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June 26, 2017 By ALLISON TYLER

Who says beach reads can’t be based in reality? Each of these 11 true stories is so utterly compelling that it reads like fiction. Whether your favorite genre is political thrillers or mysteries, tales of friendship or dystopia, historical fiction or science fiction, horror or adventure, any of these compelling nonfiction titles in your beach bag will happily take you away to a truth that is stranger than fiction.

The Jersey Brothers by Sally Mott Freeman

THE JERSEY BROTHERS tells the remarkable saga of three American brothers amid the agony and triumph of WWII. From the home front to Roosevelt’s White House, Pearl Harbor to Midway and Bataan, this heroic portrait of brotherly love will stay with you long after the beach empties and the sun sets.

Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel

This glittering, salacious backstage pass into the scandalous and triumphant history of the Great White Way is full of juicy behind-the-scenes gossip, rogues, rubes, and Broadway royalty. A fun, glamorous read that goes great with a floppy beach hat and a fruity cocktail.

The Vanishing Velázquez by Laura Cumming

A dual biography of a seventeenth-century artist and a nineteenth-century art-obsessed bookseller, this historical mystery centers on the authenticity of a Diego Velázquez painting and will intrigue even those who’ve never set eyes on his renowned portraits. Sure to class up that beer and burger from the joint on the boardwalk.

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