That, my friends, is the marker of a good read — it's so magnetic you lose track of the material world. Lucky for us, July is full of reads so absorbing they'll put you in danger of missing your subway stop. With this batch, you'll venture to Pablo Escobar's Colombia, a luxury high-rise in Shanghai, and a small town in New Zealand. You'll witness the formation of a cult that preys on vulnerable college students, and a 7-year-old daughter essentially declare warfare on her mother. And that's just the start.