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2005 Summer

Recommendations for the best reads of the summer from book editors and independent bookstore owners.

Carla Cohen, Editor of the Book Review at Politics and Prose

Image of Lizzie's War: A Novel
Author: Tim Farrington
Publisher: HarperOne (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Image of Baker Towers
Author: Jennifer Haigh
Publisher: William Morrow (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 488 pages

Image of The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel
Author: Andrew Sean Greer
Publisher: Picador (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages

Image of Crossing California
Author: Adam Langer
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 448 pages

Image of The Hungry Tide: A Novel
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages

Image of Small Island: A Novel
Author: Andrea Levy
Publisher: Picador (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 441 pages

Image of Midnight at the Dragon Cafe: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))
Author: Judy Fong Bates
Publisher: Counterpoint (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 315 pages

Image of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
Publisher: Knopf (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 736 pages

Image of Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828
Author: Walter A. Mcdougall
Publisher: HarperCollins (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 656 pages

Image of Them: A Memoir of Parents
Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 544 pages

Image of Hello to All That: A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace
Author: John Falk
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages

Image of Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China
Author: Rachel DeWoskin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 332 pages

Audio books

Image of In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Recorded Books (2005)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of Saturday
Author: Ian McEwan
Publisher: Recorded Books (2005)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of The Love Wife
Author: Gish Jen
Publisher: Recorded Books (2004)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of Collapse
Author: Jared Diamond
Publisher: Penguin Audio (2004)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal Book Review

Image of The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 480 pages

Image of Captain Alatriste
Author: Arturo Perez-Reverte
Publisher: Putnam Adult (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Image of The Portrait
Author: Iain Pears
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Image of Hunger's Brides: A Novel of the Baroque
Author: Paul Anderson
Publisher: Da Capo Press (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 1376 pages

Image of Divided Kingdom
Author: Rupert Thomson
Publisher: Knopf (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages

Image of The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1)
Author: John Twelve Hawks
Publisher: Doubleday (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 464 pages

Image of Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Author: Xinran Xinran
Publisher: Nan A. Talese (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Image of Envy: A Novel
Author: Kathryn Harrison
Publisher: Random House (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Random House (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Image of My Life In CIA
Author: Harry Mathews
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 249 pages

Image of The Education of Arnold Hitler
Author: Marc Estrin
Publisher: Unbridled Books (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 464 pages

Image of Breath and Bones
Author: Susann Cokal
Publisher: Unbridled Books (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 416 pages

Image of The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole: A Novel
Author: Stephanie Doyon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Sheilah Egan, "A Likely Story" Children’s Bookstore

Image of Animal Sounds (Golden Sturdy Book)
Author:
Publisher: Golden Books (1999)
Binding: Board book, 24 pages

Image of Belly Button Book (Boynton on Board)
Author: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (2005)
Binding: Board book, 24 pages

Image of Feely Bugs: To Touch and Feel Book (Bugs in a Box Books)
Author: David A. Carter
Publisher: Little Simon (1995)
Binding: Hardcover, 12 pages

Image of What will I be? (Mirror Mirror)
Author: Christopher Inns
Publisher: Kingfisher (2005)
Binding: Board book, 12 pages

Image of Play, Baby, Play
Author: Ann Blakeslee
Publisher: Cartwheel (2005)
Binding: Board book, 4 pages

Image of Go, Baby, Go
Author: Ann Blakeslee
Publisher: Cartwheel (2005)
Binding: Board book, 4 pages

Image of What Do You Do?
Author: Mandy Stanley
Publisher: Little Simon (2005)
Binding: Board book, 24 pages

Image of Bee-bim Bop!
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publisher: Clarion Books (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Everybody Makes Mistakes
Author: Christine Kole MacLean
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of The Fairytale Cake
Author: Mark Sperring
Publisher: The Chicken House (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Good Morning, Digger
Author: Anne Rockwell
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence
Author: Judith St. George
Publisher: Philomel (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 48 pages

Image of Reading Makes You Feel Good
Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Russell the Sheep
Author: Rob Scotton
Publisher: HarperCollins (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of The Visit
Author: Reeve Lindbergh
Publisher: Dial (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 40 pages

Image of A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
Author:
Publisher: Candlewick (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 64 pages

Image of If Frogs Made the Weather
Author: Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher: Holiday House (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 672 pages

Image of The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets
Author: David Colbert, Virginia Allyn
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2)
Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 704 pages

Image of Best Foot Forward
Author: Joan Bauer
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 192 pages

Image of Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages

Image of Leven Thumps And The Gateway To Foo
Author: Obert Skye
Publisher: Shadow Mountain (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 348 pages

Image of The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Author: Richard Yancey, Rick Yancey
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 375 pages

Image of The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (National Book Award for Young People's Literature (Awards))
Author: Jeanne Birdsall
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Angela Dodson, Executive Editor of Black Issues Book Review

Image of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 288 pages

Image of Small Island: A Novel
Author: Andrea Levy
Publisher: Picador (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 441 pages

Image of The Professor's Daughter: A Novel
Author: Emily Raboteau
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages

Image of The Icarus Girl: A Novel
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher: Nan A. Talese (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages

Image of Freshwater Road
Author: Denise Nicholas
Publisher: Agate Publishing (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 333 pages

Image of The Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories
Author: Mohammed Naseehu Ali
Publisher: Amistad (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Image of Let George Do It!
Author: George Foreman, Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

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