Summer Reads

Summer Reads

July 1, 2023

Looking for something to read to get in the mood for the summer or want a new read for a trip or vacation? Check out these recommendations or browse the catalog and enjoy summer with a good book. These titles can easily be placed on hold and picked up at any Lackawanna County Library System library when they are ready to be checked out. eBooks and audiobooks are available, too! Log in to Libby with your Lackawanna County Library System library card to search the collection and find a title to read on a smartphone, tablet or laptop.

New and Noteworthy Fiction 

• Jessica George, Maame
• R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
• Emily Henry, Happy Place
• Isabel Allende, The Wind Knows My Name
• Carley Fortune, Meet Me at the Lake
• Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes, Hula
• Emma Cline, The Guest
• Elizabeth Castellano, Save What’s Left
• Paul Rudnick, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style
• Susan Rigetti, Cover Story
• Tess Bailey, Unfortunately Yours
• Tania James, Loot
• Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street
• Chanel Cleeton, The Cuban Heiress
• Beth Raymer, Fireworks Every Night

Best-Selling Authors

• Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend
• James Patterson, Private Moscow
• Sunny Hostin, Summer on Sag Harbor
• Nora Roberts, Identity
• Stephen King, Fairy Tale
• Stacey Abrams, Rogue Justice: A Thriller

Mysteries and Thrillers

• Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People
• Ana Reyes, The House in the Pines
• Jessa Maxwell, The Golden Spoon
• Katie Williams, My Murder
• Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon
• Polly Stewart, The Good Ones
• Rachel Hawkins, The Villa
• Kate Myers, Excavations
• Susan Isaacs, Bad, Bad Seymour Brown: A Corrie Geller Novel

Nonfiction and Memoir

• Elliot Page, Pageboy: A Memoir
• Sasha Velour, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag
• Alexandra Auder, Don’t Call Me Home: A Memoir
• Tracy Kidder, Rough Sleepers
• Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants you to Hate

Titles for Young Readers

• Jerry Craft, New Kid
• Jacqueline Woodson, The World Belonged to Us
• Stacy McAnulty, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
• Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War I Finally Won
• Deanna Kent, Marshmallow Martians: Show and Smell
• Jason Reynolds, Ghost
• Nidhi Chanani, Shark Princess: Shark Party!
• Colin Meloy, Wildwood
• Rebecca Roanhorse, Race to the Sun
• Andrea Zuill, Gustav is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery

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