Back-to-school season isn’t for another month-and-a-half, so there’s still plenty of time to knock another novel or two off your summer reading list. For true bookworms with stored-vacation time and quiet spot to spend it, we’ve got a few belated small-press summer suggestions that might have slipped your radar.
With us is Michele Filgate—freelance writer, critic, and independent bookseller at community bookstore in Brooklyn. Here are her picks:
RADIO IRIS by Anne-Marie Kinney
Also joining us is Steve Himmer. Steve is the author of the Bee-Loud Glade, and editor of the web journal Necessary Fiction. Here are his picks:
THE ISLANDS by Carlos Gamerro, trans. Ian Barnett (And Other Stories)
TREASURE ISLAND!!! by Sara Levine
ABBOTT AWAITS by Chris Bachelder
SO MUCH BETTER by Terri Griffith
And Jen Vafidis, deputy editor of the literary website Volume 1 Brooklyn. Here are her picks:
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick
VICKY SWANKY IS A BEAUTY by Diane Williams