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July 16, 2010
2010 Summer Reading Suggestions
Summer may be in full swing, but there is still time to add to your warm weather reading list. These are the eleven books I have most recommended to friends, family, and blog readers this year, and include both fiction and nonfiction selections.
All links go to my short reviews in either the 52 Books, 52 Weeks or Book Notes series.
In addition to the books listed, I also strongly recommend my next two 52 Books, 52 Weeks reading selections, the novels Little Bee by Chris Cleaves and The Thousand Summers of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (reviews to come this weekend).
Bloodroot
by Amy Greene
Diamond Ruby
by Joe Wallace
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
by Heidi Durrow
Ilustrado
by Miguel Syjuco
Mattaponi Queen
by Belle Boggs
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
by Elif Batuman
The Singer's Gun
by Emily St. John Mandel
Super Sad Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart
Termite Parade
by Joshua Mohr
A Thread of Sky
by Deanna Fei
Wilson
by Daniel Clowes
also at Largehearted Boy:
52 Books, 52 Weeks (weekly book reviews)
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly comics highlights)
guest book reviews
Largehearted Word (weekly new book highlights)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Shorties (daily music, literature, and pop culture links)
