Great American Books Recommended by Great Authors
Jul 03, 2016, 12:06 PM
As vacationers pack their bags with summer reading, we asked 12 writers to answer the question: “What book by an American author should everyone read?” The list they gave us spans classics and brand-new releases, poetry and fiction, canon writers and up-and-comers. See more of TIME’s Reasons to Celebrate America Right Now here.