Summer Reading Recommendations

 Are you looking for something to read? Check out our recommendations! 

The Wind Knows My Name
by Isabel Allende

"The Wind Knows My Name is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming"-- Provided by publisher.

All Sinners Bleed

    by S.A. Cosby 

"A school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon." -- Provided by publisher.

Tom Lake
by Ann Patchett 

"Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart." -- Provided by publisher (released August 1, 2023)

Witness, Stories

    by Jamel Brinkley

"What does it mean to take action? To bear witness? What does it cost? In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters--from children to grandmothers to ghosts--live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action." -- Provided by publisher. (released August 1, 2023)

The Eden Test
by Adam Sternbergh

"Seven Days. Seven Questions. Forever Changed... Not to mention the Eden Test itself, which poses a searing new question to the couple every day, each more explosive than the last. Their marriage was never perfect, but now the lies and revelations are piling up, as the week becomes much more than they bargained for... How far are they willing to go?" -- Provided by publisher. 

 

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

   by Lisa See

This novel was inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15-century China and the hardships she faced. "Lady Tan's Circle of Women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today." -- Provided by publisher.