As we go easing into the holiday weekend, there’s a smaller batch of releases: though the ones that are here, are ones that count. Jenny Jackson’s next hotly anticipated novel, The Shampoo Effect, is perfectly in time for a beachy weekend getaway, as is Teddy Wayne’s different-style of beach read: The Au Pair. Read on for the full list below, and have a great holiday!

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Jenny Jackson, The Shampoo Effect

(Pamela Dorman)

“A frothy, exuberant book.”