Summer reading season is here. What belongs in your beach bag — or on your nightstand? We talk with Bay Area booksellers and authors about the books that they recommend, from light, breezy reads to delicious mysteries to the doorstopper you’ve been putting off. And we hear from you: what are you reading?

Guests:

Vanessa Hua, author, “Coyoteland,” “Forbidden City” and “A River of Stars”

Brad Johnson, owner, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland

Kit Fitzgerald, co-founder, bookseller, Noe Valley Books

Hannah deBree, founder, Tender Buttons Books, an online indie book site Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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