Summer Reading List: Dreams and Diversions
By Damian Van DenburghThe dog days of summer are here, which means it's time to find a good book to escape into. The diverse and diverting options on this reading list will keep anyone hooked, whether sizzling at the beach, sprawling under a shady tree, or lounging in front of a fan at home.
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 To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeThis American classic deserves its legendary status. >> |
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 Just KidsPatti SmithA brilliant memoir about two kids and one ambition. >> |
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 Inherent ViceThomas PynchonEven post-modernists need a good beach read now and then. >> |
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 TinkersPaul HardingFiligreed sentences mark each minute of this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a dying clockmaker. >> |
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 American SalvageBonnie Jo CampbellAmerican Salvage seeks redemption in despair. >> |
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 Cloud AtlasDavid MitchellAn unabashedly ambitious tale. >> |
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 The Lost Books of the OdysseyZachary MasonA debut novelist/computer scientist experiments with Greek lore. >> |
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 Asterios PolypDavid MazzucchelliA brilliant graphic odyssey of one eccentric man’s life that uses the history of art as its language. >> |
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 NoxAnne CarsonNox gives new form to mourning as well as writing. >> |
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 What He's Poised to DoBen GreenmanSnail mail makes a comeback in these short stories. >> |
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