Find your next summer read

A debut novel about a woman who inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm along with some opinionated ghosts. And on the Book Biz, one of the leading experts on the business of books.

A paranormal YA romance from the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” and a conversation on the Book Biz about reinvention and the journey to book-fluencer.

A breakout debut novel about the cozy yet cut-throat world of competitive quilting. And on the Book Biz, podcast host Becca Freeman, author of “Back Where We Started.”

A sweeping four-century debut novel that travels from France to Acadia to the bayous of Southern Louisiana. Plus, New York Times literary critic Dwight Garner on today's literary landscape.

An unemployed actress finds a new job taking wealthy clients on luxury time-travel tours through history. And on the Book Biz, an unlikely theme night idea that’s sold out Fenway and selling books.

Some favorite authors offer their suggestions for summer reading, plus host Rachel Barenbaum has some books by New England authors to recommend.

The Book Biz segment is where we look at the forces shaping what gets written, published and read. We talk to Katherine Center, a veteran romance author about how the industry has changed in the last 20 years, her new novel, "The Shippers," and what it's like to have your work turned into a movie.

This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.

We discuss the rise of audio books and how they are driving books sales and creating fandoms with bookseller Rachel Kanter.

The debut novel "Homebound'" features four lives entangled across time by a computer game, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s. And on our Book Biz segment, how audiobooks are changing publishing.