10 best books of July 2013, according to Amazon's editors

Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson shares her thoughts about the 10 best books of July, according to the editors at Amazon.

6. "Visitation Street," by Ivy Pochoda

This novel by Pochoda, author of "The Art of Disappearing," tells the story of two daredevil girls living in Brooklyn who take a boat out one summer night. Only one girl returns. "Visitation Street" shows how an entire neighborhood is affected by the tragedy. Nelson predicts the book will be generating a lot of buzz over the next few months. "It's as much a portrait of a neighborhood [as anything]," she says. "It has an old-fashioned, noir-ish mood."

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