HPL Adult Summer Reading

A Bad Idea I'm about to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure By Gethard, Chris 2012-01 - Da Capo Press 9780306820304 Check Our Catalog From comedy star Gethard comes a collection of essays chronicling his bizarre childhood, awkward adolescence, and the hilarious misadventures that followed. …More

Dexter by Design By Lindsay, Jeff Author Lindsay, Jeffry P. 2009-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385518369 Check Our Catalog The macabre, witty New York Times bestselling series continues as our darkly lovable killer matches wits with a sadistic "artiste" who is creating bizarre murder tableaux of his own all over Miami. After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is almost normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he's devoted to his bride, his stomach is full, and …More

Dexter Is Delicious By Lindsay, Jeff 2010-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385532358 Check Our Catalog America's most-read, most-watched, and most-beloved serial killer--Dexter Morgan--is back. Family bliss is cut short when Dexter is summoned to investigate the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl who has been running with a bizarre group of goths who fancy themselves to be vampires, but more resemble cannibals. …More

U2: Rock 'n' Roll to Change the World By Neufeld, Timothy D. 2017-06 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 9781442249394 Check Our Catalog U2's significant career far exceeds that of most average successful rock bands, with a prolific output of thirteen well-received studio albums and a sometimes relentless touring schedule. The band is famous for uniquely drawing together music, art, faith, and activism, all within a lucrative career that has given each of these elements an unusual degree of social and cultural resonance. …More

The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign By Oliphant, Tom Author Wilkie, Curtis 2017-05 - Simon & Schuster 9781501105562 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting book-history book. Good reading. …More

The Holocaust: A New History By Rees, Laurence 2017-04 - PublicAffairs 9781610398442 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting-sad-book. …More

Where'd You Go, Bernadette By Semple, Maria 2012-08 - Little Brown and Company 9780316204279 Check Our Catalog Awards: Alex Awards (2013), Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2013), Women's Fiction AKA Orange Prize (2013) To her Microsoft-guru husband, Bernadette's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to her 15-year-old, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette disappears. HPL patron: I listened to the audiobook-it was fantastic! The narrator did a …More

Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War By Shaara, Jeff 1996-05 - Ballantine Books 9780345404923 Check Our Catalog In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly …More

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living By Wiking, Meik 2017-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780062658807 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Initially, I closed the book and thought it was so-so. Not bad, but not really great either. But the more I reflected, the more I like it and look to make things more hygge. I also tried the Boller I Karry (Danish meatballs in curry) recipe. It is delicious and easy to make. HPL patron: A light read that made me …More

A Man Called Ove By Backman, Fredrik 2014-07 - Atria Books 9781476738017 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This was a good book easy enough to read yet still had a message worth keeping. Characters were well developed and the back story on Ove was well don. …More

The Cat Sitter and the Canary By Clement, John Author Clement, Blaize 2016-12 - Minotaur Books 9781250051172 Check Our Catalog Dixie Hemingway, everyone's favorite pet-sitting sleuth, is back for yet another riveting case. Set in the lush and beautiful island of Siesta Key, with a cast of characters that Dixie fans the world over have come to know and love, The Cat Sitter and the Canary is the latest book by Blaize and her son John Clement. A delightful addition to this critically acclaimed series, The Cat …More

Morocco By Bowles, Paul Photographer Brukoff, Barry 1993-10 - ABRAMS 9780810936317 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Nice pictorial book on the country-read for reference to a coming trip. …More

Six Years By Coben, Harlan 2013-03 - Dutton Adult 9780525953487 Check Our Catalog Coben, the master of domestic suspense, returns with a standalone thriller--in the vein of #1 bestsellers "Hold Tight," "Caught," and "Stay Close"--that explores the depth and passion of a lost love, and the secrets and lies at its heart. …More

The Kingdom By Cussler, Clive With Blackwood, Grant 2011-06 - Putnam Adult 9780399157424 Check Our Catalog The thrilling new adventure from a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. The husband-and-wife team of Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, but they aren't used to hunting for people--until an investigator friend of their goes missing, and they promise to search for him. What they discover, however, will be beyond anything they could have imagined. HPL …More

V Is for Vengeance By Grafton, Sue 2011-11 - Marian Wood Book 9780399157868 Check Our Catalog A woman with a murky past who kills herself. A dying old man. A lovely woman. A professional shoplifting ring. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster. A wandering husband. A spoiled kid. A lonely widower. An elegant but ruthless businessman whose dealings are definitely outside the law: the spider at the center of the web. And in the middle of it all is Kinsey Millhone, whose 38th-birthday gift …More

I Still Dream about You By Flagg, Fannie 2010-11 - Random House 9781400065936 Check Our Catalog A major new novel--the first in four years--by the irresistible bestselling author of "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!," and "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe." HPL patron: Enjoyed it immensely-kept me entertained throughout. HPL patron: This was not the best of Fanny Flagg. The …More

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea By Handler, Chelsea 2008-04 - Simon Spotlight Entertainment 9781416954125 Check Our Catalog In a word: hilarious. . . . These are some of the funniest stories I have ever read and they're also some of the most unexpectedly heartfelt--Laura Zigman, author of "Animal Husbandry." HPL patron: Light reading, quick, rather outragious and irreverant. …More

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts By Hammer, Joshua 2016-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781476777405 Check Our Catalog To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven. In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts …More

Gwendy's Button Box By King, Stephen 2017-05 - Cemetery Dance Publications 9781587676109 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting and entertaining. Not the suspenseful story I was hoping for or expecting from Stephen King. …More

The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae By Laurens, Stephanie 2012-01 - Avon Books 9780062068620 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Laurens comes the wild and satisfying conclusion to her trilogy about three Cynster sisters tracking down their perfect matches. Includes a bonus short story. Original. …More

To Distraction: A Bastion Club Novel By Laurens, Stephanie 2006-08 - Avon Books 9780060839109 Check Our Catalog In her latest installment of the Bastion Club series, Laurens reveals the latest about the men of the club and introduces readers to a tantalizing mystery that connects the worlds of the Bastions with that of her bestselling series featuring the Cynsters. Original. HPL patron: This is an excellent book if you enjoy Romance novels, as I do. This author keeps …More

A Fine Passion By Laurens, Stephanie 2005-08 - Avon Books 9780060593315 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling superstar Laurens leads readers through the gates of the Bastion Club for another sensuous tale. The last of his noble line, Baron Warnefleet comes home to intrigue and peril, and to the only woman in England who can set his hidden passions free. Original. …More