Adult Summer Reading

Althea & Oliver By Moracho, Cristina 2014-10 - Viking Children's Books 9780670785391 Check Our Catalog Awards: Tayshas Reading (2015) High-school juniors Althea and Oliver, who have been friends since age six, find their friendship changing because Oliver has contracted Kleine-Levin Syndrome, also known as OSleeping Beauty Syndrome.O And what happens during one of Oliver's episodes shatters their friendship. HPL patron: I enjoyed the story line. It was well written, however, I could have …More

A Rumpole Christmas By Mortimer, John Illustrator Adel, Daniel 2010-10 - Penguin Books 9780143117919 Check Our Catalog Rumpole isn't particularly fond of Christmas Day--he finds it has a horrible habit of dragging on as She Who Must Be Obeyed leads him through the usual rituals. Collected for the first time are five delightful tales that capture the beleaguered barrister at his grumpy yet warmhearted best. …More

The Man in My Basement By Mosley, Walter 2005-02 - Back Bay Books 9780316159319 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title Mosley departs from his Easy Rawlins mysteries for this thought-provoking novel. Charles Blakey is a young black man whose life is slowly crumbling. When a mysterious white man offers to rent Charles's basement for the summer, Charles embarks on a journey into inconceivable worlds of power and manipulation, and unimagined realms of humanity. …More

Momma Said By Mwari, Mesenti Mykynte 2014-06 - Createspace 9781499740202 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Beautifully written, extremely touching and brave and courageous book of survival. I would read it a second and third time. …More

Poems of Trust/ Poems of Pain Sometimes Love Becomes Simply Rain By Mwari, Mesenti Mykynte 2014-02 - Createspace 9781490932118 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Heartfelt love...need I say more? …More

The Boy in the Box By Nelson, Lee J. 2002-11 - Bridge Works Publishing Company 9781882593668 Check Our Catalog In this highly original, Kafka-esque novel, Smith tries to recruit others to help him solve a mystery, only to encounter resistance and denial. Fast-moving and accessible, this is a suspenseful, surreal foray into a city that no one really knows, where the pain and danger of being an outsider can both frighten and amuse. …More

Soul Eater, Volume 1 By Ohkubo, Atsushi 2009-10 - Yen Press 9780759530010 Check Our Catalog First published: Japan: Square Enix Co. Ltd., 2004. HPL patron: Soul Eater is one of the best animes you will find. There's action, romance (if you can even call it that), family problems, and friendship troubles. Maka is a meister and soul is her weapon. Black Star is a meister, and his weapon is Tsubaki. They all go on a lot of missions but never miss …More

The 5th Horseman By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2007-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446699310 Check Our Catalog In this #1 "New York Times" bestseller by Patterson and Paetro, the Women's Murder Club faces an unspeakable horror in an irresistible hospital and courtroom thriller. …More

The 8th Confession By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2010-02 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446561334 Check Our Catalog As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching--waiting for a chance to take vengeance. The exhilarating new chapter in the Women's Murder Club series serves up a double dose of shocking twists and scandalous revelations. …More

Jack & Jill By Patterson, James 2003-08 - Warner Books (NY) 9780446692656 Check Our Catalog The New York Times besselling author of Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider brings back his acclaimed detective Alex Cross in this thoroughly gripping, terrifying new psychological thriller. A little girl and a senator have been murdered, leaving as clues a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill". Alex has all the skills and courage to find the truth--now, all he needs is …More

Mary, Mary By Patterson, James 2006-09 - Warner Vision 9780446619035 Check Our Catalog Somebody is murdering Hollywood's A-list. Her calling card: "You've got mail." On a family vacation, FBI agent Alex Cross is asked to investigate the shooting of a top actress and an e-mail sent to the Los Angeles Times with shocking details about the murder, signed Mary Smith. More killings and more e-mails follow, and Mary Smith is getting better every time. To hunt down this merciless killer …More

Truth or Die By Patterson, James Author Roughan, Howard 2015-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316407014 Check Our Catalog The truth will set you free-if it doesn't kill you first. After a serious professional stumble, attorney Trevor Mann may have finally hit his stride. He's found happiness with his girlfriend Claire Parker, a beautiful, ambitious journalist always on the hunt for a scoop. But when Claire's newest story leads to a violent confrontation, Trevor's newly peaceful life is shattered as he tries to …More

