Summer Reading Recommendations, From 6 Novelists Who Own Bookstores

Emma Straub
AUTHOR OF "Modern Lovers"
BOOKSTORE Books Are Magic in Brooklyn

Ann Patchett
AUTHOR OF "Commonwealth"
BOOKSTORE Parnassus Books in Nashville

Jonathan Lethem
AUTHOR OF "A Gambler's Anatomy"
BOOKSTORE Red Gap Books, a used and rare bookstore in Blue Hill, Me.

Jeff Kinney
AUTHOR OF The best-selling "Diary od a Wimpy Kid" series
BOOKSTORE An Unlikely Story, in Plainville, Mass.

Louise Erdrich
AUTHOR OF "La Rose"
BOOKSTORE Birchbark Books in Minneapolis

Judy Blume
AUTHOR OF "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
BOOKSTORE Books and Books in Key West, Fla

Click here to read about their recommendations.

And this is my recommendation: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Find some information about the book here
BBC HardTalk Interview: Lionel Shriver


And if you feel like, you can post a video talking about the book you have read this summer (you can become a BookTuber). Watch an example:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte

Happy summer!