Congrats again to our grads, and good luck to everyone who either is still finishing up or has just finished up the semester! It may seem like next semester may be here before you know it, but in the meantime, we all hope that you have some fun summer plans ahead of you. Whether you're going to an actual beach or maybe just thinking about the beach, we at the library have some suggestions for your summer reading!
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (if you're feeling up for a dystopia)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (if you're looking for a mysterious bookstore)
The Forever Summer by Jamie Brennan (a soul-searching journey on Cape Cod)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (two families try to make their way in post-war London)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (a mystery tied to an old friendship)
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (a young girl reckons with the death of a family friend from HIV)
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (a woman tries to hide her mysterious and dark past)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (two families find themselves in turmoil in a Cleveland suburb)
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (the lifelong friendship of two women in Italy)
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (two people's lives are dramatically changed during and after the AIDS epidemic)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (an alternate history noir)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (two magicians clash against the backdrop of a mysterious circus)
Trust by Hernan Diaz (two people come together against the backdrop of 1920s New York)
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (a marriage is strained by a prison sentence)
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman (a curmudgeonly old man connects with a young family)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (two people who work on a travelling show are drawn together)
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake (three generations of a wealthy family grapple with the past)
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (a woman runs a chemistry-focused cooking show in 1950s America)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (a family of four girls grow and come of age in New England)
Atomic Love by Jennie Fields (a woman who worked on the Manhattan Project now works to solve a mystery)
So stop on by the leisure lounge for a beach read!
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