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2008 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 Boat (Rough-Cut)
Author: Nam Le
Publisher: Knopf (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 288 pages

Image of Harry, Revised: A Novel
Author: Mark Sarvas
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Image of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Author: Sasa Stanisic
Publisher: Grove Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 304 pages

Image of Beijing Coma: A Novel
Author: Ma Jian
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 592 pages

Image of Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel
Author: Rivka Galchen
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of Say You're One of Them
Author: Uwem Akpan
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages

Image of Finding Nouf: A Novel
Author: Zoe Ferraris
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 305 pages

Image of The Condition: A Novel
Author: Jennifer Haigh
Publisher: Harper (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 400 pages

Image of Wolf Totem: A Novel
Author: Jiang Rong
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 544 pages

Image of The Cellist of Sarajevo
Author: Steven Galloway
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Random House (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 368 pages

Traci Giganti
Co-owner of Book Crossing in Brunswick, MD

Picture Book

Image of I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean!
Author: Kevin Sherry
Publisher: Dial (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Ages 6-9

Image of Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine
Author: Erica Silverman
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 44 pages

Ages 7-10

Image of Game 1 (Barnstormers)
Author: Phil Bildner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 144 pages

Ages 10 and older

Image of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Author: Brian Selznick
Publisher: Scholastic Press (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 544 pages

Young Adults

Image of Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages

Carla Cohen
Co-owner of Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.

Fiction Hardcover

Image of Unaccustomed Earth
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Publisher: Knopf (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages

Image of Netherland: A Novel
Author: Joseph O'Neill
Publisher: Pantheon (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Image of The World Before Her
Author: Deborah Weisgall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 288 pages

Image of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
Author: David Wroblewski
Publisher: Ecco (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 576 pages

Fiction Paperback

Image of Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Author: Per Petterson
Publisher: Picador (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages

Image of Loving Frank: A Novel
Author: Nancy Horan
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 400 pages

Image of Free Food for Millionaires
Author: Min Jin Lee
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 592 pages

Image of The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Author: Mohsin Hamid
Publisher: Harvest Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages

Nonfiction

Image of When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
Author: Peter Godwin
Publisher: Back Bay Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 341 pages

Image of Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England
Author: Lynne Olson
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 448 pages

Audiobooks

Image of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: Penguin Audio (2007)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Author: Alexander M. Smith
Publisher: Recorded Books (2008)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Image of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author: Barack Obama
Publisher: Random House Audio (2005)
Binding: Audio CD, pages

Todd Stewart
Co-owner of Vertigo Books in College Park, MD

Fiction Hardcover

Image of Mind's Eye: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery (Inspector Van Veeteren Mysteries)
Author: Hakan Nesser
Publisher: Pantheon (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 288 pages

Image of Breath: A Novel
Author: Tim Winton
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages

Image of A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Knopf (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 336 pages

Image of World Made by Hand: A Novel
Author: James Howard Kunstler
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 336 pages

Paperback Fiction

Image of The Opposite House
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher: Anchor (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages

Image of Grotesque (Vintage International)
Author: Natsuo Kirino
Publisher: Vintage (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages

Image of The Family Mashber (New York Review Books Classics)
Author: Der Nister
Publisher: NYRB Classics (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 704 pages

Children's Fiction

Image of A Thousand Never Evers
Author: Shana Burg
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of The Underneath (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers)
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Atheneum (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Image of Un Lun Dun
Author: China Mieville
Publisher: Del Rey (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 496 pages

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