Critics' Lists: Summer 2008 Hankering for a some quality book time? You've come to the right place. Browse Susan Stamberg's annual bookseller-picks poll or critic Maureen Corrigan's fiction highlights. Whatever your literary pleasure, NPR's Summer Books roundup has you covered.

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Critics' Lists: Summer 2008

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Sifting Through Summer, Page By Page

August 27, 2008 • The last summer holiday, Labor Day, is fast approaching and Karen Grigsby Bates is planning to use the weekend to kick back and catch up on some summer reading.

Carry-On Books To Take You Up, Up And Away

July 10, 2008 • Nancy Pearl confronts one of her worst nightmares — being stuck on a plane without a good book to read — by analyzing what makes a perfect tarmac book. Here are her nine picks for books to squeeze into your carry-on luggage.

Carry-On Books To Take You Up, Up And Away

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Holy Bookworms! Superheroes Take To The Page

July 3, 2008 • Quake in fear, puny humans! Spandex-clad superbeings have engineered a mass escape. From big screens and billboards to bus ads and even bookshelves: this summer, nowhere is safe from superheroes.

Summer Books to Feed Your Literary Addiction

June 3, 2008 • Alan Cheuse confesses his literary addiction — and offers reading suggestions for other book junkies.

Summer Books to Feed Your Literary Addiction

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Nine First Books that Make a Lasting Impression

May 27, 2008 • While there's definite comfort to be had in the familiar authors, sometimes what you really want is the spark and thrill of a chance encounter — that's where first books come in.

Better than Sliced Bread: Summer's Best Nonfiction

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May 26, 2008 • Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan presents her nonfiction summer reading list — three true tales, plus one book of fiction she just couldn't resist.

Better than Sliced Bread: Summer's Best Nonfiction

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Booksellers' Selections for Summer Afternoons

May 23, 2008 • What better way to spend a summer afternoon than curled up with a good book? NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg asks three independent booksellers for their picks for lazy days and warm nights.

Booksellers' Selections for Summer Afternoons

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Fiction Picks for Your Mental Getaway

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May 19, 2008 • There are beach books full of sun and cotton candy and beach books dappled with shadow and sardonic humor. The very different beach books Maureen Corrigan recommends all have one thing in common: They carry a reader far beyond the familiar.

Fiction Picks for Your Mental Getaway

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