In this blog, we've been discussing 10 Books You Must Read before You Die, so I thought I'd take another tack and point out the article "Short Takes on Books that Don't Exist--Eleven Essential, Imaginary Beach Reads for Summer," published in a journal called Believer.
I came across this piece at one of my favorite sites Arts & Letters Daily. Of course, "Short Takes..." is silly, but we can't be serious (or read serious books) all the time....