Fresh off of celebrating America’s birthday, let’s take a look at what we’re reading across this vast country of ours. With sales of Dan Brown’s Inferno cooling off, and the debut of a couple of hot summer books, there’s a bit of diversity in the country’s reading list. Here are the top-selling books by region for the week ended June 30.

Northeast Inferno by Dan Brown
Middle Atlantic Second Honeymoon by James Patterson/Roughan
East North Central The Newcomer by Robyn Carr
West North Central The Newcomer by Robyn Carr
South Atlantic Second Honeymoon by Patterson/Roughan
South Central The Newcomer by Robyn Carr
Mountain Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
Pacific Inferno by Dan Brown

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PW Radio

After a short break for the Fourth of July, PW Radio is back on July 11 as the Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon, author of Crafting Calm (Cleis/Viva), talks about finding inner peace and serenity through handicraft. Plus PW religion editor Marcia Z. Nelson reports on the Christian Publishing Expo.

Blogs

ShelfTalker
A longtime bookstore customer becomes a published author—and his first novel, The Curiosity (Morrow), just might be a breakout book of the summer.

Beyond Her Book
Barbara Vey recaps RomCom 2013.

Podcasts

PW KidsCast
Jonathan Stroud talks about the young psychic detectives of his new middle-grade series, Lockwood & Co. (Disney-Hyperion).

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Authors

Sixth-generation New Orleanian Peter Wolf, author of My New Orleans, Gone Away (Delphinium), on the city he loves and where it’s headed.

Rediscovering painter Forrest Bess, through a new exhibit at Houston’s Menil Collection and the accompanying catalogue.

Webcasts
It’s not too late! Register now for our July 9 webcast, “Carving Out a YA Niche,” hosted by PW children’s reviews editor John Sellers, and featuring panelists from Sourcebooks and the Lerner Publishing Group.