Five books we can't wait to read in June Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune Jun 8, 2026 7 hrs ago 0 1 of 3 "No Dumb Questions," by Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce (William Morrow/TNS) MCMILLAN/TNS "Land," by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf/TNS) RANDOM HOUSE/TNS "The Hardest, Longest Race," by Eric Moskowitz (St. Martin's Press/TNS) MCMILLAN/TNS Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s not quite beach time in Minnesota but it’s never too early to break out the beach reads.kAm(96E96C J@F’C6 9625:?8 E@ E96 423:?[ 2 92>>@4< @C 2 =2<6 H:E9 F?FDF2==J H2C> H2E6C[ H6 92G6 D@>6 DF886DE:@?D 7@C J@F[ :?4=F5:?8 2 =:E6C2CJ DFA6CDE2C H9@ 3642>6 2? ~D42C ?@>:?66 62C=:6C E9:D J62C 2?5 2 4@FA=6 @7 8FJD H9@ 92G6 %2J=@C $H:7E’D 62Cik^AmkAmkDEC@?8m‘%96 w2C56DE[ {@?86DE #246[’ tC:4 |@D<@H:EKk^DEC@?8mk^AmkAm|@D<@H:EK[ H9@ H@? 2 !F=:EK6C !C:K6 7@C 36:?8 A2CE @7 E96 q@DE@? v=@36 E62> E92E C6A@CE65 23@FE E96 q@DE@? |2C2E9@? 3@>3:?8[ EFC?D E@ 9:DE@CJ 7@C E9:D ?@?7:4E:@? 244@F?E @7 E96 7:CDE 4@2DE\E@\4@2DE 2FE@>@3:=6 C246 :? 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