Summer's Last Read

Kate Evanishyn usually reads a pile of new books every summer, but an intensive apartment hunt and new responsibilities at work haven't left her much time for literary activity. Plus, there was another roadblock this year: Too many of the new books were just too long. "I don't even have room in my bag for a 600-page book," says the college administrator.

Didn't finish all your summer reading? To the dismay of the beach-book set, this season has featured an unusual number of thick bestsellers, from Hillary Clinton's 562-page memoir to the 1½-inch-thick "Da Vinci Code" to "Mortals," which breaks the 700-page barrier. Publishers say it just worked out that way, but this season's top 50 bestsellers are about 18% longer than last summer's. The bloating starts at the top: No. 1 best seller "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" weighs in at a hefty pound and a half.

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