Summer is a time that many of us think that we'll catch up on our reading. The season is going to have to stretch a few months longer for me to get through my ever-growing stack. I'm just finishing Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise and among the books I can't wait to read is Neil McMahon's Lone Creek. It was edited by a friend at HarperCollins who is also the author of one of my favorite blogs, Publishing Insider. Also on that stack is Don DeLillo's latest, Falling Man, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (I know, you thought everyone had already read that) and a recently re-published 1972 novel, The Stones of Summer, by Dow Mossman.
Books that I've read over the past year that you might want to add to your summer reading stack (if it's not already a tilting tower) include Deep Economy by Bill McKibben, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, Salt and 1968 both by Mark Kurlansky, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan and, if you haven't read this marvelous book yet, Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen. Finally, if you have any interest in blogging, the book that pushed me over the edge was Blogwild by Any Wibbels. You might also like to check out his blog.
If your summer reading list isn't long enough yet here is a list from John Marshall of the Seattle P-I that leans toward the literary.
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