Staff Spins and Selections

AWARD WINNERS The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt	OUR PICKS Wife by Design by Tara Taylor Quinn Shattered by Kevin Hearne Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson Ascension by Steven Galloway Stitches by David Small The Girl with the All The Gifts by M.R. Carey Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus by Gris Grimly and Mary Shelley The Fault in Our Stars by John Green How Firm a Foundation by David Weber Toriko 21: Showdown at Chowlin Temple The Confabulist by Steven Galloway Velvet by Ed Brubaker Frog Music by Emma Donoghue The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom Summer House with a Swimming Pool by Herman Koch Unlucky 13 by James Patterson Dear Mr. Knightly by Katherine Reay The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill Hunted by Kevin Hearne Blankets by Craig Thompson The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber The Other Story by Tatiana de Rosnay D. Salinger: The Escape Artist by Thomas Beller Like a Mighty   Army by David Weber This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv The Dolphin Way: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Successful Kids, Without Turning into a Tiger by Shimi K. Kang Dust by Patricia Cornwell Growing Up Duggar by Jana Duggar Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood Everything I Need to Know I Learned From A Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
BEACH READS Once a Family by Tara Taylor Quinn Mirror Image by Sandra Brown Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich
BIOS & MEMOIRS Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
CANADIAN Fruit by Brian Francis
CLASSICS Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Song of Soloman by Toni Morrison Inferno by Dante Alighieri
FANTASY The Companions by R.A. Salvatore
GRAPHIC NOVEL Locke & Key #1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
HISTORICAL FICTION The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates
HUMOUR Dance, Gladys, Dance by Cassie Stocks Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffery Brown Top Secret 21 by Janet Evanovich
MYSTERIES, THRILLERS, TRUE CRIME The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Robinstein Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton The Dinner by Herman Koch Murder List by Julie Garwood
ROMANCE A Room with a View by E.M. Forrester
SCIENCE FICTION Abaddon’s Gate by James Corey Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
SENSE OF PLACE China Dolls by Lisa See What the Pilgrim Told the Psychic by Jane Christmas The Fine Color of Rust by P.A. O’Reilly Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
SHORT STORIES AND POETRY A Faraway Smell of Lemon by Rachel Joyce The Other Language by Francesca Marciano As If by E.D. Blodgett The World Afloat: Miniatures by M.A.C. Farrant
STAFF PICKS Invisible Cities by Italo Clavino (Geoff’s Pick) Fast Track by Julie Garwood
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia by Jacek Hugo-Bader A Tourist in the Arab Spring by Tom Chesshyre

What We Read to End the Summer Game!

Here is the final list of titles read for the Summer Reading Game!

AWARD WINNERS Practical Jean by Trevor Cole People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks	CUSTOMER PICKS R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton The Longest Date: Life as a Wife by Cindy Chupack Night Film by Marisha Pessl Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg The Informationist by Taylor Stephens U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton Flash Boys by Michael Lewis The Examination by M. Bosse The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
BEACH READS The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan Summerland by Elin Hildebrand
BIOS AND MEMOIRS Little Failure by Gary Shytengart Jantsen’s Gift by Pam Cope
FANTASY The Lies of Locke Lamore by Scott Lynch
HISTORICAL FICTION The Orenda by Joseph Boyden I, Iago by Nicole Galland
MYSTERIES, THRILLERS, TRUE CRIME Private Berlin by James Patterson The Dinner by Herman Koch
NOT JUST FOR TEENS Insurgent by Veronica Roth Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
SCIENCE FICTION The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
SENSE OF PLACE Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler

And the Titles Keep Coming! What We Read in Week 6.

AWARD WINNERS Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See	CUSTOMER PICKS At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks A Vineyard in Tuscany: A Wine Lover’s Dream by Ferenc Mate Strength-Based Nursing Care: Health and Healing for Person and Family by Laurie N. Gottlieb Divergent by Veronica Roth The Shipping News by Annie Proulx The Other Story by Tatiana de Rosnay Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua Ring of Fire by Eric Flint Shadow Child by Beth Powning The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Room by Emma Donoghue Dracula by Bram Stoker Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
BEACH READS Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas Written By My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon Sisters by Danielle Steel Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walters
HISTORICAL FICTION Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
NOT JUST FOR TEENS The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
SENSE OF PLACE Right of Thirst by Frank Huyler Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
STAFF PICKS Practical Jane by Trevor Cole Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE Me, Myself and Prague by Rachael Weiss