“One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

Whether you’re en route to some exotic travel destination for the summer or simply sitting in your back yard, sipping a refreshing glass of your favorite libation… you’ll probably want to enjoy some good summer reading.  Here’s a list of ten books (novels, non-fiction and debut releases by new authors) that you may want to try out.

Happy reading!

Not in any particular order:

Fiction:

1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
3. South of Broad by Pat Conroy
4. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
5. Rockaway by Tara Ison

Non-fiction:

1. Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math by Daniel Tammet
2. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

First Releases (Fiction) by New Authors:

1. No One Could Have Guessed the Weather by Anne-Marie Casey

First Releases (Non-fiction) by New Authors:

1. Along the Shore: Rediscovering Toronto’s Waterfront Heritage by M. Jane Fairburn
2. Casualties of the (Recession) Depression by Heather Joan Marinos

“Come with me,’ Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.” 
― Lisa Schroeder, I Heart You, You Haunt Me

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