2008 Summer

2008 Summer

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

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)
by Nam Le
Knopf

Image of Harry, Revised: A Novel
by Mark Sarvas
Bloomsbury USA

Image of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
by Sasa Stanisic
Grove Press

Image of Beijing Coma: A Novel
by Ma Jian
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Image of Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel
by Rivka Galchen
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Image of Say You're One of Them
by Uwem Akpan
Little, Brown and Company

Image of Finding Nouf: A Novel
by Zoe Ferraris
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Image of The Condition: A Novel
by Jennifer Haigh
Harper

Image of Wolf Totem: A Novel
by Jiang Rong
Penguin Press HC, The

Image of The Cellist of Sarajevo
by Steven Galloway
Riverhead Hardcover

Image of The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
Random House

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

Picture Book

Image of I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean!
by Kevin Sherry
Dial

Ages 6-9

Image of Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine
by Erica Silverman
Harcourt Children's Books

Ages 7-10

Image of Game 1 (Barnstormers)
by Phil Bildner
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Ages 10 and older

Image of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press

Young Adults

Image of Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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

Fiction Hardcover

Image of Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf

Image of Netherland: A Novel
by Joseph O'Neill
Pantheon

Image of The World Before Her
by Deborah Weisgall
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Image of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
by David Wroblewski
Ecco

Fiction Paperback

Image of Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
by Per Petterson
Picador

Image of Loving Frank: A Novel
by Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books

Image of Free Food for Millionaires
by Min Jin Lee
Grand Central Publishing

Image of The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid
Mariner Books

Nonfiction

Image of When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
by Peter Godwin
Back Bay Books

Audiobooks

Image of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
Penguin Audio

Image of The Miracle at Speedy Motors
by Alexander M. Smith
Recorded Books

Image of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
Random House Audio

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

Fiction Hardcover

Image of Breath: A Novel
by Tim Winton
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Image of A Case of Exploding Mangoes
by Mohammed Hanif
Knopf

Image of World Made by Hand: A Novel
by James Howard Kunstler
Atlantic Monthly Press

Paperback Fiction

Image of The Opposite House
by Helen Oyeyemi
Anchor

Image of Grotesque (Vintage International)
by Natsuo Kirino
Vintage

Children's Fiction

Image of A Thousand Never Evers
by Shana Burg
Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Image of Un Lun Dun
by China Mieville
Del Rey

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