June 30, 2011: Summer Books

Ready to curl up with a good book for the long weekend? From fiction to classics, a group of authors and bookstore owners offer their suggestions for the ideal literary getaway. 

FICTION

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Explorer's Code by Kitty Pilgrim
The Art of Forgetting by Camille Noe Pagan
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
The Raising by Laura Kasischke
The Believers by Zoë Heller
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

NON-FICTION

Dear Bully, edited by Megan Kelley Jones and Carrie Jones
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch
A Passionate Engagement by Ken Harvey
A Ticket to the Circus by Norris Church Mailer
Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa

GUILTY PLEASURE

Stay by Allie Larkin
Tales from the Yoga Studio by Rain Mitchell
Burn Out by Marcia Muller

CLASSICS

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Hunger by Knut Hamsun