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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Radhika Jones](https://time.com/author/radhika-jones/)  ## Radhika Jones Jun 25, 2014 10:29 PM UTC  by [Radhika Jones](https://time.com/author/radhika-jones/)  ## Radhika Jones Jun 25, 2014 10:29 PM UTC What’s in a name? How to beachify your serious summer reads.  Illustration by Ben Wiseman for TIME [_Hard Choices_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476751447/?tag=timecom-20) Hillary Clinton At No. 1 on the New York _Times_ best-seller list, Clinton’s account of her years as Secretary of State is indisputably popular, but its title is a little severe for the season. We suggest a more Elizabeth Gilbert approach to capture the tale of a woman at a crossroads in life who finds new purpose traveling the world. . . . .  Illustration by Ben Wiseman for TIME [_My Struggle: Boyhood_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1935744860/?tag=timecom-20) Karl Knausgaard Knausgaard, known as the Norwegian Proust, is the current darling of the literary set, but who wants to read about struggle during vacation? We borrow from another Scandinavian sensation to give his opus a title befitting a barbecue. . . . . . . . .  Illustration by Ben Wiseman for TIME [_Capital in the Twenty-First Century_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/067443000X/?tag=timecom-20) Thomas Piketty This French economist’s study of income inequality in capitalist nations became the unexpected hit of the spring. Catch up with it this summer, by all means, but first give it a Tom Clancy -makeover—-in the hope that Jack Ryan will show up to rescue us from the rising social discontent Piketty predicts. . . . . [_Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805099093/?tag=timecom-20)Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz The Roberts court is transforming the country we live in with its profound, sweeping rulings. A title like **_Barely Legal_**would capture the complex dynamics and conceptual tensions in the court’s decisions, while also moving some extra units. [_Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476782415/?tag=timecom-20)Rick Perlstein Vietnam, Watergate, the oil embargo—-nobody wants to think about that stuff on a beach blanket. Surely retitling this book **_That ’70s Show_** would put people in mind of the bright spots of the Me Decade. There must have been some. [_Last Stories and Other Stories_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670015970/?tag=timecom-20)William T. Vollmann Vollmann’s 700-page collection, the National Book Award winner’s first fiction in nine years, is an exploration of the super-natural. 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