What We’re Reading This Summer

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book-3480216_1920It goes without saying that librarians love to read. What we love even more is talking about titles we read and enjoy. Here’s a brief list of what the staff of Homewood Library is reading this summer…

Fiction

Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin

Swan Song by Robert McCammon

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosely

Artemis by Andy Weir

Hurricane Season by Lauren Denton

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Other People’s Houses by Abi Waxman

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fanny Flagg

Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress

Sycamore by Brynn Chancellor

Brief Cases by Jim Butcher

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

 

Nonfiction

The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

Born a Crime: And Other Stories by Trevor Noah

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist by Michelle Morgan

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty

Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Feminist by Franchesca Ramsey

What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better by Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth

The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman

Brave by Rose McGowan

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four Letter Words by Michael Ausiello

Radical Candor: How to Be a Kick Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Super Woman RX: Discover the Secrets of Lasting Health, Your Perfect Weight, Energy, and Passion with Dr. Taz’s Power Type Plans by Tasneem Bhalia, MD

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends by Humphrey Carpenter

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