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Why "Summer Reads" feel so good and might be exactly what your brain needs.

It’s been an unusually soggy spring in Houston—the kind that makes hot summer days feel far away, even though I know those 101-degree scorchers are looming right around the corner. I could do without the heat and humidity of the South, but one thing I can’t do without is plunging into a pool of great summer reads.

There's just something about them.

Even without a beach nearby, I’ve spent summer days on the sand in Nantucket, Lake Michigan, Greece, and beyond—without ever leaving the comfort of...