You know that summer has truly arrived once every major media outlet (and a whole bunch of minor media outlets, too) has published its summer reading list. I’ve already taken a stab at creating a summer reading list out of University of Nebraska Press titles, and today I thought I’d offer UNP blog readers a roundup of summer reading lists featuring titles published by presses other than ours.

I begin with none other than Oprah. Oprah’s list includes 25 titles that are a mix of mystery, literature, poetry and memoir. Some titles are brand new; others are classics. It is one of the more well-rounded summer reading lists I have seen.

Salon.com visited with a variety of authors at BEA and asked them what they intend to read this summer. The authors answers are on video.

ABC’s Charlie Gibson shared his 2009 summer reading suggestions, also via video.

Kenneth C. Davis of the Huffington Post put together a summer reading list made up entirely of his favorite history titles.

NPR has a whole page on its Web site devoted to summer reading lists, including this one, by famous librarian Nancy Pearl, and this one, with titles recommended by independent booksellers.

And, last on my list, Bookslut.com offers a girls-only summer reading list.

These should give you plenty of reading ideas for this summer. One last note: I’m enjoying some of the UNP’s French translation at the moment. Here’s a good book to start with.