The Idiot

If you prefer your beach reads a bit more cerebral, Elif Batuman's story of self-discovery and reinvention will have you hooked. The Idiot (no, not Dostoyevsky) takes us on a young woman's path from her freshman year at Harvard to a stint in Europe, all while she reckons with the reality of adulthood, first love, and the gut-punching feelings of finding out who you are.

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