Five great summer reads

An Italian teen attempts to assimilate into 1990s Los Angeles in the sensual coming-of-age novel “Things That Happened Before The Earthquake” by Chiara Barzini. Cultural nuance meets suburban sexual awakening, with Reebok Pumps.Criminals have their minds erased and are relocated to the Texas Panhandle in Adam Sternbergh’s genre-bending third novel, “The Blinds.” A sci-fi premise and Western-noir flourishes make this whodunit one of summer’s heartiest beach rea