five-star reads of the year so far:

• I can’t stop thinking about this debut. It’s like a modern, intergenerational version of Sense and Sensibility.

• A novel set at the end of the 18th century about two musicians. Ann Patchett deemed it “the most perfectly constructed novel” she’s ever read. I have to agree.

• An entertaining family saga about a Nigerian-American family based in Chicago. I binged it in two sittings.

• Gloria Steinem’s final memoir.

And if you want to read in bed without buying a separate book light, I’d highly recommend this giant e-reader. It’s my latest bedtime hyperfixation.

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Margo Ghertner

Margo is a Commerce editor at theSkimm. She produces Skimm Shopping newsletter twice a week and covers books. Before she was at theSkimm, Margo worked as a researcher and fact-checker for WSJ's Off Duty section and WSJ. Magazine. She lives in Atlanta, but is a Nashville native.