Book Module - How do I display excerpts on the main book page?

Hello,

Brand new Drupal user here and loving it.

However I have one quick question.

On the Books module main page (http://site.com/drupal/?q=book), it currently displays:

books
- first book title
- second book title
- third book title

And what I would like is to display the title and the excerpt as they are displayed on the home page. Something like:

books
- first book title
[book excerpt]
-second book title
[book excerpt]
- third book title
[book excerpt]

Is there a way to do this with the current Book module or is this a new feature request?

Thanks,

Dave