Summer is here, and the reading is amazing. These are the 20 best books to pile by your hammock

Summertime and the reading is … anything you want it to be, whether you turn to a book for escape or enlightenment. I’ve chosen a little more than 20 books — one for the 14 weeks of summer plus a bunch more to get you through long weekends — that should have something for most readers. Some are already out, others are being released throughout the summer to keep a fresh stock of new reads at the ready. “The Librarianist,” Patrick deWitt (July 4, House of Anansi): The latest from award-winning Canadian writer deWitt, of “The Sisters Brothers” fame, is an homage to introverts. His last, “Harlem Shuffle,” visited the 1960s; this one recreates 1970s New York and features the unforgettable main character Ray Carney.