Summer Books

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, June 15, 2005.

The hot weather is finally here, and so are lazy days at the beach and the pool. Along with the suntan lotion and lemonade, you'll be sure to have a book or two at your side. We'll find out what some of the big summers books are this year, and get some suggestions on what should be on your reading list. Laura's guests are Jeff Smull, general manager of the Toadstool Bookshop in Keene and Dan Chartrand, co-owner of the Water Street Bookstore in Exeter.

Dan's Summer Book List
Pull Me Up: A Memoir by Dan Barry
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The First Desire by Nancy Reisman
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant
Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One League by Jim Collins
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to
Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved: A Woman Moves a House to Make a Home by Kate Whouley

Jeff's Summer Book List
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Alibi by Joseph Kanon
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
1776 by David McCullough
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Black Fly Season by Giles Blunt
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Zafone
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham