Tours de France Courtesy of reddit

Summer is half over  — and the World Cup and Tours de France have been won– but there is still plenty of time for good books. So what are we dishing up for your reading pleasure?

First, Vive la France:  a stroll through Paris, eating your way through France, and memoirs of a few great writers who called Paris home during the 20th century.

Eiffel Tower, of course

Soon after, we’ll be posting books on Cities, Architecture and Design; and The Natural World.

If you can’t wait to get started now, check out the dozens of books we recommended for Christmas  2013 — see book reviews, read an excerpt or listen to an author interview.

Photography Books: Some images are out of this world

Cities and Places: A pile of offerings on Berlin, Paris, London, Naples, Rome, Beijing, and US too

Food: Science, scams and the marketplace

Don’t forget to come back — we’ll be posting books once a week during August.