Aside from the aforementioned Carter Beats the Devil, here are some of the books I've been reading this summer:

Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippmann
The Water Will Hold You by Lindsey Crittenden
The Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb
Kafka's Soup by Mark Crick
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Monkey Girl by Edward Humes
Sun Dancing by Geoffrey Moorehouse
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Holy Living and Dying by Jeremy Taylor

Commentary and recommendations to follow!