Book Buzz: Top 30 books to check out this summer
Hot summer books: USA TODAY'S Jocelyn McClurg and Bob Minzesheimer have picked out the 30 must-read books for summer. For crime lovers, there's Stephen King's Joyland, for romance readers, there's Entwined With You by Sylvia Day and for comedy fans, there's The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster.
More summer books: USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer asked booksellers what new books they predict will be popular this summer. For non-fiction, Jan Weissmiller of Prairie Lights in Iowa City named I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman. For the summer's sleeper hits, Amazon's Sara Nelson favored Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret. As for fiction, Barnes & Noble's Patricia Bostelman picked Sisterland, a funny novel about twins by Curtis Sittenfeld. Plus, USA TODAY profiles three hot summer authors, including Sittenfeld. Jocelyn McClurg spoke with Lily Koppel about her non-fiction book The Astronaut Wives Club, while Minzesheimer caught up with Michael Paterniti about his new summer book, The Telling Room.
Superman at 75: DC Comics is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Superman, the iconic superhero from planet Krypton. Kicking off the series of commemorative celebrations is a new logo, which will be used for a number of projects, the first of which is a new comic series Superman Unchained, which comes out on June 12.
Remembering Jack Vance: Award-winning author Jack Vance is dead at the age of 96. He died at his home in Oakland, Calif., according to his son John Vance III. He wrote more than 60 mystery, fantasy and science fiction books in his lifetime. A 2009 profile of Vance in The New York Times Magazine described him as one of literature's "most distinctive and undervalued voices."
Schoolgirl reads 875 books: Here's today's story on how to feel like an underachiever: Sophia Moss, a 5-year-old from Lake Charles, La., read 875 books this school year. She devoured books in the school library kindergarten and first grade section, and got attention from her teachers because she would check out some 20 books a week. How's that for a bookworm?
Clinton approves comic book: President Clinton has written a blurb for the graphic novel March: Book One. According to The Beat, it's the first time a comic book has gotten a president to write a blurb. The book tells the story of Rep. John Lewis (who co-wrote it with Andrew Aydin), a leader during the Civil Rights movement who helped plan the March on Washington in 1963. Clinton called Lewis a "resounding moral voice in the quest for equality." March will be published by Top Shelf and will be available on Aug. 13.
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