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Summer 2007 Reading List

This year's recommendations for the best summer reading from book editors and independent bookstore owners

Barbara Hoffert
Editor, Library Journal Book Review


The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
by Anita Amirrezvani

Finn: A Novel
by Jon Clinch

Afterwards: A Novel
by Rachel Seiffert

The Post-Birthday World
by Lionel Shriver

Interred with Their Bones
by Jennifer Lee Carrell

Candida Mannozzi
Owner, Candida's World of Books


Travel Writing
Fiction

AYA
by Marguerite Abouet

Kid's Books

Dinah Paul
Owner, A Likely Story Children's Bookstore


Baby

Beach Babies Wear Shades
by Michelle Sinclair Colman

Ages 3-6

Stick
by Steve Breen

Ages 8-10

The Talented Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker

Ages 10 and up

The Runaway Princess
by Kate Coombs

Listener Recommendations

Sacred Games: A Novel
by Vikram Chandra

The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho

A Beautiful Blue Death
by Charles Finch

The Leopard
by GUISEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA

Man Gone Down: A Novel
by Michael Thomas

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