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10 Easy Breezy Summer Reads

Mostly light new literary fare from the Devil Wears Prada scribe and others

By Ellen Gibson,  Newser User

Posted May 28, 2008 12:00 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The perfect summer read is like a breathmint: light, refreshing, and available for purchase at the airport. Cosmopolitan book editor John Searles dishes his top 10 titles  of the season to MSNBC.

  1. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: a family tell-all—from the dog’s POV
  2. The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer: a woman learns dark secrets about her husband

  1. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger: best friends vow to change their lives
  2. Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin: a happily married woman is tempted by her bad-boy ex
  3. Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello: follows the rise of an online Birkin bag seller
  4. Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs: a page-turning father-son memoir
  5. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan: the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s family-wrecking affair
Click the link below for the complete list.

This photo released by St. Martins Press shows the cover of A Wolf at the Table, by Augusten Burroughs.
This photo released by St. Martins Press shows the cover of "A Wolf at the Table," by Augusten Burroughs.   (AP Photo/St. Martins Press)
Frank Lloyd Wright is seen in his studio and home in Wisconsin in this Aug. 16, 1938 file photo. (AP Photo, File)
Frank Lloyd Wright is seen in his studio and home in Wisconsin in this Aug. 16, 1938 file photo. (AP Photo, File)   (AP Photo)
A gloved employee displays a 129,000 USD Birkin bag.
A gloved employee displays a 129,000 USD Birkin bag.   (Getty Images)
The main beach at Caladesi Island State Park, a barrier island along the Gulf of Mexico, on Florida's West Coast is seen on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
The main beach at Caladesi Island State Park, a barrier island along the Gulf of Mexico, on Florida's West Coast is seen on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Craig Litten)
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