"In the spirit of driving discovery," the New York Times asked six "novelists in the independent book[selling] business what they are reading and recommending to customers this summer." The writing handsellers included Emma Straub of newly opened Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Ann Patchett of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.; Jonathan Lethem of Red Gap Books in Blue Hill, Maine; Jeff Kinney of An Unlikely Story in Plainville, Mass.; Louise Erdrich of Birchbark Books in Minneapolis, Minn.; and Judy Blume of Books & Books in Key West, Fla.
