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

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
by Michael Chabon

Finn: A Novel
by Jon Clinch

The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
by Stef Penney

Afterwards: A Novel
by Rachel Seiffert

The Post-Birthday World
by Lionel Shriver

Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland

The Sonnet Lover: A Novel
by Carol Goodman

Interred with Their Bones
by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Candida Mannozzi
Owner, Candida's World of Books
Travel Writing

100 Places Every Woman Should Go (Travelers' Tales)
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Bad Lands (Lonely Planet) (Lonely Planet Travel)
by Tony Wheeler

How to Eat Around the World: Tips and Wisdom
by Richard Sterling

No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
by Judith Martin

Live from Jordan: Letters Home from My Journey Through the Middle East
by Benjamin Orbach

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly

Voices of Time: A Life in Stories
by Eduardo Galeano

AYA
by Marguerite Abouet

This is London (This is . . .)
by Miroslav Sasek

We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania
by Laurie Krebs
Dinah Paul
Owner, A Likely Story Children's Bookstore
Baby

Beach Babies Wear Shades
by Michelle Sinclair Colman

Stick
by Steve Breen

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (Fancy Nancy)
by Jane O'Connor

The Talented Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker

Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Tree House #33)
by Mary Pope Osborne

India The Moonstone Fairy (Jewel Fairies)
by Daisy Meadows

Welcome To Camden Falls (Main Street)
by Ann M Martin

Mercy Watson Fights Crime (Mercy Watson)
by Kate Dicamillo

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
by Rick Riordan

The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1)
by Erin Hunter

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

Delilah's Revenge (There is Nothing More Dangerous for a Man than a WOMAN with a Plan)
by S. James Guitard

Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
by Joe Hill

The Leopard
by GUISEPPE DI LAMPEDUSA

Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
by Kevin Merida

Man Gone Down: A Novel
by Michael Thomas

The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn Iggulden













