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Summer Staff Recommendations 2017 Summer Staff Recommendations 2017 Ralph (Reference) Michelle (Circulation) 1) Saga by Brian Vaughan 1) Wonder by R.J. Palacio 2) Rat Queens by Kurtis Wiebe 2) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3) The Woods by James Tynion 3) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 4) Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess 4) The Help by Kathryn Stockett 5) The Fuse by Anthony Johnston 5) Longburn by Jo Baker 6) Paper Girls by Brian Vaughan 6) The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier 7) Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman 7) Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 8) Lazarus by Greg Rucka 8) The Green Boat by Mary Pipher 9) Fatale by Ed Brubaker 9) Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 10)The Wicked & the Divine by Kieron Gillen 10)The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Lorraine (Reference) Kirtley (Circulation) 1) War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk 1) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 2) The Jackdaws by Ken Follett 2) Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange 3) Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 3) Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins 4) Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 4) The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 5) Shogun by James Clavell 5) MaddAdam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood 6) Captain Horatio Hornblower by C.S. Forester 6) The Once and Future King by T.H. White 7) The African Queen by C.S. Forester 7) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 8) The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy 8) Farewell, Dorothy Parker by Ellen Meister 9) The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith 9) Life of PI by Yann Martel 10)Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith 10)City of Beasts by Isabel Allende Carolyn (Circulation) Elizabeth (Reference) 1) Beloved by Toni Morrison 1) No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2) The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass 2) Snow Falling on Cedars by Dave Guterson 3) Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood 3) A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle 4) 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 4) Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 5) Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie 5) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 6) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 6) Giants of the Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaag 7) Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 7) The Bible 8) Geek Love by Katherine Dunn 8) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 9) My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 9) English Creek by Ivan Doig 10)Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand 10)We Were the Mulvaney’s by Joyce Carol Oates Amelia (Reference) Anne-Marie (Circulation) 1) The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan 1) Miss Garnet’s Angel by Salley Vickers 2) Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson 2) The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule 3) The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne 3) Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 4) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 4) We Have Always Lived in the Castle by 5) The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence Shirley Jackson 6) Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty 5) Forgive me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew 7) One Day by David Nicholls Quick 8) The Ballroom by Anna Hope 6) Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill 9) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by 7) The Wicked and the Divine by Kieron Gillen Mary Ann Shaffer 8) Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn 10)The Book of Summers by Emylia Hall 9) Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff 10)Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Doreen (Technical Services) Olivia (Youth Services) 1) Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon 1) Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 2) The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice 2) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 3) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3) The Bastard by John Jakes 4) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 4) The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink 5) Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye 5) Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 6) Harry Potter Series 6) Little Big Man by John Berger 7) Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer 7) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 8) Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins 8) Love You Forever by Robert Musch 9) World Without End by Ken Follett 9) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 10)The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 10)One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Call the library to hear about all the exciting Summer Reading 2017 programs and events! 727-298-3080 .
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