The New York Times does it. So does the American Booksellers Association. In Inside Illinois' third consecutive Summer Reading series, a handful of employees dish up their favorite titles and authors for your summer enjoyment. Summer reading trends are much like last year's, said Yoline Chandler, manager of the general books department at the Illini Union Bookstore. People are buying mysteries and fiction.
People do more leisure reading in the summer.
The new Dilbert book is also a hot title right now. Because summer is also vacation time, the bookstore is also selling more travel books, Chandler said. Her book, 'Hiking in Illinois,' has exceeded our expectations. It's a unique book in that it has a lot of information about specific trails in Illinois that other books don't have. With children out of school, activity books for the younger set are also a hot item.