Were you born during the month of June? Perhaps you share a birthday with one of these famous authors. Get a head start on your summer reading and check out some of the books, a few of them new but many, many classics, written by these literary giants.

Thomas Hardy - June 2
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native

Larry McMurtry - June 3
Telegraph Days, Loop Group, Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show

William Styron - June 11
Sophie's Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner

Joyce Carol Oates - June 16
Black Girl/White Girl, Missing Mom

Ian McEwan - June 21
On Chesil Beach, Saturday, Black Dogs, Atonement