Huffington Post Readers Reveal Their Summer Reads

Ah, summer. Laying beside the pool, with an icy drink in one hand and a great book in the other. But what to read? It seems that so many great books have come out lately that it's difficult to make a decision.

In honor of Memorial Day (the kick-off of our favorite season), we asked our readers what book they are dying to read this summer.

From literary classics to vampire thrillers, here was the feedback.

Did your summer read fail to make the list? Let us know what it is in the comments!

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"A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin

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This Summer Read

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I will NOT be reading this This one is on my list, too!

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[OldPete]

01:29 PM on 06/01/2011

Books I would like to recommend for those interested in Current Events and History:

Tangled Webs by James B. Stewart
The Wichita Divide by Stephen Singular
Before Roe V. Wade by Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel
1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart
To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
The Speech by Bernie Sanders

Fiction:
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Inzanesville by Jo Ann Beard

Humor:
Sleepwalk With Me by Mike Birbiglia

I just read Agatha Christie's "Crooked House" (which I heard is being made into a movie) and really enjoyed it.

Next up for me:
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Thanks to my fellow booklovers for all the recommendations!

[jmichaelmunger]

12:47 AM on 06/01/2011

My second favorite book of all time made this list? Kurt, I miss you.

[thebigbike]

04:45 PM on 05/31/2011

I'm dying to read a 4 part New Yorker article about the collapse of the republican party and the impeachment of all its senators with conviction of 19 of them' and the impeachment, conviction and removal from office, of "justices" scalia, thomas, roberts, alito and kennedy

I can dream, can't I?

[jwells66]

02:49 PM on 05/31/2011

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Gotta finish the Larsen set when I get time.

[BlueZoo]

11:52 AM on 05/31/2011

I wish HuffPo would give info on these books, rather than just listing them like this. "A Dance With Dragons" is the FIFTH book in a series by this author. You need to read them beginning with book one "A Game of Thrones" in order to fully understand this mythical journey.

[Guitarsandmore]

12:20 PM on 05/31/2011

This wasn't meant to be anything but shameless marketing.

[BlueZoo]

12:38 PM on 05/31/2011

"Shameless" is the exact word that applies here! Bravo!

[Hawkamus]

11:11 AM on 05/31/2011

The Magician King by Lev Grossman

If you are an adult and enjoyed the Harry Potter series def. give his first book "The Magicians" a try. The Magician King is the sequel that comes out this summer.

[Gatormouth]

10:56 AM on 05/31/2011

Why wait. The wife

[Gatormouth]

11:07 AM on 05/31/2011

WTH??? I will try to repeat what was lost.
Why wait.The Wife and I enjoyed the three book instant classic of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the three disk Swedish English dubbed videos as a chaser.
Picture a goth Pippi Longstocking crossed with female versions of Jason Bourne and Hercule Poirot. All this with great cinematography in the videos reminiscent of Bergman.

[Robert Trifts]

10:43 AM on 05/31/2011

Vote whatever you would like for all kinds of pretentious literary fiction. It doesn't change the fact that on July 12, 2011, GRRM's A Dance with Dragons will open at #1 on the NY TImes and Amazon.com bestseller list, and will stay there until the Autumn. It is a fait d'accomplit. Put it in the bank and write the cheque with confidence.

A Dance with Dragons has already been in the top #10 list as a *pre-order* on Amazon.com.

[firstep]

10:35 AM on 05/31/2011

Something by Marx

[Michael Willhoite]

10:32 AM on 05/31/2011

I think you mean LYING beside the pool...

[Stanley Kubricka]

10:27 AM on 05/31/2011

'The Long-Shining Waters' by Danielle Sosin

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/15/entertainment/la-ca-discoveries-20110515

[Deborah LewisSmith]

10:14 AM on 05/31/2011

The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen

[TexasTreader]

09:39 AM on 05/31/2011

At this point:
"The Magna Carta" by Geoffrey Hindly
"A Mind Awake: an anthology of CS Lewis"
and, of course some Tennyson and Bible studies. I'm focusing on Isaiah and Job now because of a book I'm writing. It's a labor of love.

[naschkatze]

09:27 AM on 05/31/2011

It's good to see a new book from Hakan Nesser on that list. His mysteries are full of quirky philososphical questions. One of my favorite Nordic crime writers.

[naschkatze]

04:02 PM on 05/31/2011

Talking to myself I see, but just wanted to warn you that this is not a new book by Nesser.

[ZenCrusader]

09:18 AM on 05/31/2011

This summer I will re-read the excellent short stories by Somerset Maughm

[naschkatze]

09:29 AM on 05/31/2011

I recently bought a nice hardbound copy of his stories from a discounter and am looking forward to reading them.

[inkongirl]

11:04 AM on 05/31/2011

I read "Husbands and Wives" a few summers ago. It's worth a revisit.