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2007 Summer

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

Barbara Hoffert
Editor, Library Journal Book Review

Image of The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
Author: Anita Amirrezvani
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Image of The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
Author: Michael Chabon
Publisher: HarperCollins (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 432 pages

Image of Finn: A Novel
Author: Jon Clinch
Publisher: Random House (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages

Image of The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
Author: Stef Penney
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Image of Afterwards: A Novel
Author: Rachel Seiffert
Publisher: Pantheon (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 336 pages

Image of The Post-Birthday World
Author: Lionel Shriver
Publisher: HarperCollins (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 528 pages

Image of Luncheon of the Boating Party
Author: Susan Vreeland
Publisher: Viking Adult (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 448 pages

Image of The Sonnet Lover: A Novel
Author: Carol Goodman
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages

Image of Interred with Their Bones
Author: Jennifer Lee Carrell
Publisher: Dutton Adult (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 432 pages

Candida Mannozzi
Owner, Candida's World of Books

Travel Writing

Image of 100 Places Every Woman Should Go (Travelers' Tales)
Author: Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Publisher: Travelers' Tales (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

Image of Bad Lands (Lonely Planet) (Travel Literature)
Author: Tony Wheeler
Publisher: Lonely Planet (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 327 pages

Image of How to Eat Around the World: Tips and Wisdom
Author: Richard Sterling
Publisher: Travelers' Tales (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 168 pages

Image of No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
Author: Judith Martin, Eric Denker
Publisher: W. W. Norton (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of Live From Jordan: Letters Home From My Journey Through the Middle East
Author: Benjamin Orbach
Publisher: AMACOM (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
Author: Matthew Polly
Publisher: Gotham (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

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

Fiction

Image of Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World (Aesop Prize (Awards))
Author:
Publisher: W. W. Norton (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of Voices of Time: A Life in Stories
Author: Eduardo Galeano
Publisher: Picador (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 368 pages

Image of Aya
Author: Marguerite Abouet
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 132 pages

Kid's Books

Image of This is London (This is . . .)
Author: Miroslav Sasek
Publisher: Universe (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 64 pages

Image of We All Went on Safari (Travel the World)
Author: Laurie Krebs
Publisher: Barefoot Books (2003)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Dinah Paul
Owner, A Likely Story Children's Bookstore

Baby

Image of Little Butterfly: Finger Puppet Book (Finger Puppet Brd Bks)
Author: Chronicle Books, ImageBooks Staff
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2006)
Binding: Board book, 12 pages

Image of Beach Babies Wear Shades (An Urban Babies Wear Black Book)
Author: Michelle Sinclair Colman
Publisher: Tricycle Press (2007)
Binding: Board book, 20 pages

Image of Can You? Bark Like a Dog (Copy Me Board Books)
Author:
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan (2006)
Binding: Board book, 10 pages

Image of Hey Diddle Diddle (My First Taggies Book)
Author: Geo Ham
Publisher: Cartwheel Books (2006)
Binding: Board book, 10 pages

Ages 3-6

Image of Stick
Author: Steve Breen
Publisher: Dial (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 40 pages

Image of I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)
Author: Lauren Child
Publisher: Candlewick (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 32 pages

Image of Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors
Author: Petr Horacek
Publisher: Candlewick (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 16 pages

Image of Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Author: Jane O'connor
Publisher: HarperCollins (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Hooray for Fish!
Author: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Candlewick (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 40 pages

Ages 8-10

Image of The Talented Clementine
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 144 pages

Image of Game 1: #1 in The Barnstormers: Tales of the Travelin' Nine Series
Author: Loren Long, Phil Bildner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (2007)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of Carnival at Candlelight (Magic Tree House #33)
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 128 pages

Image of India: The Moonstone Fairy (Rainbow Magic: The Jewel Fairies, No. 1)
Author: Daisy Meadows
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (2007)
Binding: Mass Market Paperback, 80 pages

Image of Welcome To Camden Falls (Main Street)
Author: Ann M Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 192 pages

Image of Mercy Watson Fights Crime
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Publisher: Candlewick (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 80 pages

Ages 10 and up

Image of The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 400 pages

Image of The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages

Image of The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1)
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Image of The Runaway Princess
Author: Kate Coombs
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 288 pages

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Listener Recommendations

Image of Sacred Games: A Novel
Author: Vikram Chandra
Publisher: HarperCollins (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 928 pages

Image of The Alchemist - Gift Edition
Author: Paulo Coelho
Publisher: HarperOne (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 192 pages

Image of A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)
Author: Charles Finch
Publisher: Minotaur Books (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of Delilah's Revenge (There is Nothing More Dangerous for a Man than a WOMAN with a Plan)
Author: S. James Guitard
Publisher: Literally Speaking Publishing House (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages

Image of Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
Author: Joe Hill
Publisher: William Morrow (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages

Image of The Leopard
Author: Guiseppe di Lampedusa
Publisher: Harvill Press (2003)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Image of Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas
Author: Kevin Merida, Michael Fletcher
Publisher: Doubleday (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 432 pages

Image of Man Gone Down: A Novel
Author: Michael Thomas
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages

Image of The Dangerous Book for Boys
Author: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Publisher: William Morrow (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 270 pages

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