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» (Scheduled for the week I was gone, but my site exploded while I was gone. Here it is two weeks late.) This weekend is officially the end of summer. If you're planning a long, lazy weekend, pop over to your local bookseller for one of the recommendations here and notch another title into your summer reading list.

• NPR: Late-Summer Reads to Squeeze In Before Fall
• NPR: Further Under the Radar: More Books Not to Miss
• NPR: In the Deep South, Tall Tales and Tidal Emotions
• NPR: On the High Plains, Stories of Migrants and Murals
• NPR: From New York State: Science, Fiction and Bar Yarns
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Second Annual Reading List
• Boston.com: Work-life readings worthy of summer
• Westport Public Library Late Summer Reading Suggestions
• Writing Graphic Novels U.: Recommended Reading List
• Seed Summer Picks
• Updated: The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List
• Summer Reading: 5 Business Books to Feed Your Brain
• thestreet.com: Six Investment Classics for Lazy August Days
• More summer reading for the informed investor
• La Bloga: Not Too Late For Summer Reading Suggestions (with an emphasis on Latino authors and themes
• Elizabeth Barrette: Religion and magic in speculative fiction recommended reading list
• Exold's Top 15 Great Science Fiction Books
• An Eco-Reading List

Young people:

• Four books for teens, reviewed by teens
• The Common Room's Reading List for 8-11 year olds, more or less