Summer Reading List

I ran across this list of summer reading suggestions. Thought I would pass it on.


Auel, Jean M. The Land of the Painted Caves
Brooks, Geraldine Caleb’s Crossing
Cleave, Chris Little Bee
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games
Donoghue, Emma Room
Dowell, Frances O’Roark Ten Miles Past Normal
Fusco, Kimberly Newton The Wonder of Charlie Anne
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Hannah, Kristin Night Road
Harkness, Deborah A Discovery of Witches
Higgs, Liz Curtis Mine is the Night
Jones, Tayari Silver Sparrow
Laurie, Victoria The Ghost Hunters
Laurie, Victoria Psychic Eye Mysteries
Maynard, Joyce The Usual Rules
O’Farrell, Maggie The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Picoult, Jodi House Rules
See, Lisa Dreams of Joy
Shin, Kyung-sook Please Look After Mom
Simons, Paulina The Bronze Horseman
Simons, Paulina Tatiana and Alexander
Sparks, Nicholas Safe Haven
Cowell, Stephenie Claude and Camille: A Novel of Claude Monet
Fey, Tina Bossypants
Grennar, Conor Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Children of Nepal
Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra: A Biography
Twain, Shania From This Moment On
Tyler, Steven Does the Noise In My Head Bother You?
Wasdin, Howard E. SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
White, Betty If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
Nesbo, Jo The Snowman
Burpo, Todd Heaven is for Real
Carr, Nicolas The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?
The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s
Gwynne, S. C. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
Hillebrand, Laura Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hochschild To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
Larson, Erik In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Miller, Donalyn The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
VanderMeer, Jeff The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature
Wiese, Bill 23 Minutes in Hell: One Man’s Story About What He Saw, Heard, and Felt in That Place of Torment

All came out with new books for the summer:
Clancy, Tom
Clark, Mary Higgins
Coulter, Catherine
Egan, Jennifer
Evanovich, Janet
French, Tana
Garwood, Julia
Kellerman, Jonathan
King, Stephen
Koontz, Dean
Michaels, Fern
Parker, Robert B.
Patterson, James
Sandford, John
Smith, Alexander McCall
Steele, Danielle

*Multiple recommendations
Fiction
Alex Cross's Trial-James Patterson
The Apothecary's Daughter- Julie Klassen
Beautiful Lies- Lisa Unger
City of Thieves- Benioff
Cleopatra-Stacy Schiff
The Confession-John Grisham
*Cutting for Stone-Abraham Verghese
A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness
Freedom-Jonathan Franzen???
*The Help-Kate Stockett
Horns- Joe Hill
*Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet- Jamie Ford
House Rules- Jodi Picoult
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe- Charles Yu
In the Woods- Tana French
The Last Child- John Hart
Left Neglected-Lisa Genova
Little Bee- Chris Cleave
The Madonnas of Echo Park- Brando Skyhorse
Mudbound-Hillary Jordan
The Opposite of Love- Julie Buxbaum
Rainwater-Sandra Brown
The Red Garden-Alice Hoffman
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady-E. Stuckey-French
*Room-Emma Donaghue
Sarah's Key-Tatiana deRosnay
Silver Sparrow- Tayari Jones
Sing You Home-Jodi Picoult
Still Alice-Lisa Genova
The Winter Garden- Kristen Hannah

Non-Fiction
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - Katrina Firlik
The Art of Comforting Bill Bryson at Home-Bill Bryson

The Happiness Project- Gretchen Rubin
Heaven is for Real-Todd Burpo
The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks- Rebecca Skloot
Malcolm Gladwell books
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption-Cannino, Cotton and Torneo
Stiff: The Surprising Life of Human Cadavers- Mary Roach
Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrand


The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary and Sewing Circle by Lois Battle
People of the Book-Geraldine Brooks
Prayers for Sale or Tall Grass by Sandra Dallas

If you are looking for beach read mysteries, I would recommend

Cynthia Riggs' Martha's Vineyard Mystery series.. The first one is
The Crane Fly Orchid Murders
I liked Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Henry's Sisters
The Art of Dancing in the Rain
If I Stay
The Post Mistress
Into the Wood - Tana French
Likeness - Tana French
These Things Hidden - Heather Gudenfauf

Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
Under the Mercy Trees - Heather Newton
Night Road - Kristin Hannah
Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer
Last Child - John Hart
Sworn to Silence - Linda Castillo
Postmistress - Sarah Blake
Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt - Beth Hoffman
Bride's Farewell - Meg Rosoff
Asta in the Wings - Jan Elizabeth Watson
Every Last One - Anna Quindlen
The Man From Saigon - Marti Leimbach
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
What I Saw an How I Lied - Judy Blundell
Good Thief - Hannah Tinti

