This summer, rather than casting our eye across the shelves like we usually do, we thought, why not go inward? We asked a handful of authors with nove...

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer season. With that in mind, Thin Reads has published the world's first guide to the top e-book singles for the summer. Here's what we looked for.

There are times that I read a story and think to myself: "Wow, what wouldn't I give to be able to write like that?"

We at HuffPost work a lot, but that doesn't mean we don't know how to relax with a good book every once in awhile. Summer is the quintessential tim...

Summer reading is usually associated with breezy books to be enjoyed poolside or at the beach. There's a popular correlation between lighter reading m...

From ghostly protagonists to long-dead foils, literature is full of characters whose lives are over before the story even begins - and whom, though we never actually have the pleasure of meeting them, capture our imaginations through flashback, memory, or post-humous narration.

The summer is in full flight, and it's time to take a vacation and settle down with a good book. This year, spurred on by the growth in e-readers ...

Summer technically begins next week, but there's no need to wait until you're in the doldrums to escape with a new novel or an old favorite. Now's the...

There is something succulent about the halcyon days of the season that has me craving good Southern fiction. Here are some stellar Southern reads that have plenty of buzz and bite.

If you're struck by wanderlust but are short a few vacation days this summer, reading can transport you anywhere: the west coast, the Himalayas, Europ...

December never looks like the end of anything to me. Summer does. Not only for all of the stuff that gets emphatically put on hold -- school, serious movies, professional accountability -- but also because it is the season we are terminally in the habit of measuring by how close it is to being over.

You should have seen the look on our 9-year-old's face when I told her that Daniel Handler was going to contribute a Summer Reading List for Dinner: A...

Exciting new novels by Mohammed Hanif and Aravind Adiga (two of the hottest stars of South Asian literature), new novels by underrated writers Dana Spiotta and Tom Perrotta, meditations on race and politics by Caryl Phillips and Randall Kennedy,

The summer reading excitement continues with more of my favorite picks, all of which are available in paperback and are perfect for a delightful day a...

After a long, harsh winter, it is finally really warming up outside. And, boy, does it feel great! We're sure you're daydreaming of the exotic vaca...

Summer is a strange time in the publishing world — most houses are waiting to publish their marquee books in the fall, heading back to school and in...

My first novel, "You Lost Me There," has been described as a beach read. Tough bracket, beach reads. There's not much room for mistakes when you're co...

Since it is just after Memorial Day, the same forces that tell us it is now okay to wear white pants tell us that we must begin making summer reading lists.

What's summer without a good book to get you through those lazy days? Whether it's the season's hottest chick lit, memoir, beach read or celebrity tit...