The Observer staff combed the stacks to choose 10 enticing summer books:

Dear American Airlines, Jonathan Miles

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewsk

Rites of Spring (Break): An Ivy League Novel, Diana Peterfreund

Somebody Else's Daughter, Elizabeth Brundage

When We Were Romans, Matthew Kneale

Schooled, Anisha Lakhani

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running , Haruki Murakami

Pharmakon, Dirk Wittenborn

The Wrecking Crew, The Wrecking Crew