Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

The Girl on the Train By Hawkins, Paula 2015-01 - Riverhead Books 9781594633669 Check Our Catalog Instant #1" New York Times "Bestseller Nothing is more addicting than"The Girl on the Train." "Vanity Fair " "The Girl on the Train" has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since "Gone Girl." . . . It] is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. "The New York Times" Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and …More

Hexed By Hearne, Kevin 2011-06 - Del Rey Books 9780345522498 Check Our Catalog A coven of witches, a fallen angel, a horde of Bacchants, and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire are all vying for the attention of Atticus O'Sullivan--the last of the Druids--in this second installment of Hearne's back-to-back series. Original. HPL patron: Excellent follow up to a great series opener. Fun story with a good mix of characters. …More

The Old Man and the Sea By Hemingway, Ernest 1995-05 - Scribner Book Company 9780684801223 Check Our Catalog Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic. …More

Malpractice in Maggody By Hess, Joan 2006-03 - Thorndike Press 9780786283682 Check Our Catalog Can police chief Arly Hanks get through small town Maggody's gossip and uncover the real goings-on behind an exclusive rehabilitation center before anyone else dies? …More

Pride V. Prejudice: A Claire Malloy Mystery By Hess, Joan 2015-04 - Minotaur Books 9781250011954 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This is the first of this author's books that I've read and I'm not sure I'll try another. I found her characters very different from anyone I've ever met and not very "real," so it was hard to relate to any of them. …More

Yu-GI-Oh! (3-In-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes Vols. 1, 2 & 3 By Takahashi, Kazuki 2015-02 - Viz Media 9781421579245 Check Our Catalog Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games...weird games with high stakes and high risks Let the games begin Meet Seto Kaiba, master of the …More

The Soul of Discretion: A Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler Mystery By Hill, Susan 2015-01 - Overlook Press 9781468301458 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I have found a new English detective. I'm always looking for new ones. Simon Serrailler is the newest one. He is as mysterious as the tale that Susan Hill has written. …More

The Kite Runner By Hosseini, Khaled 2003-06 - Riverhead Books 9781573222457 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2004), Alex Awards (2004), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2007), Iowa High School Book Award (2007), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2006) An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, takes readers from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. As emotionally gripping as it is tender, "The Kite Runner" is an unusual and powerful debut. HPL patron:  Absolutely amazing.  I'd recommend this book to anyone. …More

AHA: Awakening. Honesty. Action: The God Moment That Changes Everything By Idleman, Kyle 2014-03 - David C Cook 9780781410496 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: No real Aha! moments for me, but pretty positive...basically long lesson on the prodigal son. …More

Building the Great Pyramid By Jackson, Kevin Joint Author Stamp, Jonathan 2003-02 - Firefly Books 9781552977194 Check Our Catalog Companion volume to The Discovery Channel's television program. The book looks at the building techniques used to create the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt and its history, both the pyramid's, and the theories about it. …More

The Perfect Witness By Johansen, Iris 2014-09 - St. Martin's Press 9781250020055 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Teresa wants a loving family and not to be used anymore. The way things are shaping up she will lose everything she has worked so hard to find. …More

Your Next Breath By Johansen, Iris 2015-04 - St. Martin's Press 9781250020086 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Catherine just wants a normal life, the way her life is going, though, she doesn't think it will ever happen. …More

Acheron By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2008-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312362157 Check Our Catalog From #1-bestselling author Kenyon comes the long-awaited story of Acheron, the god of final fate and the leader of the Dark-Hunters. Martin's Press. …More

Power By King, Joy Deja 2014-03 - King Productions 9780986004575 Check Our Catalog Alex and Deion were born in the projects of Atlanta. Their mutual determination to escape their poverty stricken existence fueled a friendship that was unbreakable. But as they grew from boys to men, the trappings of the streets introduced them to a life of crime and endless money. Those same streets may end up being their ultimate downfall. Can two men share all that power or can there only be …More

The Eyes of the Dragon: A Story By King, Stephen Illustrator Palladini, David 1987-12 - Signet Book 9780451166586 Check Our Catalog Awards: Colorado Blue Spruce Award (1989) The number-one "New York Times" bestselling prequel to King's Dark Tower series is available again with a beautiful new package and black-and-white artwork by David Palladini. Reissue. …More

