FICTION —Cinder by Marissa Meyer (YA/Science Fiction/Fairy —Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King Tale Retelling/Romance) (Supernatural Elements/Dystopian Future/Parental Loss) —1984 by George Orwell (Dystopian Future/Fight Against Oppression/Classic) —Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Historical Fiction/ --Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner (YA/Grieving/Guilt) Civil War/Romance) —The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by —The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Historical Sherman Alexie (YA/Struggle to Fit In/Quick Read) --The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (YA/Fantasy Fiction/ Fiction/Classic/Quick Read) High School Royalty/Espionage) —An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (YA/ —The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Dystopian Coming of Age/Quick Read) —Dear Martin by Nic Stone (YA/Prejudice and Racism) Future/Fight Against Oppression)
Summer Reading —Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (YA/Sci-Fi —Delirium by Lauren Oliver (YA/Dystopian Future/ —The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (YA/Prejudice and Elements/LGBTQ) Sci-fi/Romance) Racism/Current Events)
—The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker —Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy (YA/Humor/Self —The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas (Dystopian Future/Coming of Age/Everyday Life) Acceptance) Adams (Sci-fi/Comedy/Adventure)
—Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (YA/ —Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto (Multiple --Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (YA/ Fantasy/Adventure/Quick Read) Time Periods/Biographical Fiction/Artists) Romance/Chronic Illness)
—All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan —Emmy and Oliver by Robin Benway (YA/Family —How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon (YA/Prejudice Kiely (YA/Prejudice and Racism) Issues/Romance) and Racism)
—American Street by Ibi Zoboi (YA/Immigrant Stories/ —Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Sci-fi/Alien —I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (YA/Mystery/ Struggle to Fit In) Invasion/Dystopian Future/Military Fiction) Coming of Age)
—Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the —Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (YA/ —I Was Here by Gayle Forman (YA/Suicide/Mystery)
Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz(YA/LGBTQ/Family Steampunk/Espionage) —I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA/Family Issues) —Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (YA/Romance) Relationships/LGBTQ)
--Beartown by Fredrik Backman (Sports Stories/Small —The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (YA/Sci-fi/Murder —Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (YA/ Town Life/Scandal) Mystery/Virtual Adventure) Sci-fi/Adventure) —Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (YA/Magical Elements/Grief/ —Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Dystopian Future/ —The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Mental Health Issues) Sci-fi/Fight Against Oppression/Classic/Quick Read) Anderson (YA/Mental Health Issues/Family Issues)
—Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (YA/ —Far Far Away by Tom McNeal (YA/Fairy Tale —The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Historical Historical Fiction/WWII/Family Relationships) Retelling/Romance/Horror) Fiction/Slavery/Fight Against Oppression)
—Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (YA/Supernatural Elements/ —The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (YA/Romance/ --Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (YA/Family Thriller) Terminal Illness) Relationships/Revenge)
—The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (YA/Historical —The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis (YA/ —Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Classic/Survival Fiction/WWII/Everyday Life) Family Relationships/Revenge) Stories/Psychological Thriller) —Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (YA/Fantasy Fiction/ —Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (YA/ —The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen (YA/Romance) LGBTQ) Mental Health Issues/Abuse) Book your summer with one of these —More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (YA/LGBTQ/ —The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Coming of —Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (Environmental Mental Health Issues/Suicide) picks for Summer Reading! We’ve Age/Classic) Issues/Family Relationships) included something for everyone so —Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (YA/Feminism/Small Town —Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (YA/Mental —The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Life) who knows, you may find something Health Issues) Mackenzi Lee (YA/Historical Fiction/LGBTQ) —Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian (YA/High School you actually like! —Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (YA/ —Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (Immigrant Stories/ Sports) Fantasy Fiction/Fight Against Oppression) Realistic Fiction/Poverty/) Can’t find the book you want on the shelf? Ask at any desk for help. Visit the online catalog at blackstonelibrary.org to place a hold request on any title. —Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys (YA/Historical —This is Our Story by Ashley Elston (YA/Mystery) —Dear Bully edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Fiction/Friends as Family) Jones (Autobiographical/Multiple Authors/Bullying) —Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle —Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff (YA/Mystery/Quick (YA/Road Trip Adventure/End of the World) —The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (True Crime/ Read) Serial Killers/19th Century) —What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler (YA/Sexual Assault) —Eyes Wide Open by Paul Fleischman (Environmental —Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (YA/Performing Arts/ —Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and Friendship) Issues/Evaluating Information/Quick Read) David Levithan (YA/Performing Arts/LGBTQ) —The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (YA/Supernatural —Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof (Fight Against —Winger by Andrew Smith (YA/Romance/Humor/High Elements/Romance) Oppression/Life in Africa/Life in Asia) School Sports) —In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (True Crime/Murder/ —Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Historical Fiction/ —Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin (YA/Alternative History/ Suspense/Romance) Classic) Sci-fi Elements/Quest for Revenge) —The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Native American —Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (Surviving Disaster/ Life/Mystery/Family Relationships) GRAPHIC NOVELS Extreme Mountain Climbing/Biography) —Boxers by Gene Luen Yang (YA/Historical Fiction/Life in —Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (YA/Family —The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Surviving China) James Blackstone Memorial Library Relationships) Disaster/Natural Disasters) —Drowned City by Don Brown (Nonfiction/Natural —Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (YA/WWII/Refugees) —Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (Histories 758 Main Street Disasters/Racism and Prejudice/Quick Read) Mysteries/WWII/Deep Wreck Scuba Diving) --Scythe by Neal Shusterman (YA/Sci-fi/Dystopian —Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (YA/Supernatural Branford, CT 06405 Future) —Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson (Science Elements/Struggle to Fit In/Quick Read) and Technology/History/Psychology) —The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón —Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (Coming of Age/ (203) 488-1441 (Historical Fiction/Mystery/Adventure) —Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Friendship/Quick Read) Anderson (YA/WWII/Performing Arts/Biographical) —Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (YA/Supernatural —The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone, Elements/Romance) BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR illustrated by Josh Neufeld (Nonfiction/History of the Library Hours —Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (YA/Fantasy Fiction/ News/Understanding the Media/Quick Read) —I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Heist Novel/Friends as Family) (Fight Against Oppression/Famous Figures) Monday-Thursday 9 am-8 pm —March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin illustrated by —Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Dystopian Nate Powell (Biography/Civil Rights Movement/Quick —Mountains Beyond Mountains adapted by Michael Friday-Saturday 9 am-5 pm Future/Performing Arts/Friends as Family) Read) French (Medicine/Humanitarian Aid/Global Poverty)
—A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern (YA/ —Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (YA/Fantasy Ficiton/ —The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming (YA/ Sunday (Sept–May) 1-4 pm Dealing with Guilt/Disabled Characters) Humor/Quick Read) History/Political Upheaval/Lives of Royalty)
—Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston —Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and —Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (History/Fight (Historical Fiction/Prejudice and Racism/Quick Read) Faith Erin Hicks (YA/Friendship/High School Sports) Against Oppression/Science and Technology)
Renew online! —Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Historical —The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim —Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Criminal Justice/Fight Fiction/Life in Africa/Family Relationships/Quick Read) Demonakos illustrated by Nate Powell (YA/Historical Against Oppression/Prejudice and Racism) www.blackstonelibrary.org Fiction/Racism and Prejudice/Quick Read) —This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (YA/School —Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Humor/
Shooting/Bullying) —This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (YA/ Essays/Language) Friendship/Family Issues) —The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (YA/Small Town Life/ —The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Friendship) Nonfiction Hobbs (Struggle to Fit In/Prejudice and Racism/Higher Education) —This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales (YA/ —Bomb by Steve Sheinkin (WWII/Science and May 2019 Struggle to Fit In/Performing Arts) Technology/Espionage)
—Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (YA/Fantasy —The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Fiction/Friends as Family/Romance) Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer (Science and Technology/ Life in Africa/Teenage Inventors)