Leave the towel, cooler and sunscreen behind. All you really need with you at the beach this summer is a good book (actually on second thought, definitely bring the sunscreen.) If you desperately need a break from crowded theaters or some time away from the TV, it might just be time to crack open a book. So which lit are you most looking forward to unwinding with? Will you rush out on to be tantalized by Jed Mercurio's American Adulterer or does Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played with Fire (a follow-up to his The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) pique your interest? Will it be more lighthearted fare like Richard Russo's very beach-y That Old Cape Magic or In Her Shoes' scribe Jennifer Weiner's latest venture into chick lit with Best Friends Forever? Or do none of these hold a citronella candle to Pat Conroy's latest South of Broad? Vote in our poll below and let us know which book will be by your side this summer!
Jun 9
2009
12:00 PM ET
Must List poll: What's the Must book of the summer?
- Comments 15
- Add comment
Latest News
- 'Dogs in the City': First impressions?
- 'America's Next Top Model' winner is...
- 'Idol': Phillip Phillips has a hit with 'Home'
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson: 'SYTYCD' MVP!
- 'Snow White': EW movie review
- 'True Blood': (SPOILER) returning!
- 'Hunger Games': Finnick-y casting?
- Anne Hathaway in 'Les Miserables' trailer
Actually I’m reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels although at the rate I’m going (on 4 of 8) I’ll need something else by the July 4th long weekend.
My vote is for “None of the Above”. The Must Read book of the summer came out last month: Dark Places by one-time EW employee Gillian Flynn.
I’m with Snarf. I’ll be reading Sookie this summer until I run out (already on #6). By the way, Snarf…there are 9 out right now and #10 comes out in October.
None of the above. Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey and Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella.
pride and prejudice and zombies for me
Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster! http://www.jennsylvania.com
I’m with the none of th e above vote also. My book of summer is the 3rd book in Dean Kootnz Frankenstein trilogy.
Dating a handsome and rich man on~~~~Me et r ich.com~~~
Dating a handsome and rich man on~~~~Me et r ich.com~~~
The book of the summer is Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain!
Where the hell is Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s “The Angel’s Game”?! THAT is going to be the book of the summer, no question.
How about “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye”???
see the third item for a different take …
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06/omni-daily-news-2.html
The new book by Tana French “The Likeness” is out in paperback now. It will be my summer read. If you haven’t read her first novel “In the Woods” pick it up…it was awesome!
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is the book of the summer. I just finished reading it and can’t wait to read it again!
“Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion.” Beatles + zombies + poop jokes = awesomeness.