Finders Keepers By King, Stephen 2015-06 - Scribner Book Company 9781501100079 Check Our Catalog A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in "Mr. Mercedes." "Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous …More

Mr. Mercedes By King, Stephen 2014-06 - Scribner Book Company 9781476754451 Check Our Catalog Awards: Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2015) In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. …More

Fifteen Minutes By Kingsbury, Karen 2013-10 - Howard Books 9781451647051 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a dramatic story about fame, true love, and the cost of having it all. …More

Cripple Creek Days By Lee, Mabel Barbee Designed by Thomas, Lowell, Jr. Foreword by Thomas, Lowell, Jr. 1984-09 - Unp - Bison Books 9780803279124 Check Our Catalog Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a …More

The Ripper By Lee, Tony Illustrator Currie, Andrew Illustrator Rayner, Richard Piers 2011-07 - IDW Publishing 9781600109744 Check Our Catalog The Eleventh Doctor era begins here! Join the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor and his latest companions, Amy Pond and her husband Rory Williams, as they travel to the far reaches of space - a planet populated by holograms - and the distant past - where they become embroiled in the Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian London …More

When Worlds Collide By Lee, Tony Illustrator Buckingham, Mark Illustrator Smith, Matthew Dow 2012-01 - IDW Publishing 9781613771044 Check Our Catalog Join the Doctor and his companions, Amy and Rory, as they travel to the far reaches of space to save their friend and the future of Britain …More

The Fall By Lescroart, John 2015-05 - Atria Books 9781476709215 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times" bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting new novel of legal suspense featuring Dismas Hardy and his daughter, Rebecca, now grown up and an associate in Hardy's law firm. Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Morgan plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall...or was she pushed? …More

Child of Mine By Lewis, David Author Lewis, Beverly 2014-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764212598 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: You would never know two people wrote this book. It will keep you guessing til the end. Good characters, plot, and setting. …More

The Fiddler By Lewis, Beverly 2012-04 - Thorndike Press 9781410446053 Check Our Catalog When Amy DeVries, thoroughly modern and disillusioned, sets out on a road trip, she unexpectedly meets an Amish man--and community--that changes her life forever. HPL patron: I try to find a new author with a series each summer and I hit the jackpot. she pulls you right into the characters and their lives. You read this, wish you were in Hickory …More

What to read while waiting for...

The Martian By Weir, Andy 2014-02 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780804139021 Check Our Catalog Awards: Alex Awards (2015), Indies Choice Book Awards (2015), Thriller Awards (2015) When a freak dust storm brings a manned mission to Mars to an unexpected close, an astronaut who is left behind fights to stay alive. …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

The Martian Chronicles By Bradbury, Ray 2012-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781451678192 Check Our Catalog Before the advent of space flight, Ray Bradbury had humankind cultivating planets. In "The Martian Chronicles", humanity discovers an ancient civilization on the verge of ruin. This classic work presents tales of human interaction with one another and with the Martians. …More

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress By Heinlein, Robert A. 1997-06 - Orb Books 9780312863555 Check Our Catalog The Hugo Award-winning classic that helped launch modern libertarianism, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" is Heinlein's unforgettable tale of a Lunar revolution in 2076. Led by a one-armed computer technician, a radical blonde bombshell, an aging academic, and a sentient, all-knowing computer, the revolution's proclamation--"TANSTAAFL" (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)--remains a slogan of …More

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void By Roach, Mary 2010-08 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393068474 Check Our Catalog Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As Roach discovers, it's possible to preview …More

Return to Mars By Bova, Ben 2000-07 - Eos 9780380797257 Check Our Catalog In the thrilling sequel to "Mars", Commander Jamie Waterman is on his second mission to the red planet to solve the mystery of an improbable structure on the surface that only an intelligent being could have built. Along the way, Jamie Waterman must contend with deadly sabotage, a destructive rivalry, and a disturbing new emotional attraction. HPL patron:  …More

