Great fiction for summer

We've been talking books here at the store. The summer always seems to be the time when fiction once again rises to the top of staff and student reading lists. I finally completed East of Eden and am once again being tempted by Douglas Coupland, as his newest, The Gum Thief comes highly recommended by staff here at the store. (I was burned by J-Pod which seemed to me to be a less inspired retread of Microserfs.) But Coupland rarely disappoints, and if Gum Thief is even 1/2 as good as Hey Nostradamus! or All Families Are Psychotic I'll be happy to recommend it.