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Ahhhh, summer. The season synonymous with vacation: that hard-earned leisure time when we finally give ourselves permission to retreat and, for a short respite, do nothing. Or, at least, do very little.

Wherever your retreat — a sandy beach, a cool blue pool, fresh pine-scented mountains or as far as your backyard hammock in the shade of the big old oak tree — it’s better with a good book.

Bay Weekly’s 2010 Summer Book Guide helps you pick the right book. To start you in the right direction, we’ve updated the Dewey Decimal System with 10 highly readable categories.

Add locale of choice, and perhaps a tall, cool beverage and settle in for a nice long read. Enjoy. Call it summer.

2011

Article - Summer Reading Guideby Bay Weekly staff - 2011

Bay Weekly’s 2011 Summer Reading Guide: Reading the Great Outdoors

Nature Books for All Ages

It’s official: On June 21 — three weeks into the month proclaimed by Gov. Martin O’Malley as Great Outdoors Month — the solstice turned spring into summer. To seize the summer season, Bay Weekly peers into books about the great outdoors. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian read by Steve Carr John Wesley Powell was one of the most important Americans who ever lived, yet most folks have never heard of him, writes Bay Weekly columnist, outdoorsman and...

2010

Article - Summer Reading Guideby Bay Weekly staff - 2010

Summer At Its Most Readable

Bay Weekly’s 2010 Summer Book Guide

Ahhhh, summer. The season synonymous with vacation: that hard-earned leisure time when we finally give ourselves permission to retreat and, for a short respite, do nothing. Or, at least, do very little. Wherever your retreat — a sandy beach, a cool blue pool, fresh pine-scented mountains or as far as your backyard hammock in the shade of the big old oak tree — it’s better with a good book. Bay Weekly’s 2010 Summer Book Guide helps you pick the right book. To start...