Adult Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

Cockatiels at Seven By Andrews, Donna 2009-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312377168 Check Our Catalog BABYSITTING IS FOR THE BIRDS When her old friend Karen drops by with her two-year-old son, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to mind him for a few hours. The next morning, when Karen is still MIA, Meg retraces her friend's footsteps and starts to suspect that her disappearance is linked to at least one serious crime. Has Karen been killed or kidnapped? Is she on the run? What's the story with …More

Six Geese A-Slaying By Andrews, Donna 2009-11 - Minotaur Books 9780312536114 Check Our Catalog Take a gander at this! Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly holiday parade. The theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, and so on. There are also assorted floats, a live nativity scene …More

Our Haunted Lives: True Life Ghost Encounters By Belanger, Jeff 2006-07 - New Page Books 9781564148568 Check Our Catalog Featuring the stories of dozens of people who have witnessed the supernatural firsthand in their homes, at work, and in numerous other locations, this volume explores the profound nature of ghosts and spirits and uses personal interviews to capture the many different facets of experience. HPL patron: This book made an unbeliever of the metaphysical and …More

A History of Loneliness By Boyne, John 2015-02 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374171339 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: My favorite book of the year. John Boyne writes of the life of a Roman Catholic priest in Dublin during the sexual abuse scandal. His protagonist is a faithful priest who Boyne paints as one of the victims of the backlash. …More

The Price of Paradise By Brake, Colin 2009-09 - BBC Books 9780563486527 Check Our Catalog Laylora - the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving aboriginals live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The paradise planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land... Is there a connection between the …More

The Bean Eaters By Brooks, Gwendolyn 2012-04 - Literary Licensing, LLC 9781258269692 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Something that only time can make stand still. …More

The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case By Brown, Pat 2013-02 - Prometheus Books 9781616146504 Check Our Catalog A new myth-busting book by world-renowned criminal profiler Brown. A thought-provoking analysis of the amazing woman Cleopatra truly was, a fascinating account of the queen's final desperate attempt to escape Egypt with her ships and treasure, and the brutal homicide that ended her life as the last Egyptian pharaoh. HPL patron: This is a wonderful book if …More

Play Dirty By Brown, Sandra 2008-07 - Pocket Books 9781416523338 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Chill Factor" and "Ricochet" comes this gripping story of obsessive love and its deadly consequences. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. HPL patron: Very erotic. …More

The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes By Burrough, Bryan 2009-02 - Penguin Press 9781594201998 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author and "Vanity Fair" special-correspondent Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the 20th century--Texas oil. HPL patron: Texas oil, wealth, and power. The book was ok. …More

Timeless By Carriger, Gail 2014-07 - Orbit 9780316402729 Check Our Catalog Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, must answer a mystifying summons to Egypt in the final novel in the "New York Times"-bestselling Parasol Protectorate series. Original. …More

James Madison: A Life Reconsidered By Cheney, Lynne 2014-05 - Viking Books 9780670025190 Check Our Catalog This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the …More

Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington By Clark, Mary Higgins 2003-06 - Pocket Books 9780743448949 Check Our Catalog Higgins Clark's long-out-of-print first novel is now available in paperback. Originally published in 1969 as "Aspire to the Heavens, " this novel explores the heart of George Washington after his term in office when he returns to Mount Vernon. HPL patron: This book is about George and Martha life story. George was 10 years younger than his wife Martha. He …More

His Woman By Cosby, Diana J. 2008-12 - Zebra Books 9781420101096 Check Our Catalog In this sweeping romance set in medieval Scotland, Lady Isabel Adair, the secret daughter of Sir William Wallace, must enlist the aid of Sir Duncan MacGruder, the man she was once forced to betray, but has never forgotten. Original. …More

Ask for It By Day, Sylvia 2012-11 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758290427 Check Our Catalog An elegant widow surrenders to unbridled passion with a seductive Earl whom she jilted years ago, in this steamy historical romance. HPL patron: I love historical romance with a touch of mystery and this is a true example of a well-written and stimulating historical romance! …More