Nonfiction:
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
I Want to Read (well reviewed):
Broken for You - Stephanie Kallos
Calligrapher's Daughter - Eugenia Kim
Cutting For Stone - AbrahamVerghese
Faithful Place - Tana French
Finding Nouf - Zoe Ferraris
Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
Great House - Nicole Krauss

Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent
Room - Emma Donoghue
Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman
Juliet - Anne Fortier
Little Bee - Chris Cleave
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
Other Side of the Bridge - Mary Lawson
The Surrendered - Chang Rae-Lee
Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell

Fiction:
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral-Kris Radish
The Art of Racing in the Rain-Garth Stein
Best Friends Forever-J.Weiner
Brava Valentine-Adriana Trigiani
Change of Heart-Jodi Picoult
Chasing Lilacs-Carla Stewart
Come and Find Me-Hallie Ephron
Come to the Edge-Christina Haag
The Confession-John Grisham
Crunch Time- Diane Mott Davidson
Cutting for Stone-Abraham Verghese
Deep Down True-Juliette Fay
Escape-Barbara Delinsky
Every Last One-Anna Quindlen

First Day of the Rest of My Life- C. Lamb
The Help-Kathryn Stockett
Henry's Sisters-Cathy Lamb
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford
I’ll Walk Alone-Mary Higgins Clark
The Imperfectionists-Tom Rachman
Innocent-Scott Turow
The Invisible Bridge-Julie Orringer
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
The Land of Painted Caves-Jean Auel
Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts-Lucy Dillon
Every Last One-Anna Quindlen
Lunch in Paris-Elizabeth Bard
My Name is Mary Sutter-Robin Oliveira
Night Road-Kristen Hannah
On Borrowed Wings-Chandra Prasad
On Folly Beach-Karen White
Once Upon a Time There Was You- E.Berg
Outlander- Diana Gabaldon (series)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake-Aimee Bender
The Peach Keeper-Sarah Addison Allen
Rainwater-Sandra Brown
The Red Garden-Alice Hoffman
Rescue-Anita Shreve
Room-Emma Donaghue
Sarah’s Key-Tatiana de Rosnay
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party-Alexander McCall Smith

The Silver Boat-Luanne Rice
Silver Girl-Elin Hilderbrand
Strategic Moves-Stuart Woods
Smokin' Seventeen-Janet Evanovich
State of Wonder-Ann Patchett
Swim Back to Me-Ann Packer
Minding Frankie-Maeve Binchy
Very Valentine-Adriana Trigiani
A Vintage Affair-Isabel Wolff
Water for Elephants-Sara Gruen

Non-Fiction:
The Art of Comforting-Val Walker
This is a Soul- Marilyn Berger
Half Broke Horses-Jeanette Walls
The Happiness Project-Gretchen Rubin
I Remember Nothing-Nora Ephron
Idyll Banter-Chris Bohjalian
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks R. Skloot
Lift-Kelly Corrigan
Monastery of the Heart-Joan Chittester
One Hundred Names for Love Diane Ackerman
Outliers- Malcolm Gladwell
Real Happiness-Sharon Salzberg
Shattered Faith-Shelia R. Kennedy
Trust the Dog-Fidelco Foundation
Unbroken-Laura Hillenbrand
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog-Lisa Scottoline
Women, Food and God-Genee Roth
Zelda: The biography of Zelda Fitzgerald-Nancy Milford

Recommended Children’s Chapter Books:
As Simple as It Seems-Sarah Weeks
Gregor the Overlander series-
So B. It-Sarah Weeks
The Hunger Games-series-Suzanne Collins

Fiction
Alex Cross's Trial-James Patterson
The Apothecary's Daughter- Julie Klassen
Beautiful Lies- Lisa Unger
City of Thieves- Benioff
Cleopatra-Stacy Schiff
Cutting for Stone-Abraham Verghese
A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness
Freedom-Jonathan Franzen
The Help-Kate Stockett
Henry’s Sister-Kathy Lamb
Horns- Joe Hill
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet- Jamie Ford
House Rules- Jodi Piccoult
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe- Charles Yu
In the Woods- Tana French
The Last Child- John Hart
Left Neglected-Lisa Genova
Little Bee- Chris Cleave
Mudbound-Hillary Jordan
The Opposite of Love- Julie Buxbaum
Rainwater-Sandra Brown
The Red Garden-Alice Hoffman
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady-E. Stuckey-French
Room-Emma Donaghue
Silver Sparrow- Tayari Jones
Sing You Home-Jodi Picoult
The Winter Garden- Kristen Hannah

Non-Fiction
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - Katrina Firlik
Bill Bryson at Home-Bill Bryson
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child- Donalyn Miller
The Happiness Project- Gretchen Rubin
Heaven is for Real-Todd Burpo
The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks- Rebecca Skloot
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption-Cannino, Cotton and Torneo
Stiff: The Surprising Life of Human Cadavers- Mary Roach
Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrandt