Summer is waning but adventure doesn’t have to. Check out these travel books before closing out summer with one last escapade.

Fourth of July weekend is the best time to find a good beach towel, a nice grassy area and a big glass of water before settling in with a great read. Here are some old, new and classic titles our InReview contributors recommend!

It’s a difficult thing to say that a book about a child with depression who has attempted suicide is an enjoyable read — yet that’s how author Ann Hood makes the unthinkable happen.

Ms. Chung has a way of telling stories that is ordered and breezy. Her harmonious style will make readers nod along with understanding as her voice comforts and soothes, which is helpful because the stories she tells are not often soothing.

Henry masterfully creates a vivid world with ambiance through her descriptions of the coastal town and its inhabitants. These scenes are emotionally resonant and might remind readers of their own summer vacations.

Vuolo walks the tightrope of her own feelings and emotions, teetering between her close family and her own beliefs. At times her froideur toward her family is on blast, and other times that coolness hums in the background like the murmur of a congregation reciting Bible verses.

Although the book is classified as dystopian fiction, it is all too real in parts, taking a searing look at hypocrisy and social injustice in the land of the free, especially as it relates to the Asian-American community. The reader might struggle to decide if it’s truly set in the future or if that future is happening now.

This skillfully woven book is a study in the butterfly effect. Joan’s daily life is not remarkable but, taken together as a whole, her actions across time are. The book asks the question: Can meaningful connections be made in small moments and, over time, if those connections are broken can they survive in feeling?