Vanguards of the Frontier: A Social History of the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains from the Fur Traders to the Sod Busters By Dick, Everett 2003-12 - University of Nebraska Press 9780803250482 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Book for the most part portrays trappers, soldiers, prospectors, and life on the plains. If anyone likes a western book, read this one. …More

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary: How Unsafe Is Our Food? By Duncan, Charles M. 2015-01 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 9781442238398 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Great info on safety of food and the problems we face daily as consumers. …More

The Husband List By Evanovich, Janet Author Kelly, Dorien 2013-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312651343 Check Our Catalog Based on the family from the bestselling "Love in a Nutshell" comes the story of New York heiress Caroline Maxwell, who longs to marry for love or not at all. But it's 1894, and while Caroline's brother and his friend, Jack Culhane, are off seeing the world, she's stuck at home. Can Jack and Caroline find love, against all odds? Martin's Press. HPL patron: …More

The Storm Murders By Farrow, John 2015-05 - Minotaur Books 9781250057686 Check Our Catalog "City of Ice," John Farrow's first book in his acclaimed Emile Cinq-Mars series, which has been hailed by "Booklist" as "one of the best series in crime fiction," has been published in over 17 countries. Now with "The Storm Murders, " the series continues. On the day after a massive blizzard, two policemen are called to an isolated farm house sitting all by itself in the middle of a pristine …More

Double Fudge Brownie Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2015-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758280404 Check Our Catalog Life in tiny Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama--especially the Swensen family. With so much on her plate, Hannah Swensen can hardly find the time to think about her bakery--let alone the town's most recent murder. . . Hannah is nervous about the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic …More

Garden of Darkness By Frasier, Anne 2007-12 - Onyx Books 9780451412478 Check Our Catalog In this terrifying follow-up to the acclaimed "Pale Immortal," medical examiner Rachel Burton tries to leave Tuonela, Wisconsin, but is brought back after the discovery of a skinned body. Meanwhile, as Evan Stroud succumbs to madness, nothing he is rumored to be compares to the one who has been awakened. Original. …More

Pale Immortal By Frasier, Anne 2006-09 - Onyx Books 9780451412249 Check Our Catalog In her new novel, the "USA Today" bestselling author of "Before I Wake" flirts with the paranormal when a town's horrific legacy gives rise to shadows of fear and suspicion. Original. …More

The Fault in Our Stars By Green, John 2012-01 - Dutton Books for Young Readers 9780525478812 Check Our Catalog Awards: Beehive Awards (2014), Black-Eyed Susan Award (2014), Buckeye Children's Book Award (2013), Buckeye Children's Book Award (2014), California Young Reader Medal (2015), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2013), Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2014), Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2016), Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2014), Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (2015), Florida Teens Read (2014), Gateway Readers Award (2015), Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (2014), Grand Canyon Reader Award (2014), Green Mountain Book Award (2014), Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2013), Indies Choice Book Awards (2013), Iowa High School Book Award (2014), Kentucky Bluegrass Award (2013), Keystone to Reading Book Award (2014), Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice (2015), Nevada Young Readers' Award (2014), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (2013), Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2014), Sequoyah Book Awards (2015), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (2014), Tayshas Reading (2013), Virginia Readers Choice Award (2014), Volunteer State Book Awards (2014), Young Reader's Choice Award (2015) Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. HPL patron: An amazingly affirming and upbeat …More

Cooking the Books: A Corinna Chapman Mystery By Greenwood, Kerry 2012-03 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590589847 Check Our Catalog Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, is trying very hard to do nothing at all on her holidays. Her gorgeous Daniel is only intermittently at her side (he's roaming the streets tracking down a multi-thousand dollar corporate theft). Jason, her baking offsider, has gone off to learn how to surf. And Kylie and Goss are fulfilling their lives' ambition auditioning for a …More

The Lamorna Wink By Grimes, Martha 2000-09 - Onyx Books 9780451409362 Check Our Catalog Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury returns -- but not before sidekick Melrose Plant finds himself embroiled in a haunting case of murder past and present. With his good friend Richard Jury on a fool's errand in Northern Ireland, Melrose Plant tries -- in vain -- to escape his aunt and his Long Piddleton lethargy by fleeing to Cornwall. There, high on a rocky promontory overlooking the …More