Adult Summer Reading Program 2009

The following is a list of suggested titles compiled by library staff. Remember, you can read or listen to any library book or audiobook.

1. Horror/Fantasy/Supernatural
   Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
   Sarah Addison Allen - The Sugar Queen
   Brandon Sanderson - Elantris
   Charlaine Harris - Grave Sight
   
   
2. Religion/Spirituality
   Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now
   Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower
   Lisa Samson - Quaker Summer
   
   
3. Arts & Crafts/How-To
   Kate Jacobs - Friday Night Knitting Club
   Julie Powell - Julie & Julia
   
   
4. Biography/History/Politics
   Gregory Howard Williams - Life on the Color Line
   Sandra Dallas - The Diary of Mattie Spenser
   David Sheff - Beautiful Boy: a father's journey through his son's meth addiction
   
   
5. Adventure/Mystery/Suspense
   Robert Ellis - City of Fire
   Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
   J M Fenster - The Case of Abraham Lincoln
   
   
6. Classics/Literary/Travel
   Thornton Wilder - Bridge of San Luis Rey
   John Boyne - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
   Morgana Gallaway - The Nightingale
   Tony Hawks - Round Ireland with a Fridge
   
   
7. Western/Romance/Family
   Johnny Boggs - Northfield, a western story
   Jennifer Crusie - Bet Me
   Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
   
   
8. Science/Science Fiction
   Richard Feynman - The Meaning of It All: thoughts of a citizen-scientist
   Isaac Asimov - Foundation
   William Gibson - Neuromancer