Summer is officially here and while there are a few big and/or interesting releases coming in July (Audrey Niffenegger, Chuck Klosterman, Gary Shteyngart and Carl Hiaasen), there’s also a lot of fluff arriving on the bookshelves this month. Here’s a list of July 2010 B&N and Borders events that I thought were interesting for one reason or another:

B&N July Events (NYC)
07/06/10 Audrey Niffenegger: Her Fearful Symmetry (82nd & Bwy)
07/06/10 Venus Williams: Come to Win (5th Ave 12:30 PM)
07/06/10 Alex McCord, Caroline Manzo, Teresa Giudice and Simon van Kempen: The Real Housewives of NY (86th & Lex)
07/08/10 Gwynne Dyer, John R. “Rick” MacArthur: Climate Wars (82nd & Bwy)
07/06/10 Mary Karr: Lit (Lincoln Tri)
07/08/10 Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad (86th & Lex)
07/12/10 Janice Y.K. Lee: The Piano Teacher (86th & Lex)
07/13/10 Jane Krakowski: The Laziest Gal in Town (Lincoln Tri)
07/13/10 Jennifer Weiner: Fly Away Home (Lincoln Tri)
07/14/10 Bethenny Frankel: The Skinnygirl Dish (Tribeca)
07/15/10 Mike Bender, Doug Chernack: Awkward Family Photos (Tribeca)
07/15/10 The Addams Family: Original Broadway Cast Album (Lincoln Tri 4:30 PM)
07/15/10 David Carnoy: Knife Music (Lincoln Tri)
07/20/10 Daniel Silva: The Rembrandt Affair (Lincoln Tri)
07/21/10 Chuck Klosterman: Eating the Dinosaur (USQ)
07/21/10 Rob Sheffield: Talking to Girls About Duran Duran (Park Slope)
07/22/10 Brian May, Elena Vidal: A Village Lost and Found (Tribeca)
07/22/10 Marc Cohn: Listening Booth: 1970 (Lincoln Tri)
07/23/10 Carol Channing: For Heaven’s Sake (Lincoln Tri)
07/26/10 John Wray, Ron Powers, Malcolm Jones: Granta 111 Going Back (86th & Lex)
07/26/10 Carl Hiaasen: Star Island (86th & Lex)
07/27/10 Gary Shteyngart: Super Sad True Love Story (USQ)

Borders July Events (NYC)
07/06/10 Kendra Wilkinson: Sliding Into Home (CC)
07/07/10 Olivia Munn: Suck It, Wonder Woman (CC)
07/14/10 Jeffrey Ma: The House Advantage (Wall St 1PM)
07/20/10 Rob Sheffield: Talking to Girls About Duran Duran (CC)