I'm slightly behind on my reading, but I've listened to some good ones lately!
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. If you love genre fiction, there's a good chance you've read this or seen the movie, but I hadn't; and I relished it! I wrote a full review for Literary Quicksand, in which I discuss the writing, the story, and the narration.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell. This was enthusiastically recommended to me by several people. Here's the skinny: It's for history buffs who want lots of details about the Revolutionary War. I didn't want quite so many details about the Revolutionary War, but I'm happy to have learned about the extent of French involvement in our own fight for independence. Also, I love Vowell's weird little voice, unexpected sentence structure and quirky word choices. I just wanted it to be a little shorter.
Great House by Nicole Krauss. I'm listening to this right now. Krauss's second novel, The History of Love is a favorite of mine. This one is a series of intersecting stories centered on a desk. Like, a piece of furniture, and the lives of the people who interact with it. It reminds me, so far, of Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed, which does a similar thing with a house in Kabul.
What have you got on your nightstand or in your earbuds this summer? My list is growing ever-longer, and I can't wait to rack up a long list of finished titles in June, July, and August.