Zoo By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2015-05 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455591237 Check Our Catalog A CBS-TV SERIES LAUNCHING JUNE 30, 2015 Once in a lifetime, a writer puts it all together. This is James Patterson's best book ever. Total For 36 years, James Patterson has written unputdownable, pulse-racing novels. Now, he has written a book that surpasses all of them. ZOO is the thriller he was born to write. World All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire …More

Lone Wolf By Picoult, Jodi 2012-04 - Center Point 9781611733662 Check Our Catalog A prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father learns that his dad lies comatose in a hospital. He fights with his sister about the next steps in this heart wrenching look at the intersection of medical science and moral choices. …More

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock By Quick, Matthew 2013-08 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316221337 Check Our Catalog Awards: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2014), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2016), Nevada Young Readers' Award (2015), Tayshas Reading (2014) A day in the life of a suicidal teen boy saying good-bye to the four people who matter most to him. HPL patron: Forgive me Leonard Peacock is one of those books that are at first hard to read due to subject matter; however, you soon find yourself pulled in absolutely (I read the short novel in one sitting.) While not as sophisticated or clever as …More

Tales from a Village School By Read, Miss 1995-10 - Houghton Mifflin Company 9780395717622 Check Our Catalog Illegal bartering of gingernuts in a murky corner of the playground, justice firmly being done on three malefactors who stole Mr. Henry's eggs - here, in these forty delightful stories about life as a village schoolteacher, are the dramas of the world of multiplication practice, muddy boots in the cloakroom, and nature walks, set against the changing seasons of the countryside. These stories were …More

Jewels of the Sun By Roberts, Nora 2014-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425271582 Check Our Catalog First in a new Irish trilogy, Roberts' novel finds Aidan Gallahger back home in Ireland, managing the family pub and sharing the legends of the land with an American woman who is immersing herself in the study of Irish folklore. They create a passionate history of their own. Original …More

Rising Tides By Roberts, Nora 1998-07 - Jove Books 9780515123173 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the second novel in a dramatic trilogy of three men who return home to honor their father's last wish--to care for Seth, a troubled boy in need of a family. The first novel, "Sea Swept" brings the character of Cameron Quinn, a racing boat driver, to life. Here, the quiet brother, a fisherman, Ethan Quinn's character is explored. …More

Tribute By Roberts, Nora 2009-04 - Jove Books 9780515146363 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author presents her latest blockbuster novel, the story of a big-screen legend, a small-town scandal, and a young woman caught up in the secrets and shadows of both. …More

Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story By Rosen, Michael 2015-01 - Counterpoint LLC 9781619024830 Check Our Catalog How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written down, …More

Cirque Du Freak, Volume 1 By Shan, Darren Illustrator Arai, Takahiro 2009-06 - Yen Press 9780759530416 Check Our Catalog Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. Note: Reads from right to left and back to front. "Original Japanese edition published in Japan in 2006 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Includes chapter one of the prose version of Cirque du …More

A Wedding in December By Shreve, Anita 2006-05 - Back Bay Books 9780316154512 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In Shreve's national bestseller, seven former schoolmates gather at an inn in the Berkshires to celebrate a wedding and to recall a long-ago night that marked each of their lives. …More

Burnt Mountain By Siddons, Anne Rivers 2011-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446566957 Check Our Catalog From one of our most acclaimed writers comes this dramatic tale of a well-born Southern woman whose life is forever changed by the betrayal of her mother and by the man she loves Growing up, the only place tomboy Thayer Wentworth felt at home was at her summer camp - Camp Sherwood Forest in the North Carolina Mountains. It was there that she came alive and where she met Nick Abrams, her first …More

Sweetwater Creek By Siddons, Anne Rivers 2006-12 - HarperCollins Publishers 9780060837013 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons delivers "a touching, dramatic story" ("Atlanta Journal-Constitution") that explores the bonds of female friendship. This compelling novel is available in a larger-sized, Premium Edition. Fascinating book. …More