Short stories from Julian Barnes, a new novel by Lisa See, and travel writing from the master of the genre, Paul Theroux, are just a few of the joys that take us into Summer reading.
1. Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
© Random House
Random House, May 31, 2011
Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.
2. Embassytown by China Mieville
© Del Rey
Del Rey, May 17, 2011
In a future in which humans have colonized a planet already home to the Ariekei, speakers of a language unknowable to the human tongue, one human colonist becomes central to a linguistic schism.
3. Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler
© Grand Central Publishing
In this book of essays from Chelsea Handler's family, friends and other victims," she's invited her victims to write about the lies, pranks, and general tom-foolery she's put them through.
Compare Prices4. Paying for It by Chester Brown
© Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn & Quarterly, May 24, 2011
Not one to shy away from controversy, in this autobiographically-charged graphic novel Chester Brown recounts his personal experience with the world's oldest profession.
5. Pulse by Julian Barnes
© Knopf
Knopf, May 3, 2011
In Pulse, Julian Barnes' seventeenth book and third collection of short stories, Barnes explores the rhythms of human life, love, and death.
6. The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 19, 2011
In this celebration of travel writing, Paul Theroux (The Great Railway Bazaar) intersperses his own travel writing with that of some of the best writers of the genre including that of Thoreau, Twain, Chatwin, Matthiessen, and Tolkien.
7. Wicked Bugs by Amy Steward
© Algonquin Books
Algonquin Books, May 3, 2011
Amy Stewart's Wicked Bugs is about the dark side of the insects that afflict us. Each chapter contains a deliciously frightening story to whet our appetite followed by a description of the creepy crawlies featured in the story.
